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Well it was another panic shortage. This has been explained many times but, most of those who get caught without don't want to hear it. When a panic run starts the companies making the stuff can not flip a switch and double the output. There is no such thing in manufacturing. So the plants that make it will go full tilt to try to catch up but a good panic begins to feed on itself. The people making the ammo can't build more plant capacity because this is a HUGE outlay of cash. If they did build out to double the output the market would soon flood, people would stop buying, then the new extra would sit idle. The companies get charged taxes on the idle equipment. Those extra employee's they hired to run the place are now laid off. All this costs the company big time. So the companies run full tilt till they catch up. Now at every panic shortage a LOT of people don't want to hear this so they make up things to blame. It really is very simple, many just do not want to hear the truth so they find someone to blame. The one constant? Most who go through a panic shortage then do nothing when the shelves fill back up again.So what the hell happened in 2013? 9mm and 22LR were nowhere to be seen..for months. Anyone have the real scoop?