Will Soaring War Risk Send Civilian Ammunition Prices Higher?

powder for reloading is getting hard to find also

Powder is the current reloading choke point. Mainly because war related munitions are consuming the upstream supply of ingredients and small arms ammunition orders are cutting into the available capacity for small arms smokeless powders. Combined with industry consolidation to make everything worse.

Primer supply chains adjusted, and the nature of primer manufacturing reduces the benefits of consolidation so that adjustment is likely to have more long term durability.