Originally Posted by
kevin c
How many shooters reload ammunition? I'd bet no more than 1% of long time gun owners, and, in normal times, none of first timers. And most shooters buy ammo to replace what they've shot, not to stockpile.
If just one percent of non reloaders decided that, in these uncertain times, they wanted to start rolling their own, that could about double demand for reloading components. Add to that panic buying, hoarding and the related scalping of ammo and components related to political and social uncertainty, increased demand from the 7 million new gun owners last year, diversion of components to the ready made ammo market, COVID related supply chain issues, and it's no wonder ammo and components, as well as reloading equipment (what's the wait on Dillon dies up to now, over a year?) are unobtainium.