Plenty of 462 here in Oz, I think the 500 might have caught people's attention and pushed it aside.
My dealer recently went to a Stihl franchise meeting and was warned that everything from saws to chain to chaps will be in even shorter supply next year.
You can guess the several reasons why
Same store even has a full wrap 500i
https://www.murdochs.com/products/p.../gas-chainsaws/stihl-ms-500i-r-wrap-chainsaw/
They don't ship.
Montana resident which store would you want to use? I would like to call them?
53 462s at the various Murdoch's stores. And the solo 500i at Missoula is still there. I'd say the Stihl pro saws are now available. The buying rush is over, as it is now firewood cutting season in N.W. Montana except in the higher elevations.
I hit the firewood cutting season early and hard and I am done cutting. At least for my winter needs, I have what I need.
I found a 500I local and from what I have been told from multiple dealers here they wont even take down payments on preorders for the 500I. The one I bought was ordered in October and they only received 1..
Then maybe the 500i at the Missoula Murdochs is a website error. 3/4 wrap and just sitting in the store? Seems impossible with reports elsewhere of scarcity.