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| Ammo Prices Set to Rise 'Substantially' |
| 2023-12-10 |
| [Newsweek] Vista Outdoor, a parent company to many firearms businesses, told Newsweek that it will substantially increase its ammunition prices due to "an anticipated global shortage of gunpowder." The Minnesota-based company confirmed the authenticity of a December 1 letter sent to customers that it would go ahead with an across-the-board increase of its ammunition and gunpowder prices on January 1. "Due to world events our suppliers have notified us of unprecedented demand for and an anticipated global shortage of gunpowder, and thus has increased our prices substantially," Vice President of Sales, Sporting Products Brett Nelson said in the letter. "We must therefore raise our pricing to help offset those increases." Companies that will increase their prices include Remington, Alliant Powder, CCI, Federal, SEVI-Shot and Speer. The following increases include: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Considering most commercial ammunition doesn't use gunpowder, you have to wonder. Did he mean nitrocellulose? Sounds like ammunition for Christmas. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-12-10 14:16 |
| #3 Looks like most increases are less than 2%, under average for Bidenomics. Newsweak making news again. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-12-10 11:24 |
| #2 make the first shot count! |
| Posted by: Jack Creanter7508 2023-12-10 09:45 |
| #1 "an anticipated global shortage of gunpowder for non-governmental buyers." There... FIFY |
| Posted by: Warthog 2023-12-10 09:21 |