I know that AR's are hard to find now, but on my last trip to Carter Country and Bass Pro Shops I found them completely sold out of small rifle primers, except for some CCI's. In fact, the only primers they had were a few boxes of small and large pistol primers.
Is anyone else noticing depleted stocks of primers, powder, etc? BTW, I just checked Midway and Brownells, and they are out of stock on all brands of small rifle primers with some on backorder and others (at Midway) with no backorder (meaning they can get no restock date from the manufacturer).
Anyone have any experience with the CCI's? There is another thread here (Best Loads) that noted some hang-fires with them for certain powders. If they don't pose any systemic problems, I may go back and buy a few boxes.