Just a heads up. My partner in the bullet casting business is also my supplier for a lot of the components I buy. He received an e-mail from Federal today that they aren't taking orders for primers the rest of the year, and probably into the first of next year. They are so backordered they can't catch up.
His last order for 250,000 Small Pistol primers, which was placed last July, resulted in Federal shipping him 50,000 later this week, and said that was all there would be. He has an ammunition manufacturers license and buys directly from Federal and places orders for about a million primers a year with them, but this year he's only gotten about 200,000 total, with no expectation of getting the rest of the order.
The bottom line is, don't look for this draught to end very soon. It's going to be interesting to hear what's happening at the SHOT Show in January.............
Hope this helps.
Fred