Anyone know why the ammo dried up? Many stores are out of stock on lots of firearms too. What is left is way over priced. So what's the true story? This didn't just start either. It goes back at least a year.
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You can't "pick up the slack". CCI did a great video showing that they are challenged due to COVID but are barely keeping up. It's just that demand is outpacing production, and neither appears to be changing. Not like CCI wants to make a new factory just to catch up for a year or two. None of the others would want to either. Demand is high, and it will take years for production to increase if demand stays there. The likely scenario is like toilet paper, eventually people will get enough and they can catch up to demand. But that will likely take a much longer time. For preppers, there's basically no amount of ammo that's "enough".
In a capitalist country, when demand is outpacing supply it encourages people to expand to keep up or competing startups come in. Ammo manufacturing isn't rocket science. The same simple components have been used for over a century. That means there's no big barrier to entry. This shortage didn't start with Biden and it's not like a short term issue anymore. Guns have been flying off the shelves for years and they all need ammo. People need to be trained to shoot and inexpensive ball ammo is non-existent unless you're willing to spend up to $2 per round.
Re-loaders can't find primers which is nothing more than a cap that triggers the firing of the round. Here again, if demand is so high, why aren't there expansion of supply to meet demand? We're not talking rare earth elements here.
I seem to recall reading that George Soros was behind the purchase of Remington a few years ago. Could he have his fingers planted inside the industry and is purposely not allowing manufacturing to ramp up to meet demand? Something is going on here to prevent the manufacture of ammo to meet the needs of the American public.