Via John
America is more than a year into the latest ammunition shortage, and it appears supply will not catch up with demand anytime soon.
As store shelves lie barren and prices for the most popular ammunition hover at two, three, or even five times their pre-pandemic levels, manufacturers said they are still scrambling to bring enough product to market. They said they are still working through several years’ worth of orders that have already been placed.
“On certain products, we are certainly seeing backlogs that stretch out two years and beyond,” Brett Flaugher, president of Winchester Ammunition, told The Reload. “For those who shoot 9mm and 5.56 ammunition, which are both in high demand, it’s very uncertain how long it will be before people will consistently have ammunition readily available.”
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Domestic ammo production is listed at about 10 billion rounds per year....TOTAL. With about 330 million Americans the math makes it about 30 rounds per person per year. Even if only 10% of the populace is into shooting that's only 300 rounds a year each. Just enough for a decent trip to the range. Even if imports double the amount that's still not a lot of ammo. As long as demand from the scared sheeple who are only now seeing the light continues supplies will be minimal at best. Anyone who didn't start prepping seriously a long time ago is in deep trouble.
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