Unfortunately, it’s in full swing again. Of nearly 50 different 25 cal bullets listed on Grafs website, 2 are in stock.

Much of the lack of supply is being driven by hoarding by buyers. I have a friend who works at a local large gun store who told me Sunday that he sees the same faces every morning when they open the doors. The guys walk in and go straight to the ammunition and loading supplies. Whatever comes in they grab up and head to the registers with, leaving anyone else empty handed who comes in later.
My guess is they're reselling what they grab, as the store isn't jacking prices up when supplies arrive. He said they've tried stocking the shelves later during the day, but it takes employees away from their usual duties during open hours, so they went back to stocking during off hours.

Some are, and I applaud them, limiting purchases. I know, I know, they just come back later and buy again and again. This usually from those that don't always adhere to the honor system.   I, for one, am tired of hearing the whiners complain, when this is not the first rodeo. wake up, and think ahead.

rkba2nd wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 2:41pm:


Same here! When I see guys complain about being caught short on ammo, bullets, powder, primers, etc., I ask them how long have they been reloading or shooting? Seems to me if you've been doing this sport for more than a decade you'd have learned to stock up when things were available, and cheap. 
I start to worry whenever I get below 10,000 primers of any size I use. And can't ever recall worrying about powder, as I couldn't even make a wild guess how much I have?
My brother asked me the other day if I could spare any primers, as he was down to less than 1,000 large rifle. I told him he better ration his shooting as I didn't want to short myself any.
Almost hate to say this out loud; but when will the lead suppliers start saying they're short too, and drive the price up?

Not always the Shooters fault as I had over 5000 on the shelf and I could not have imagined running short. I would not have thought the shortage would end up lasting this long and a lot longer than the last one we went through. I also use an unpopular primer that was always in stock when all of the rest were not.

It is what it is.  Soaring demand, Remington bankruptcy, hoarding, whatever.  The Boy Scout motto taught us to be prepared, and you do that long before hurricane season.  Primers weren't all that expensive - really a small proportion of what we have invested in our sport.  If you prepped, good.  If you didn't, well, grasshopper. . . .

During WW2 there wasn't ANY ammo or components for civilians four long years, at any price.  Only exceptions were training programs and modest amounts of .22 issued to farmers for pest control.  The Rifleman started running articles about refurbishing grandpa's old flintlock.  (Black powder, for whatever reason, wasn't in short supply.)

And making black powder can be a cottage industry, if you learn how to extract saltpeter from manure.