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From following these types of threads....

I've seen patterns, that make one thing there is also local distribution patterns....


Guys can't find one powder in one part of the country... and yet other parts of the country have plenty of it on the shelves....

others can't find primers, or certain types when other parts have plenty of primers and selection...

Some one above just mentioned seeing plenty of 22LR, 22 Mag etc at their local Walmart recently.... that was in Western NY of all places.... yet here in Southern Oregon, 22 LR is about as common as dodo eggs...

America is great again...

Almost nobody I hunt/shoot with buys primers by the 100 or powder by the 1lb canister anymore. Minimum 1K primers at a time and 5-8# kegs of powder instead of 1# containers. Shortages in '08-'10 and '12-current have exponentially more people buying every component in far larger quantity than they ever used to.

'Course I know more than a few whom are also still using primers they bought in the mid-late 90's during the Bill Clinton "Make primers inert after 2-3 yrs scare".

Anyone seeing GM215M's?

LGS got 30 bricks in Mid-Oct, they were $70/1k and lasted almost 2wks.

We have the same affliction!

I see complete lowers for $149.00-$199.00.

.257 Roberts brass is still unobtainium.

Neck down and turn some 7 or pop up some 6 Rem.


The panic is still on here in militia-country Montana. I think the only way we'll ever see 22LR is estate sales or bankruptcy auctions.

This. Starts making things look like there was a contrived "shortage" all along. Distribution channels simply don't work as quickly as this. And production certainly would take many months to ramp up to these levels if even possible.

Somebody was sandbagging, either for continued profits or at the behest of the govt.

In retrospect, it seems kinda like that could be true. Now, I am pretty conversational with my local reloading place, and am sure they were not in on the fix.

All of the companies were running three shifts seven days a week trying to keep up, the cost of expanding production was prohibitive, and even if expanded production took place, it would take a certain amount of time to complete. So, in the less than a month since the election, a way has been found to run more than three eight-hour shifts in one day, it has been determined that expansion is cost-effective, and that expansion has been accomplished in less than one month - totally impressive accomplishments.

Same here...which BTY is where CCI's factory is located.

I can drive by their factory and see pallets of the stuff ready for shipment but the local retail shelves have been empty for years.

I know at least one local store kept cases of .22 rimfire ammo in the back room for regular customers who actually needed some, rather than put it out on the shelves where everybody who came in would buy a brick--and text all their buddies about where to find it. Same deal with one local Wal-Mart: They kept it hidden until somebody actually asked, rather than out in the open where word got out immediately and swarms of buyers showed up.

Also know of at least one American rimfire manufacturer who tried to keep up with demand during the first year or so of the "shortage" by manufacturing .22 Long Rifles 24/7. But they had to pay overtime to do it, and many workers eventually grew weary and quit. It also didn't seem to make any difference: As soon as they shipped out ammo, stores were clamoring for more. So they went back to their regular manufacturing schedule.

Meanwhile there was plenty of higher-priced .22 ammo available, and the supply of .223's and handgun ammo rebounded within a year or two. If the government was hoarding ammo, why were they hoarding cheap Long Rifles? Are people with squirrel rifles more of a threat to the government than people with AR-15's and semiauto handguns?

Be nice to get some H4350 and Reloader 33 here.

I was at the Cabela`s in Green Bay today.They had shelves of every powder I could imagine six deep.In the past two weeks I have bought 2K 22LR at about $26.00 a brick.Things are looking good.

I've seen stores decently stocked for the last 6 months +

7 - 1 pounders and 4 - 8 pounders available in my 'hood. $29 lb, 206, 8#
The last year has been pretty good for reloading supplies, 2015 was hit or miss.

Are you then saying that after Trump was elected, masses of Americans immediately quit buying 22 ammo, primers, and powders--and thus the shelves could suddenly have vast supplies within two weeks that no one wants to buy?

the SW here keeps all brands out on the shelf, but empty. you have to go to the counter and look in a 3 ring binder to see what they actually have in the back room.

they've had a pretty good selection for around 6 months now. Powder Valley has been well stocked for about he same amount of time.

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