Where are the products?

The real shortage is in primers and powders. Airgunners are much less affected than powder burners. Try being a reloader during these times.

Surprisingly, firerams are in plentiful supply, but not what you shoot in them.

I looked at the air rifles on the shelf at the local Scheel's store, and they have sold a grand total of one Sig-Sauer MCX Virtus in the last several months, with five more on display, but this is Montana, not exactly an airgunner hangout. Airguns are displayed along a wall in a back hallway, away from the main guns and ammo section. Paintball equipment gets a more prominent display. There are as many cheap airguns for sale as there ever were, with the same selection of pellets and BB's.

Yea if you are a powder burner and did not stock up a long time ago with ammo and reloading supplies and not set for life... I feel for you. 

Also if you shop around you can find stuff in stock. I was able to pick up an FX Impact M3 .25 Sniper and an FX Maverick .22 Compact. Both brand new. 




 
I went to a bicycle shop with my wife to try out couple road bikes, finally she chose "that red one".

I wanted to pay the bike and go, the owner started laughing...they are selling out = taking orders on $2K-3K-5K bikes for next year - 2022 !!!

My Sig red dot magnifier optics was back to a dealer for Warranty repair since September 2020, one month after, a second, third month quiet...I started getting excited about Sig, after five months I started biching lauder, after seventh month they desided to refund me the entire amount completely just to keep it quiet...they cannot deliver.

Last year I was doing my basement project, costed me over $33K total (I did myself...no other labour's cost) the 2x4 lumber was $2.7 a piece, another day last week my neigbour is coming back from HDepot fuming...$10 a piece..(Canada here, Toronto and Vancouver cities you don't want to know the home improvements costs...

Another day in the news : biggest business these days - stealing lumber from construction sites...
 
COVID fouled up many supply chains. Everyone expected demand to drop, but because people were home, all hobbies took off. Home remodels took off and demand skyrocketed. Graphics cards and 2x4's victims to the same demand curve and same mistakes early on in COVID. Returning to work in the next few months should reduce the need for graphics cards and maybe 2x4's into next year as orders catch up with demand, but pellets? Not so sure when that demand will lighten up.