Why is ammunition in short supply

Then we had the events in Virginia. What we had in inventory left the building gone, just gone. We shipped more in that month than we did the first two years I worked here, put together.

So then obviously after the COVID stuff started to hit, you had the riots, then you have an election and then you have the person who wins the election happens to be a Democrat. That makes five what would normally be shortage causing demand issues in one year. So, when can we expect to see something that resembles normal? Well, that remains to be mystery but speculation in the industry says around two years.

Although upcoming events could possibly keep us in a higher demand for a while longer. If they start to enact gun-control measures as soon as they take office, we could potentially see yet another scenario of higher demand as well, keeping us in this limbo of empty shelves for even longer.

With the way the incoming administration has acted towards guns in the past, I am afraid this is what we will be facing come January. This may not bring the good news you wished to hear, but hopefully it will shed some light on the situation as a whole. Our editors have hand-picked these essential pieces of gear to make you a more successful hunter when you hit the game trails this season.

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The truth behind empty shelves at gun stores and in the sporting goods section of some box stores is complex and there are several reasons.

Oliva speaks with authority on the subject. The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. During due to the reorganization and breakup of the longtime gun and ammo giant, the assembly lines to produce Remington ammo were idled and it was a big chuck of cartridges which were not getting made. Another contributor to the difficulty to find ammunition in the last 15 months has been the surge in gun buyers. Ammunition shortages have reportedly affected law enforcement but not the US military.

However, the US Army budget calls for cuts to ammunition purchasing. Consumer shortages comes as some big retailers have moved to reduce sales amid political pressure. In , a month after 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at a store in El Paso, Texas, Walmart said it would halve its market share by discontinuing sales of ammunition for handguns and military-style weapons.

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