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What the actual fuck. I just can't believe that none of these companies are able to figure out their primer shortage. How difficult is it to make ammo? People can make it at home!

Everyone is talking about Biden's gun bill or whatever, not realizing that without ammo (and affordable ammo to actually practice) gun ownership is pretty much useless. If it costs more than a dollar a round, people will just use guns only for hunting, or will be horribly out of practice and not proficient if they have to defend themselves.

Ammo is as important as the actual weapon.

What the actual fuck. I just can't believe that none of these companies are able to figure out their primer shortage. How difficult is it to make ammo? People can make it at home! Everyone is talking about Biden's gun bill or whatever, not realizing that without ammo (and affordable ammo to actually practice) gun ownership is pretty much useless. If it costs more than a dollar a round, people will just use guns only for hunting, or will be horribly out of practice and not proficient if they have to defend themselves. Ammo is as important as the actual weapon.

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You have metal presses and draws in your garage?

Casings and other are part of the supplies anyone would need, distinct from assembly of a round. Not that I have those things.

But I don't see why those machines couldn't be built.

Theres nothing here that a competent metallurgist, machinist, electronics engineer, and mechanical engineer couldn't design and build on our own if any of us were so inclined.

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I think that's what folks arent grasping. This isnt an assembly shortage. If it was, everyone would be reloading like mad and prices would be relatively "normal" . it's a shortage of component parts. You see this issue in primer availability being nil.

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it's a shortage of component parts. You see this issue in primer availability being nil.

Wheres the component parts shortage coming from? Is this simply demand far outstripping supply, or producers crimping supply on government order?

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Demand is outstripping supply. Firearm sales are at stratospheric levels, particularly for first or second time owners. If someone's buying their 10th gun, they probably don't need more ammo. If it's their first or second gun, they're probably going to need at least 100 rounds and a lot more if they want to be proficient. That's an incredible quantity of increased ammo demand.