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Powder? Why is there none?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rifleman97" data-source="post: 2094975" data-attributes="member: 103996"><p>I have some hypotheses, they could all be true or none of them true. But all are possible.</p><p></p><p>1. Primer and powder companies aren't selling much to civilians because they're prioritizing filling contracts with ammo manufacturers, who are trying to keep up with the 6-10 MILLION new gun owners trying to find ammo.</p><p>2. The first wave of powder/primer scarcity made scalpers enough money that they decided it's worth hoarding for the sake of keeping supply low so they can continue to make money.</p><p>3. With these new gun owners not being able to find ammo, many decided its a good time to start reloading, and buy a couple pounds of powder. Powder doesn't usually sell fast, so even a small Percentage of those new gun owners buying only a couple pounds of powder makes a huge effect on the supply.</p><p>4. Either due to the shortage, or due to government officials wanting to take away our ammo (doesn't matter either way, we don't have ammo) the military could be buying up ammo for "practice purposes" to the point that ammo companies can't keep up with the contracts, and have to run a lot harder trying to keep up with them, so they're not sending as much out to the public.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rifleman97, post: 2094975, member: 103996"] I have some hypotheses, they could all be true or none of them true. But all are possible. 1. Primer and powder companies aren’t selling much to civilians because they’re prioritizing filling contracts with ammo manufacturers, who are trying to keep up with the 6-10 MILLION new gun owners trying to find ammo. 2. The first wave of powder/primer scarcity made scalpers enough money that they decided it’s worth hoarding for the sake of keeping supply low so they can continue to make money. 3. With these new gun owners not being able to find ammo, many decided its a good time to start reloading, and buy a couple pounds of powder. Powder doesn’t usually sell fast, so even a small Percentage of those new gun owners buying only a couple pounds of powder makes a huge effect on the supply. 4. Either due to the shortage, or due to government officials wanting to take away our ammo (doesn’t matter either way, we don’t have ammo) the military could be buying up ammo for “practice purposes” to the point that ammo companies can’t keep up with the contracts, and have to run a lot harder trying to keep up with them, so they’re not sending as much out to the public. [/QUOTE]
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