My local Walmart was depleted of all popular calibers (9, 40, 38, 357, 223, 308, and 22 of *any* flavor). The only shot shells in the store were 18 boxes of 3” and 3-1/2” turkey loads.
I asked the guy at the counter and he said that shipments are smaller and there is a group of guys that all show up whenever they are stocking and buy anything popular that hits the shelf.
The problem locally is hoarders and folks reselling, plain and simple. I’m guessing when the current anti-gun season blows over, ammo prices will return to normal and all the folks with panic-priced stockpiles are going to be doing some *expensive* shooting.
But since the Ammo Companies got a taste for what people are willing to pay for them I doubt they will.
Plus you have to throw Ubama's scamming into the mix and what he will do.
This is precisely what is happening and I refuse to feed the beast. What should have been readily available at brick & mortor stores is being bought up by a small group of folks in communities and then resold online. The ebay “dealers” can sit on their stacks of inventory for eternity. I’m not buying it.