The Great Powder Shortage of 2020 is upon us

[JimT]

I have to laugh at the angry ones here.
They put this low on their priority list and have found themselves in a pinch for supplies.

I wonder how many of the angry, out-of-stocker's spent truckloads on a retirement plan; or a new house; or a new car; or a few vacations, since the last shortage.

Now, I'm not saying that those weren't worthy outlets for your precious cash flow, but just a little bit of that pile of money could have saved the bulk of the disgruntled ones from from standing here beating on the keyboard about the lack of supplies for a Very critical box of tools.

I don't have the great paying job that I once did. We moved Wayyyyy out of town for many good reasons.
Don't take vacations since it doesn't fit my budget and I really don't want to be near Most people right now.
However, my component supply right now is unrivaled among my friends and I'm feeling pretty prepared for a Long Dry Year or several.

Point being, if you don't like getting caught without, then you should reevaluate your priorities next time you see supplies available and your thinking about that new I phone
upgrade instead.

Lastly, I have been very impressed with the people on the forums and within my local circle. We've been shopping each other's extras and it's helping us fill our small voids in the supply cabinet.

Spending “truckloads on a retirement plan” beats hoarding reloading components every day of the week. Anyone who did that in the last four years most likely understands that and is not complaining on this thread.

 

[284winner]

Of course we're complaining. That's pretty normal. Not from being short on supplies but rather because they are pretty much extinct and because of the reason for it. Happens every 4 years. It's just something I don't like getting use to.

 

[Hohn]

There should be a thread titled the great powder/bullet/primer shortage of 19xx, 19xx, 19xx, 19xx, 19xx, 19xx, 20xx, 20xx, 20xx, 20xx, ad nauseum. Forget buying one or two pounds. Buy eight pounders and cry only one time.

There’s a lot of wisdom in that. Towards the end of the abundance of 2019 I’d come to the conclusion that individual pounds were a waste. By the time you get a load worked up, you’re into a different lot way too soon.

But the powders I wanted to buy were already scarce, so I settled for individual pounds here or there I could find of 8208 and AR Comp— my two favorite powders in that speed range.

heck, I bought a keg of pp2k just because it was available and I wanted to try it.

no more pound cans if I can help it.