Well Tom, my best guess is that Federal has not been shipping all of its production
for a while. Thus they still have more for current shipments.
Way back when, there was a CCI video out where you could see how .22lr were
made. They also had a clip of the many millions of rounds they were shipping, PER
DAY, at that time. - - - We currently have a huge number of "new" shooters that are
new because they have gone into full PANIC mode, and buy up every box of every
single item they find.
For the next foreseeable period, we are just having to watch the shelves and grab
what we can, when we can. It remains unknown how long this will last. - - - When
we have literally millions of new shooters, it WILL take a long time to stock their
shelves with enough to let the supply filter out to established shooters.
P.S. That's where having good quality pellet pistols and rifles keeps your shooting
skills at a higher level. :wink: