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Impressed with my 17WSM.
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<blockquote data-quote="comfisherman" data-source="post: 2830077" data-attributes="member: 8394"><p>There was also the whole "everything selling like mad". While the consolidation of ammo manufacturing certainly didn't help, neither did off shoring American mfg... or any other of the reasons you mention. The 17 wsm was in a malaise market wise in 2019, so it was still sitting on the shelf well into the 2020 absurdity. Lots of folks bought dusty 17wsm rifles and ammo because it was there... and then found out how awesome it was, and further helped deplete the stock. Then the companies looked at what rimfire rounds sell faster and started there first. Were near a year in steady supply for the 22lr and 17 hmr. Now win and 17 hm2 seem to be fairly prevalent. Guessing they will eventually get to the wsm when everything else is caught up. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Keep in mind we've had gun rushes before, but this last one was partially or maybe even heavily subsidized by the treasury department (or future tax payers if you will). Considering the slump we had right before covid, gun companies were really caught off guard. </p><p></p><p>Hopefully this time next year this is a moot conversarion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="comfisherman, post: 2830077, member: 8394"] There was also the whole "everything selling like mad". While the consolidation of ammo manufacturing certainly didn't help, neither did off shoring American mfg... or any other of the reasons you mention. The 17 wsm was in a malaise market wise in 2019, so it was still sitting on the shelf well into the 2020 absurdity. Lots of folks bought dusty 17wsm rifles and ammo because it was there... and then found out how awesome it was, and further helped deplete the stock. Then the companies looked at what rimfire rounds sell faster and started there first. Were near a year in steady supply for the 22lr and 17 hmr. Now win and 17 hm2 seem to be fairly prevalent. Guessing they will eventually get to the wsm when everything else is caught up. Keep in mind we've had gun rushes before, but this last one was partially or maybe even heavily subsidized by the treasury department (or future tax payers if you will). Considering the slump we had right before covid, gun companies were really caught off guard. Hopefully this time next year this is a moot conversarion. [/QUOTE]
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