i don't know anybody that loads .22 and that is what the article is about... it also says nothing about component shortages, only production capacity i don't know anybody that loads .22 and that is what the article is about... it also says nothing about component shortages, only production capacityNo, no one reloads 22’s, didn’t mean to imply that at all. They do need powder and brass. Powder is in short supply and brass is scarce and the price has skyrocketed for the raw material. It has turned into the perfect storm as far as supply and demand and doesn’t seem to be easing any time soon. Production is being gobbled up by the gov and the private sector both. I don’t worry about that though, I no longer have any guns to fire the ammo in. They tragically are laying at the bottom of the Tennessee river