arcticap
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Remington has been going through upheaval with their bankruptcy, and now they've sold off their ammunition manufacturing subsidiary.
Since they couldn't obtain credit, perhaps they couldn't get the raw materials to manufacture as many caps as they normally do, and over time that created a backlog of orders.
That leaves the other makers, mostly CCI to pick up the slack.
Some distributors may have larger stockpiles of caps than others.
Some big box chains may have had contracts for large orders that get priority, and many of them won't ship caps any more.
Covid may also be a reason since who knows what the manufacturer's outputs are now compared to their pre-covid outputs.
Covid certainly had an impact on the Italian gunmakers.
We can only guess why some stores and parts of the country have more Remington #10 caps than others.
If all of the large internet vendors were able to get them, they would have some since they're losing potential profit by not having any in stock.
They could put limits on the amount of caps that they're willing to sell per order.
As far as the Hazmat fees, some large vendors may get discounted shipping prices from UPS or Fedex.
Perhaps obtaining discounts depends on their volume of sales and/or having large automated processing terminals located nearby.
Some chains have caps while other chains have none, which indicates that there isn't enough to go around.
Some distributors can only deliver stock to those on a waiting list or to those who backordered before taking any new orders.
Another indication that there's not enough available to meet demand in every part of the country.
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