Eh, I don't find it that fishy, just shitty. Remington was Chapter 11 when the Antifas started their shit, that's like 20% manufacturing down. Winchester just got the newest Lake City contract and a whole new spec on MIL 5.56 ammo, so they cannibalized existing lines to cover government contracts. That pretty much leaves Vista Outdoor (Federal) as the only major manufacturer selling entirely to the public.

Obunghole's EPA shut down our last primary lead smelter in 2013, leaving bullet manufacturers competing with battery makers for the recycled lead or importing lead from Chy-nuh. The industry has also been bifurcated by the desire to create lead-free alternatives (using copper alloys- more expensive, slower, harder to make). Add to that priming compounds and common powders are mostly made overseas and in Canada- where the coof shut down factories for months on a just-in-time supply chain.

Now add to that the biggest gun buying spree in pretty much all of American history, definite ammo hoarding, and a-holes raiding the bulk distribution chains to buy pallets of ammo to sell at 2x market price on Gun Broker, and it's just compounding the issue.

Ammo can be found easily- as long as you can pay through the nose, or don't mind sub-par Mexican Aguila or steel-cased ammo from a former Soviet republic. I even got in on a group buy where one of the dudes in the club got a deal from a euro manufacturer. Minimum order was 10M primers (a full tractor trailer), we ordered in Feb and expect Dec shipment.

The supply chain is legit backed up; that primer order is usually 120 days ARO. It still doesn't excuse why we've decided to outsource all our manufacturing, and that's the rub.