... of shooting things is frustrating. Last week we had percussion caps no issue. Today there were only RWS1075 caps at $10.99/100 tins. Quite a few tins of musket caps however. Even cans of BP substitute is looking grim. This is NUTS. I understand morons hoarding modern ammo (not a round of .38 special to be found) but black powder stuff? So far 2020 hasn't been very nice to me. It HAS allowed me to make it through one ER visit and a stint in the IC unit but I sure hope that doesn't happen again the way this year is going!!!!!
I hope you stay healthy and out of the ER and ICU! I have some experience with both and it wasn't fun.
The same thing happened when Obama was elected. Caps went sky high. Gun shop shelves were empty of ammo and the price of ammo soared.
I understand where some of the shortages are coming from, particularly for smokeless ammo. But what is driving black powder supplies shortages? I just don't know. Maybe the huge demand for cartridge firearms and ammo for all the newly sold guns is consuming both the raw materials and the manufacturing capacity. Maybe materials are being diverted from making caps to making primers.
The
National Shooting Sports Foundation, estimates that gun
sales from March through July were 8.5 million. This is 94% higher the same period in 2019.
Firearms industry consultants estimate
July sales alone were 2.0 million units, an increase of 136% over July 2019.
If a person buys 200 rounds for their new gun, and 8.5 million were sold March through July, then that means 1,700,000,000 (one billion seven hundred million) more rounds would have been sold in that period, over and above the usual ammo sales. That'll get your attention and empty the shelves!
There are a large number of new gun owners, and that it good.
Ron