The shortage is due to demand. The demand is driven my many of the things various people on this forum and others have been stating for two to three months. Go back and do some reading, and the answer will be obvious. The same demand is indicated first by the shortage of firearms. People buying new and/or first new guns are having to buy ammo since firearms do not work without ammunitions or at least most don't.
Then people are figuring out the price of ammunition is not going to drop back to its prior levels. Then there is also the fear of additional taxes on manufactured ammunition.
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