Powder and primers supplies scarce??

[Cold Spring]

My wife and I were traveling today and we made a short detour to a large reloading place. I have a good supply of components on hand but wanted to balance out with another brick of Cheddite 209's I have coming. The place didn't have any familiar shotgun powders in stock except for some oddballs in 1 pound bottles and very few of those. I did however get another case (5000) of 12 gauge Claybuster 7/8 ounce wads, and ten bags of Spartan high antimony 7-1/2 shot. Spartan is made in Spain and RST has started to use it of late. Spartan was priced at $38.95 and some limited West Coast Magnum was in stock at $48.95. Five bag limit/person on either. Then on the way home we stopped at a friend's shop and scored 8 pounds of Alliant E3 - one of my favorite powders - and a 1 pounder of Clay Dot. Both were in the "back room" so to speak, nothing but some random pistol powders on the shelf. A good day! JFI, no 209 primers at either place.