This Might Be a Dot.... Got Ammo?

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“Powder Shortage”

Looks like one major ammo manufacturer has shut down, one connected to PSA. Might want to keep tabs on this:

Analysis of the PSA AAC Ammunition Facility Closure, the Energetics Crisis, and the Collapse of Tier 2 Vertical Integration

The abrupt and indefinite suspension of operations at the Advanced Armament Company (AAC) ammunition manufacturing facility in South Carolina represents a catastrophic failure of the post-pandemic “Tier 2” capacity expansion strategy. JJE Capital Holdings (JJE), the parent entity of [Palmetto State Armory](Palmetto State Armory: Firearms, Ammo, Parts and Optics | Palmetto State Armory Not AK&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpalmettostatearmory.com%2F) (PSA), has officially halted production, citing an “unforeseen powder shortage” driven by primary suppliers reallocating critical energetic materials to military and government contracts. This disclosure, emerging initially through customer notifications and social media backchannels before being confirmed by the freezing of distribution, marks the first major industrial casualty of the 2025 Energetics Crisis.

Letter from Schuetzen Powder Energetics on the prices and lack of product
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Gunpowder shortage leads Lexington ammo manufacturer to close, lay off workers

The company, which produces weapons ammunition sold on Palmetto State Armory’s website, operates alongside the armory’s production and distribution at the facility, but are separate brands. John Roberts, an attorney for the company, told The State that workers for Palmetto State Armory would not be impacted by the closure.

The company told DEW that the closing was “due to catastrophic supply chain constraints of raw materials necessary for production.” Roberts told The State the closure was a result of a gunpowder shortage.