Gun shops deal with ammo shortage as gun sales continue to skyrocket in NC

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — As gun sales continue to skyrocket in North Carolina, many gun shops are dealing with an ammo shortage.

Our partners at WTVD spoke with a gun shop manager in Fayetteville who told them he’s had to raise ammo prices by 100%.

He said it’s all due to a shortage of primer, the chemical inside bullets that makes them combust. Primer is manufactured in Italy, which has been devastated by COVID-19.

“That created this huge backlog in the need for primers,” said Tony Jacobs, a Gun Range Manager at Jim’s Gun Jobbery. “There are certain manufacturers that are only distributing to military and law enforcement too.”

He said companies are having to prioritize who gets new shipments of ammo, creating longer wait lists for businesses.

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