Blame it on the weakened dollar, the worldwide demand on metals, the demand on existing stocks of ammo, or all of the above. The fact is ammunition is getting much more expensive.
How much more expensive? Well, I pulled out one company’s catalogs and looked at the numbers. Here is what I found:
As you can see the prices have gone up significantly across the board. What you may also notice is the price increases are not done yet. The Sellier and Bellot ammo showed a noticable increase in cost from the March to April catalogs.
The price increases match what I have seen in the local gun stores, other catalogs, and even at the local Walmart.
The bottom line is you should buy what you can now, because prices are not going to be dropping in the near future.
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Check out the November 2008 update to this article.
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