Prices are nuts

[Vaquero]

Hope ya find another hiding BRM.

RP

[Shakey Jake]

Looked at GB for some small rifle primers. I'm not crazy enough to pay those prices. I think it's an engineered shortage but that's just me. I'll hold off a bit.
Jake

[GFK]

I am wondering also ( "engineered shortage").

[GunnyGene]

Looked at GB for some small rifle primers. I'm not crazy enough to pay those prices. I think it's an engineered shortage but that's just me. I'll hold off a bit.
Jake

If it is engineered, we need to find that engineer and explain things to him (or her).

[GFK]

My thinking: When I go to a LGS, I see bags of 50 rounds handloads from $75-$100. I find it very hard to believe that the shop will place normal priced factory loads next to overpriced handloads for sell. I suspect that the shop will try and sell as much of the overprice stuff as it can before considering normal price stuff. If not, it is stuck with overpriced stuff. But, that is just my thinking.

[CT_Shooter]

OutdoorLife published an online article last month examining reasons for the shortage. Its title is Scalpers Are Driving Up Ammunition Costs and Contributing to the Ammo Shortage

Just what, exactly, is causing the month’s long ammo shortage and price increases that shooters and hunters are seeing across the country? After a series of interviews and private conversations, it’s clear that the ammunition shortage is not the result of manufacturers dragging their feet. In fact, just the opposite is true: 2020 represented the absolute manufacturing limit of the firearms industry.

...this is a supply and demand situation. When supply is low and demand is high, opportunists swoop in to make some spare cash, and those opportunities today are abundant.

https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/guns/ ... -shortage/

[GFK]

OutdoorLife published an online article last month examining reasons for the shortage. Its title is Scalpers Are Driving Up Ammunition Costs and Contributing to the Ammo Shortage

Just what, exactly, is causing the month’s long ammo shortage and price increases that shooters and hunters are seeing across the country? After a series of interviews and private conversations, it’s clear that the ammunition shortage is not the result of manufacturers dragging their feet. In fact, just the opposite is true: 2020 represented the absolute manufacturing limit of the firearms industry.

...this is a supply and demand situation. When supply is low and demand is high, opportunists swoop in to make some spare cash, and those opportunities today are abundant.

https://www.outdoorlife.com/story/guns/ ... -shortage/

Yep.

[Grunt67]

Back in the day, we called that "greed".

[markiver54]

Back in the day, we called that "greed".

Still is. And not just ammo and guns either!

[brm4450]

LGS had Remington 9mm in stock for $34.00 for 50 rounds.