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Originally Posted by jyl
Ammo has to be pretty profitable to make. The raw material cost is not high, the technology is old, and the retail price is high. If the US producers decide to sit back and enjoy these high prices, then hopefully some Chinese companies will step in and bring Asian mfg costs to bear. Ironic maybe but it is ridiculous to pay $1.00-1.50 for a single 9mm cartridge.
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I think the issue is that suppliers never know when they're gonna get more materials for more productions runs, so they have to charge more to keep in business during the times they can't keep the production going. I know a lot of the gun stores would rather make their old profit margin on guns and be able to order and receive more anytime they want rather than having huge markups for fear of not getting more inventory and then having bare shelves.