Is the Ammunition Shortage Real or Manufactured?

[Chev2500]

A little over a year ago a ranch supply store that is part of a little over 50 stores, had their entire reloading department on sale 25% off. 2 weeks each 11/19, 12/19 & 1/20. I asked the mgr if they were getting out of reloading. He said "no we were instructed to move some inventory because our warehouses were stuffed w/reloading supplies. I bought primers @ $25/K and powder for $20-$25/LB

A lot of stuff is in short supply.
A friend of mine owns an archery shop, has 4 or 5 of the top brands. Bows that cost $700-$1700 are ALL out of stock 2-6 month wait.
Hot Tubs where my nephew works all 6+ month wait ($10K-$20K ea.)
New GM diesel trucks (3/4 & 1 ton) are 4-6 months after you put down a deposit.
New Polaris SxS 2-4 month wait after you put down a deposit
New Swarovski NL pure 12x binoculars $3100 4-6 month wait

[Double Naught Spy]

A lot of stuff is in short supply.
A friend of mine owns an archery shop, has 4 or 5 of the top brands. Bows that cost $700-$1700 are ALL out of stock 2-6 month wait.
Hot Tubs where my nephew works all 6+ month wait ($10K-$20K ea.)
New GM diesel trucks (3/4 & 1 ton) are 4-6 months after you put down a deposit.
New Polaris SxS 2-4 month wait after you put down a deposit
New Swarovski NL pure 12x binoculars $3100 4-6 month wait

These are all because the ammo manufacturers are driving up the prices.

[grayfox]

Y'all found the inconvenient truth.....
All those mfrs are in cahoots with each other (one big happy family!!) to drive up prices!!!

[StoneHendge]

I wonder if hot tub chemicals are as hard to find as powder......

[Lemonaid]

A little over a year ago a ranch supply store that is part of a little over 50 stores, had their entire reloading department on sale 25% off. 2 weeks each 11/19, 12/19 & 1/20. I asked the mgr if they were getting out of reloading. He said "no we were instructed to move some inventory because our warehouses were stuffed w/reloading supplies. I bought primers @ $25/K and powder for $20-$25/LB

A lot of stuff is in short supply.
A friend of mine owns an archery shop, has 4 or 5 of the top brands. Bows that cost $700-$1700 are ALL out of stock 2-6 month wait.
Hot Tubs where my nephew works all 6+ month wait ($10K-$20K ea.)
New GM diesel trucks (3/4 & 1 ton) are 4-6 months after you put down a deposit.
New Polaris SxS 2-4 month wait after you put down a deposit
New Swarovski NL pure 12x binoculars $3100 4-6 month wait

Wait, I though the ammo/primer shortage was due to the new 2.5 million first time gun owners. Did they also buy a hot tub, truck, bow etc. as well? It seems I'm a bit behind on my purchases.

[LR1955]

I wonder if hot tub chemicals are as hard to find as powder......

SH:

Not as hard as primers but for a while as hard as powder is today. Was and still is the chlorine based cleaners and treatments. Still may wait for several weeks for some of the chemicals.

LR55

[hill37]

Pool chems are some bad stuff. Helped build a materials elevator for their making once. 100% Inconel if I remember right. Was told any contact of the ingredients with iron would cause an explosion

[grayfox]

Winchester has 5.56, 223, 9 mm ammo showing up retail and prices dropped 10%...

[grayfox]

Here are some little-guy manufacturers that are in stock, offering ammo thru various dealers.
Winchester
Igman
Sig Sauer
Defender
Triple R
Federal
Maxtech
Outdoor limited
Precision one
Fiocchi
Hornady

Not saying all of their prices are what I would want, but some seem mild relative to today's craziness.

Guess all of the little guys haven't been squeezed out by the latest "power play" ..............

[FLshooter]

[fabbrisd]

Unfortunately - the COVID disruption to Supply Chains in many industries continues to cause reduced Production.

That said - many industries have made "adjustments" - with Increased Leadtime to Retail where everyone "used to" have choices at hand ready for purchase - and not "choice" is limited - many capital goods require commitment and backorder for delivery.

Yes - particularly in Ammo - manufactured Grendel is prior stock at a Premium price - general reloading supplies are exhausted and waiting new supply.

Sure - in recreational firearms "most" makers have either adjusted - and yes some have dropped out.

You can rant at the machine all you want - in most other industries those that have adjusted have had banner 2020 - and will have banner 2021.

In the ammo business - the pipeline has been emptied - and it will take a long-long-long time to refill.

[PVBoom]

PVB.

Don't force me to edit your posts again because you can't use words that are not vulgar and profane. Really.

Sorry about that.