Ammo, originally uploaded by Anthony J. Martinez.

Cost has gone through the roof, and availability has gone through the floor.

I have been foolishly dismissing the talk of scarce ammo as ranting and raving, but that illusion has passed.

Today, I went to find some range ammo for a few of my guns and was met with many empty shelves. There was no 9mm of any variety to be found. Prospects for the .45ACP were little better. Even calibers people do not typically carry were either completely out of stock, or very close to out of stock.

Normally things like this would not be an issue, because I’d just buy components and load my own ammo. Sadly, I can’t find primers anywhere. My reloading press is pretty useless at the moment.