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Federal is the only company that has upped production. And they are doing it only with added personnel. (It takes six months to train a new worker to produce acceptable primers!) The other companies are convinced that the huge upsurge in demand has passed and adding more capacity now would just mean having it go idle and firing people soon.
ALL companies say that the upsurge has passed and that demand is slacking off. Winchester had demand go to 12X normal, and it is now down to "only" 5X normal. They expect that the new normal will be a bit higher due to the many new reloaders, but that their capacity will be plenty.
Winchester also says they have not increased prices since Jan 2008 - so any higher prices are due to middlemen and retail charging what the market will bear. As long as we consumers continue to suck it up and pay, there won't be a drop in prices.
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