I can believe 223 and 308 ammo being in short supply, but 22?? Somebody would have to convince me that the govt. isn’t involved in this.
Where I am located the ONLY business that gets sporadic low quantity shipments of .22 LR or WMR is Wallyworld.When word gets out it vanishes in less than 2 hrs.Even .22 short is getting hard to find.
.556 and .223 shipments seemed to have dried up.
I would like to know HOW all these sellers on Gunbroker are able to procure thousands of rounds of these calibers.They are jacking up the prices 3-400 % and people are scopping it all up.
I purchased thousands of rounds of .22 last summer. Previously, I had never had more than 500 rds on hand. I presume many people are like minded, with many late to teh party.
People purchase what they can shoot. When other calibers became unavailable or unaffordable, people began buying what they could. The last ammo on the shelves was primarily bird shot and .22LR, now that is gone.
There are many SHTF and urban combat situations where I would opt for a .22 over all others. And if you can only afford $20 of ammo, you can shoot a lot more times with a .22LR.
22LR I can believe, but 9x18 there isn’t a hugh number of us shooting it.
Primer shortages.
I think there is gov involvement. When the gov started placing 5 year contracts on ammunition versus year over year, it causes bottlenecks in the system as the manufacturers have to set aside x percent to be able to fulfill those contracts if needed. That may not directly impact Hornaday as it seems to have small contracts, but it would impact suppliers of things like primers.
Someone needs to come up with a way to reload 22LR.
They would be Trillionaires.