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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1050547" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Increased regulations and increased transportation costs, for two. Cost increases don't come solely from the 'cost' of the raw materials. There are many other factors involved (have your home owners, auto, or health insurance costs increased? Had to buy any new tires for the pick-up, lately? Plenty of other examples if you think about it. ). That copper ore makes a couple of other 'stops' between the mine and plant that cartridge cases are made in. Each one is experiencing cost increases. Do you suppose the cost of groceries has risen solely because the cost of seed? You have to keep in mind, Remington and Winchester are in the ammo business, not the component business. In the past, we got spoiled. Now, they can sell ammo almost as fast as they can make it. I'd bet profit margin is higher on loaded ammo than on components. Which would you choose if it was your "bread & butter"? True, there are "gougers" out there. But, a lot of these are not really "in the business",,, they're out just to make a quick buck. I bought a few hundred 6xc cases recently and they'd only gone up about $5 per hundred. That's about what I'm seeing in other calibers, when they become available, too. How much has the price of a NY Strip steak gone up, per lb.?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1050547, member: 24284"] Increased regulations and increased transportation costs, for two. Cost increases don't come solely from the 'cost' of the raw materials. There are many other factors involved (have your home owners, auto, or health insurance costs increased? Had to buy any new tires for the pick-up, lately? Plenty of other examples if you think about it. ). That copper ore makes a couple of other 'stops' between the mine and plant that cartridge cases are made in. Each one is experiencing cost increases. Do you suppose the cost of groceries has risen solely because the cost of seed? You have to keep in mind, Remington and Winchester are in the ammo business, not the component business. In the past, we got spoiled. Now, they can sell ammo almost as fast as they can make it. I'd bet profit margin is higher on loaded ammo than on components. Which would you choose if it was your "bread & butter"? True, there are "gougers" out there. But, a lot of these are not really "in the business",,, they're out just to make a quick buck. I bought a few hundred 6xc cases recently and they'd only gone up about $5 per hundred. That's about what I'm seeing in other calibers, when they become available, too. How much has the price of a NY Strip steak gone up, per lb.? [/QUOTE]
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