hanco,
A little, but not much. Stocked up considerably after the previous "shortages." so have a variety of powders, bullets and primers on hand.
In a way, I don't want to call them shortages, but buying panics. Like all the previous ones, they're caused by shooters buying everything they can find, whether for themselves or to resell. As before, manufacturers are cranking out all they can, but shooters are buying it all up as soon as it appears, whether in stores or on the Internet.
As evidence of this, there are also a LOT of handloaders in Europe, and none I know have any problem buying components, because there hasn't been the poltically-based panic over potential availability problems. Of course, many Americans might not believe this because they think ALL European countries have extreme anti-gun laws--which is NOT true. Hunted with a French gun writer in Finland a few years ago, who not only owns around 50 centerfire rifles (including an AR-15) but a bunch of handguns, including semi-autos. Can provide many other examples.
In other words, the present "shortage" is our own fault.
Thanks for posting this ^ ^ ^
Especially the last sentence.
During the big 22 LR " shortage ", I saw the people in
line waiting for the doors to open, the gun counter
people selling to their "friends " , etc. etc.
and would relate that to others, and got called the
worst of a liar and way worse.
I guess it's easier to accept that a secret gubmint
agency was filling up clandestine warehouses with
rim fire ammunition
I never did get to get any of those hundreds of
22 LR firearms that everybody swore they were
throwing away
Edit- I meant to add that those I saw paying $80.00
for a $30.00 wally world brick of promo 22 were as
much of the problem as anything else