Why does ammo cost so much now, 4 years ago it was 1/4th of the price it is now
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One word: China, their booming (okay, before the world tanked) economy was sucking up as much raw materials as they could get their hands on. Now? The current administration. You can't get a box of anything common in the local Sportsman's Warehouse (unless you consider .44 rimfire common).
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I just don't understand --if metals are costing more, why are junkyards paying less? I would think they'd be paying more, because they can get more for it.
As to the idea that the current administration is curtailing ammo production, I hear that Remington and other ammo manufacturers are operating at 120% capacity now. Where is it all going? Are people just hoarding, on top of other market forces?
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Have you forgotten the USA is still fighting 2 wars one in Iraq & one in Afghanistan? Where do you think the ammo is coming from that we use on those 2 fronts? It is coming from the available pool of Ammo we have here and then the cost rises for those not buying in bulk (like the US Govt is) . What war have you known our nation to have when the supply of something didn't get rationed or become MORE expensive because of the ongoing war? It always happens..There is a demand for bullets and the materials to make bullets during wartime.. that demand makes the prices rise. Who said we don't pay a price for war?
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Have you forgotten the USA is still fighting 2 wars one in Iraq & one in Afghanistan? Where do you think the ammo is coming from that we use on those 2 fronts? It is coming from the available pool of Ammo we have here and then the cost rises for those not buying in bulk (like the US Govt is) . What war have you known our nation to have when the supply of something didn't get rationed or become MORE expensive because of the ongoing war? It always happens..There is a demand for bullets and the materials to make bullets during wartime.. that demand makes the prices rise. Who said we don't pay a price for war?
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