There is no good response to the "shortage" thread, be it for guns, ammo, reloading, rimfire, primers, TP, etc.
It's either whining and complaining about how there's no ____. Or, it's that you're Scrooge McDuck, swimming in your pool filled with primers every night just because - haha.
These sort of shortages are cyclical in nature and coincide with uncertainty. The election year was going to be bad enough, but add virus uncertainty and civil unrest, and you get a circumstance where people are fearful for their safety. There are people who are legitimately concerned that law enforcement may not respond (or respond soon enough) in their time of need. People are fearful of the possibility of Uncle Joe, Beto, and possibility of a blue congress and how it affects the 2nd amendment. These circumstances cause people to purchase firearms and related things.
We will regain more certainty with an election, no matter who is elected. However, we will regain incredible gun related certainty if enough choose the red pill.
We will regain an amount of certainty with the election on the civil unrest front, as it is in part a ploy to energize their base, make people unhappy, and whet an appetite for change. Some want nothing more than to record heavy handed, out of context responses to "peaceful protesters."
We will regain an amount of certainty with the production of a vaccine.
However, until some of these are known and some certainty regained, well meaning people are going to attempt to create "localized certainty" with their wallets.
This is ok, but not ideal. People hoard all kinds of things. Some probably have a mountain of TP and canned goods. Some bought a lot of gun related things in the 2016-2019 era of the cheapest prices in recent history and really don't need to buy much. Some just purchased their first firearm and have no way to get ammo for it. Some are purchasing an entry level AR for $900 that was $500 or less in 2017. People need things when they need them and the economics aren't that good right now when it comes to gun related products.
Just don't believe that "it will never come back down." It's not true in the stock market and it's not true with consumer goods.
Otherwise, you'll be the guy who can't sell his $11,000 rimfire stash bought at panic prices when things become more certain.