Ammo & component price increasing

[Hogpatrol]

Companies that will increase their prices include Remington, Alliant Powder, CCI, Federal, SEVI-Shot and Speer. The following increases include:

• Shotshell: 1-7 percent
• Rifle: 1-7 percent
• Handgun: 1-5 percent
• 22LR/Shorts: 1-5 percent
• WMR/HMR: 1-7 percent
• Primers: 5 percent
• Alliant Powder: 10 percent (limited availability).

Ammo prices set to rise "substantially"

Vista Outdoor said it would increase prices due to unprecedented demand for and an anticipated global shortage of gunpowder.

www.newsweek.com

 

[HuntingGold]

Grrrr

 

[BourbonTrail]

Of course…how convenient.

 

[Mark Biggerstaff]

Yes.
Look for increases starting January.
We have been notified of price increase on basically all ammo and components. Also limited supply thru 2025 on the outlook
Also got word today look for increase from 3-7 % from Smith and Wesson and Ruger.
I imagine more will follow shortly.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Like prices aren't already exceedingly high . And these prices won't be going down as the supply catches up to demand.

 

[Hogpatrol]

Slowly squeezing out the "Honey, I need $80 for a box of ammo to go deer hunting" guy.

 

[Puddle]

Well, at least I can console myself that I have a lifetime supply of brass in all cartridges....

'ain't much, but I'll take it...

 

[Hogpatrol]

Anymore at the range, I don't count ammo in rounds, it's now in dollars.

 

[steve white]

Peter Zeihan is saying to get used to inflation going forward for the next ten years....maybe we better pony up now, may not get better for a good while.

 

[Hogpatrol]

Peter Zeihan is saying to get used to inflation going forward for the next ten years....maybe we better pony up now, may not get better for a good while.

For sure. It'll be "Remember when primers were a hundred bucks a thousand"? when they're two hundred per.

 

[Daniel Cary]

I don't believe the US has enough Gun Powder to support our Military.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Of course…how convenient.

I guess the 100 percent plus increase for factory ammo, powder/brass and several hundred percent for primers wasn’t enough over the last almost four years?

 

[Tintin]

For sure. It'll be "Remember when primers were a hundred bucks a thousand"? when they're two hundred per.

Sadly, here, AU$200 / 1,000 primers is a bargain now - when they can be found.

 

[krish]

Only thing I need to stock up is primers.
Krish

 

[D.M.V]

The whole primer issue is what really ticks me off. The prices are out of control and udderly ridiculous

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Sadly, here, AU$200 / 1,000 primers is a bargain now - when they can be found.

@Tintin
That's a real bargain, now around 340 dollars/ 1000 and LR primers are like rocking horse shit.
Bob

 

[Altitude sickness]

While in the Navy. I had a side assignment and was loaned out to help dispose of old small arms ammo, cannon rounds, Bangalore torpedos etc.
Even old powder used on battleships 16” and smaller guns. I guess I was the only one in the area with that NEC

Our max limit to blow or burn was 5000 pounds. Per charge.

We got rid of a ridiculous amount of powder, high and low explosives. It was fun. But it has me wondering if they still dispose of explosives, powder and ammo that way.

Here I’m putting a blasting cap into C4 to cook off the whole pile.

Other pic is various stuff we would blow up.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

The whole primer issue is what really ticks me off. The prices are out of control and udderly ridiculous

Just a guess on my part, but I think manufacturers took note of their $30-35 per thousand primers were being resold at $100+ by middlemen and profiters. I received a couple notices from Midway USA this past week about LR and LRM primers being back in stock. The retail prices were all over $100 per thousand and they quickly sold out.

A new primer company, just west of Texarkana, TX, was supposed to come on line soon. Haven't heard any updates, but another manufacturing source might help with supply and maybe drive prices down. Until then, I am shooting and reloading less than I use to.

 

[D.M.V]

Just a guess on my part, but I think manufacturers took note of their $30-35 per thousand primers were being resold at $100+ by middlemen and profiters. I received a couple notices from Midway USA this past week about LR and LRM primers being back in stock. The retail prices were all over $100 per thousand and they quickly sold out.

A new primer company, just west of Texarkana, TX, was supposed to come on line soon. Haven't heard any updates, but another manufacturing source might help with supply and maybe drive prices down. Until then, I am shooting and reloading less than I use to.

I sure hope so. Or they could also let some overseas companies bring some in to cover. But I'd rather see a American factory produce them. "cause I'm American" no offense to our brothers in Europe, UK and elsewhere. I just can't imagine rcbs, Redding, Dillon, forster, le wilson ECT expect there company's to survive with components being unavailable

 

[steve white]

I don't believe the US has enough Gun Powder to support our Military.

Don't look to congress to correct it--if brains were gunpowder, they couldn't blow their noses.