Saturday, January 8, 2022

What the Great Ammunition Shortage Says About Inflation

 Via John

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Concentration is increasing prices and keeping them high. The ammunition duopoly and the "Great Ammunition Shortage" is just one example.

Covid has done a lot of things to our society. But talk to anyone who enjoys hunting, and they’ll tell you one of result is the ‘Great Ammunition Shortage of 2021.’ "5.56 ammunition for an AR-15 used to be about 33 cents a round," said Mark Oliva, director of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation. "Now you're looking at closer to almost a dollar a round. So it is much more expensive and it is much more difficult to find ammunition."

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6 comments:

  1. The late ammo shortage says absolutely nothing about inflation. To claim otherwise is ostentatious ignorance.

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  2. "ostentatious ignorance"
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    Going on my new business cards... thanks!

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  3. 5.56 was over a dollar a round every time obama opened his mouth about guns. Stable Supply vs panic demand.

    The latest on this from manufacturers is that they are making more than ever before, but leftist givernment takeovers and crime policies have created a huge increase in gun owners and people practicing with guns. It3s a permanent increase in demand that producers havent caught up with yet.
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    1. The latest on this from manufacturers is that they are making more than ever before, but leftist givernment takeovers and crime policies have created a huge increase in gun owners and people practicing with guns. It3s a permanent increase in demand that producers havent caught up with yet.

      Thanks.

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