Don't fall for this... it's a hoax! J Louis, frankeore, Froggie, westerner, Schuetzendave, to name a few, all those we novices idolize on this forum are behind this run on the .32-40. Those cagey old-timers have us believing a shortage is to come, AGAIN. Remember the run on silver years ago?
These sedate seniors nonchalantly suckered us into buying these vintage or reproduction weapons, displaying beautifully rebuilt antiques, while serruptitiosly hoarding brass for them. Those half-blind old men posted targets that made us drool, thinking we could achieve the impossible. Telling us about this or that primer or powder; that we too could achieve the same results if we only drank the kool-aid or had a seat on their spaceship.
I'm warning you, they have built up a stash of .30-30, .32 Spc, and .38-55. Next, they got Winchester to discontinue .32-40. YES, they have that much influence... it's a cabal. We would never notice because they were so sly and we would not associate the .32-40 and all the OTHER brass being slowly drained from the market.
What's next, the 25-20 Winchester, annealing and resizing seminars, or shooting range timeshares? I bet they were behind the 22LR shortage.
Don't bother looking to Canada or Germany, it's global.
Oops, the aluminum-foil skullcap slipped off... NEVER MIND.