Is there a shortage of Green Mountain muzzleloader barrels for T/C firearms?

in reading older kytes on here i ran across your question and it is a question i also share as im looking for the same thing and i find the same results.....no barrels for sale. i also wonder why and i see that nobody answered yours so i will re-ask.......WHY ???

I talked to Green Mountain about a month back and the word I got from them was, they are busy filling military contracts and that other than what is in inventory they won't be producing any traditional muzzleloader barrels for a while unless it is already a scheduled production run. From what I gathered from the conversation, they are not going to produce any "traditional" muzzleloader barrels for a while and they have only a few limited runs of inline barrels and then they are focusing on gov't contracts. Best I can say is look to other sources who might have something in stock, because it sounded to me like buying direct from GM isn't going to happen for a while.

Colin

Bergara makes barrels for the Encore, but a lot of
places that sell them do not have many in stock.

Bergara's website shows that they are out of stock
for everything for the Encore.

I really wonder with the new administration
preaching "peace", why there is so much military
buying of everything "small arms"?????