From what I understand this shortage was a Three fold problem. The C19 Flue and 7 Million+ new gun owners buying ammo.
Then we had Remington which included the Ammunition Division going bankrupt. Vista bought them, but Remington Ammunition is not back up and running yet. Having Remington Ammunition down did not help this out at all either.

Next problem on the horizon, with Commie Joe in the White House and the Socialist Democratic Party in a position to vote through anti gun legislation we will see another surge in buying just as soon as they start passing bills we do not like.

This should be a wake up call for all of us to not let our supply's get low to start with. I stay amazed at the number of reloader's who still buy primers a flat at a time when primers were on the shelf.

A lot of us who experiment, buy bullets a box at a time to see how they work. We may also buy a pound of powder at a time, again to see how well it works in a particular application. We may end up using up some components that we did not find to be the best for the application to save the good stuff for hunting or more serious target ammo.

I am getting ready to fire form some 22-250 into 22-250AI. I did some thinking to decide what bullets to burn off fire forming. I do not want to waste any that I plan to hunt with. I remembered that I have a jar of Sierra Seconds in some odd weight like 63 grain soft points that I have had on the shelf for over 20 years. I am sure that I will not miss them, unless they end up driving tacks as fire form loads

I can cast bullets for all of my revolvers to include the 480 I hunt with. I can also cast my 45 bullets. I prefer to buy them, but I can cast my own if I decide to spend my time doing that.

Swapping components with other shooters is another option in times of shortage. I believe someone brought up this idea back in the buy and sell area.

With a little luck we will get through this, and learn to be better prepared in the future.

Bob R