I went to Gander Mountian in Flint Mi. and Williams sporting goods Monday(rain day)just to buy some large rifle primers. Fellow at Williams Hit the nail on the head when he said it was the (1. WARand (2. China buying all the scrap metal. Seems the price of metal has sky rocketed as well as what scrap metal is worth, Dealers are trying to order at the lowest price so they can sell at the lower price what they have sold in the past.
Williams fellow said that the whole south east Section of Michigan has had a huge upsurge of copper,lead and other metalthefts. Even had a bunch of man hole covers stolen in Burton and Flint.

Al