The ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict and now the turbulent Israeli-Hamas-Palestinian war are expected to set off an explosion of fire among American hunters and firearms enthusiasts.
Firearms chat rooms—and even gun industry experts—are expecting a shortage not only of fully assembled metal ammunition but also of its individual components. It’s a perfect storm of competing interests vying for surprisingly hard-to-find components. After all, there are only six manufacturers in the entire United States that make primers. And the number of gunpowder manufacturers is even smaller, while the number of immense companies that make bullets isn’t much larger.
Ongoing conflicts could cause ammunition shortages in the US
