Artificially drumming up business? Hardly.
I'm sitting here at the O'Donnell Supply Depot with about 30,000 assorted primers and 50 pounds of powder. Half of it will be gone by December. I'll start placing my orders now, thank you very much.
Just last week I placed an order at MidwayUSA for a 500ct box of Sierra .223 - 69 gr MatchKings. I was happy to get them. I
tried to place an order for a 500 ct box of Sierra 80 gr MatchKings. They're out of stock. Go look for yourself. NOBODY that I normally deal with had them.
Click the link
back ordered until May
The SR-1 targets I wanted were out of stock, came back in stock for all of 1 day yesterday, and out again.
This ain't drumming up business. This is a nice, friendly warning.
Supply lines are stretched thin, and
everyone in this industry is at maximum production capacity. If you want to have what you need for matches this year, or a training class, or a few fun trips to the range this summer, either
order now, plan your order very soon, or be at the mercy of the stockouts.
The signs for another drought in components are
already here.
Graf's is being nice telling us what they know to be true about the state of the market. But even with the advance warning, I'll bet I'll see people here in June bitching about the rampant stockouts.
And I'll link back to this thread without pity.