If you've been shopping for ammunition lately you may have noticed that there isn't all that much around. Shooters are worried about new attempts to go after those of us on the right side of the law and are buying ammunition as fast as the makers can ship it. Makers weren't ready for the huge demand and they've pretty much sold out of what should have been several months' production. Even police departments are reporting they can't buy enough ammunition for training and duty needs.
If you're looking for .22LR, the shortages are especially acute. Gander Mountain's shelves are pretty bare. Midway is out of stock of just about everything except specialty rounds and expensive target rounds. I did manage to find a Dick's Sporting Goods that still had 12 bricks of 500 CCI Standard Velocity, bought 2, and came back the next day and bought another 2, just in case. I called a friend who also likes the CCI stuff to see if he needed any, and he told me he'd recently put away ten boxes for his competition shooting. I also ordered a few bricks of Aguila Target ammunition from Midway, one pistol and one rifle. That should be enough to tide me over for a while.
All that demand for loaded ammunition is also creating a shortage of primers- especially small pistol primers, which are used in the most popular centerfire loadings: .38, .380, and 9mm. None of the local or mail order suppliers list any in stock, and everything is listed as "no backorders." I have a dozen boxes of Winchesters and Federals that will hopefully last until the makers catch up with the increased demand.
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