It has been like this since the obamarama in November 2008. All the guys down south are buying up everything gun related because they think he's going to bring in another assault weapon ban like Clinton did. Remember, we're in Canada, those brands down south care about pleasing their national customers first and then they ship to us. Obama's making it harder and harder for companies to export here as well, some won't bother anymore. Why do a bunch of paperwork that costs time and money when your local market is starving for your product? Gun companies are making just mints of money right now, and that's actually nice to see, because you know they give some of it to the NRA as well as to R&D so new products keep coming out.
It does suck to be on this side of the fence but it is a good thing in the long run. It may even lead to someone in Canada getting fed up and starting a primer company.