I have heard the same from others as well.
Yeah, the thing that confuses me is why some other company hasn't opened up? Especially with a democrat in office, I don't see the ammo crisis abating for at least the next 3 years. Plus with all the new shooters I expect ammo demand to stay higher long after.
But they're losing absolute sales this way. I've almost stopped plinking because I FUCKING REFUSE to pay $1/round for 9mm. I do my monthly training and that's it. These are months worth of buying ammo that the companies will never get back.
That's a good point, you would think that there is a lot of opportunity right now. I wonder if there is some regulatory hurdles keeping new manufacturers from opening up business or something. It is painful seeing the prices right now, a dollar a round for .223 is an insult, and that's the cheaper option. Can't find .38 special so I over pay for gourmet .357, it's nuts.
I am also wondering if the feds are buying huge lots to create the artificial scarcity again. Remember when the social security administration bought like 200 million rounds of .357?
Yeah during obummer some brand of feds bought like 1.4 billion rounds and said it was for normal training. I think anytime the feds think that there is a danger of insurrection (like when they blatantly perform a coup and turn us into a banana republic for instance...) they'll find ways to monkey with the price.
Where is a new company going to get powder or primers when there is already a shortage for existing companies that are already under contract several years out.
I suppose that sounds like a business opportunity too.
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