Nightcrawler
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And I don't mean super-rare oddballs like .470NE that cost $20 a round.
This also excludes the huge quantities of surplus ammo out there.
How come .45 Colt costs more than .44 Magnum? Sure, the .45 Colt supply is (supposedly) smaller (doubt that's true anymore, with CAS as big as it is), but there are less .45 Colt guns out there than .44 Mag ones (again, not necessarily true anymore). Yet .45 Colt "cheap stuff" retails for considerably more than comparitive .44 Magnum.
For that matter, why does .44 cost more than .357? Why does .45ACP cost more than 9mm? It seems that in many cases, the bigger the round is, the more it costs. Not always, though.
Why does .45-70 cost more than .30-06?
Why do shotgun shells cost any more than typical centerfire rifle ammo? If anything, they should be cheaper; their hulls are plastic, which costs a lot less to manufacture than brass. Note that some shotshells ARE very cheap; Wal-Mart's 100-packs for $15.00, for instance. But buckshot and slugs are always expensive.
Just curious. Any ideas?
This also excludes the huge quantities of surplus ammo out there.
How come .45 Colt costs more than .44 Magnum? Sure, the .45 Colt supply is (supposedly) smaller (doubt that's true anymore, with CAS as big as it is), but there are less .45 Colt guns out there than .44 Mag ones (again, not necessarily true anymore). Yet .45 Colt "cheap stuff" retails for considerably more than comparitive .44 Magnum.
For that matter, why does .44 cost more than .357? Why does .45ACP cost more than 9mm? It seems that in many cases, the bigger the round is, the more it costs. Not always, though.
Why does .45-70 cost more than .30-06?
Why do shotgun shells cost any more than typical centerfire rifle ammo? If anything, they should be cheaper; their hulls are plastic, which costs a lot less to manufacture than brass. Note that some shotshells ARE very cheap; Wal-Mart's 100-packs for $15.00, for instance. But buckshot and slugs are always expensive.
Just curious. Any ideas?