ive been moonlighting at a gun shop for awhile now. about 4 days ago I ran up a skid of .223 Winchester "usa" brand 45 grain hollowpoints. how might a Canadian shop get a entire skid worth of .223 ammo? there is no buying scare in Canada. if we can get ammo a plenty from our distributer network then obviously the ammo is floating out there somewhere. most the ammo makers are running above normal capacity and there is no shortage of copper, lead and zinc specific to the gun industry nor is there any major increases in prices (of materials) that wasn't foreseen. yes it sucks that some shooters cant get their ammo but I think distributer/dealer networks and manufacturers can learn a lot from these times. long story short the ammo walked off the shelf in the hands of shooters, not the boogeyman