You are wrong about small caliber ammunition... the OEM’s do not see the price flux/margins, market players/middlemen do... you are way wrong... Do you work in the ammunition manufacturing business? I do.
It is not MBA disease... its called being smart. In 2010 and 2011 so many Firearms and ammunition companies were stuck with product and capacity cause the 2010 elections put the TEA party in and over night guns and ammo demand disappeared.
There is this little thing called the Internet that cuts out said middleman. I haven't bought ammo at a store in years.
I know that manufacturing 22LR is more difficult than centerfire rounds, and I understand that the permits and zoning around building a facility are more complex for ammunition than other products, but I also know that there are plenty of communities that are hungry, more people are shooting than ever, and women are a growing market. The baseline increase in demand is permanent. There is no excuse.
>> “In 2010 and 2011 so many Firearms and ammunition companies were stuck with product and capacity cause the 2010 elections put the TEA party in and over night guns and ammo demand disappeared.” <<
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Not in any real world.
Shooters are simply not that stupid.
“In 2010 and 2011 so many Firearms and ammunition companies were stuck with product and capacity”
You sure have a different memory of 2010 & 2011 than I have! Where I live, guns and ammo were going up during 2010 & 2011...and haven’t stopped.
I almost never shoot any more. I only have a couple hundred rounds of 22 ammo left, and 357 & 44 mag ammo are thru the roof. I might as well shoot $5 bills!
I’m seriously tempted to start handloading, but that won’t help me any with finding 22 ammo for sale.