Why is .223 so expensive??

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Pretty much summed it up in the title. Why can't I buy 1000 rounds for like $100?

I found some cheap boxes of 20 down in Minnesota recently (not that it helps me in Canada), but they were on sale and there weren't too many of them.

Is a manufacturer going to help us out soon?
 
its still the cheapest new manufactured rifle round(at least at my local store). even though its a smaller cartridge there is still a fair amount of brass and brass is expensive.
 
Oh ok haha, these darn prices are to high. Bring them down or we'll all go back to shooting .22's. Sory thats the best i can come up with right now haha. Maybe look into reloading, it seems like it could be a fun hobbie and you can perfect a load for your rifle.
 
It's gouging. Staff laughed at me when I stocked up when it was $5/20 .223. When I paid $13/550 for .22 the staff told me I was wasting money stocking up because the price will never go up. Now the prices have doubled and they keep going up.
 
I heard a rumour that the price jump was casue by the hoarding going on in the the states but that was awhile ago. They said the same thing about 9mm but it only went up a buck so i dont know whats going on. :confused:
 
gak said:
It's gouging. Staff laughed at me when I stocked up when it was $5/20 .223. When I paid $13/550 for .22 the staff told me I was wasting money stocking up because the price will never go up. Now the prices have doubled and they keep going up.
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Who's laughing now though. :)
 
The only way to "change the industry/price" is to STOP buying it. As above, it was priced at $5 and people bought it, then the price went up to $10 and people STILL bought it.

As for a NEW manufacturer competing? Government rules and regulations remove ALL profit and it wouldn't be any cheaper than what is now available. In fact, it would probably have to be more expensive if a new company wanted to make any profit and stay in business.
 
gak said:
It's gouging. ....
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Same old, same old..Prices go up, and it has to be those evilll companies "price gouging"....Forget the War, forget demand, ignore cost increase`s to the manufacturers like wages/benefits and materials.....I want $5 a box ammo now!...People who could not run a lemonade stand without going bankrupt should not be giving advice on how to run a business.....
 
Pretty much summed it up in the title. Why can't I buy 1000 rounds for like $100?

I found some cheap boxes of 20 down in Minnesota recently (not that it helps me in Canada), but they were on sale and there weren't too many of them.
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Oh yeah, and I forgot greed. Price gouging and greed. I'll never forget the shoppers drug mart manager cackling at the teenage girls paying $20+tax for lip gloss that the store bought for < $1.
 
Airwolf said:
Same old, same old..Prices go up, and it has to be those evilll companies "price gouging"....Forget the War, forget demand, ignore cost increase`s to the manufacturers like wages/benefits and materials.....I want $5 a box ammo now!...People who could not run a lemonade stand without going bankrupt should not be giving advice on how to run a business.....
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+1. It's good to know that somebody understands basic economics here.

Greed is good. If ammunition companies couldn't make money, there would be no .223 ammo at any price. Things cost what they cost because there are enough customers willing to pay the price. If something costs more to produce than people are willing to pay, it won't be produced.

As for the lip gloss example, I nothing wrong in profiting off of other people's foolish extravagance. Once again, a thing is worth what you can get for it.
 
check out what people pay in the states for firearms and ammo its so much cheaper firearms stores in canada conduct highway robbery with price mark ups. i know they have to make money but there mark ups are crazy i think wholesalers in the US are part of the problem but what do i know
 
People continue to buy no matter the price, thus sellers keep charging what the market is seeming to bare. There will be a million different opinions on this one.
 
I think is so people can ask way too much for the once fired .223 brass and justify it...:jerkit: I guess they are trying to recoup some of the initial investment...

I have seen it in the EE as high as .15 to .25 per...what a joke you can buy it from a site sponsor for under .06 ea....
 
It should be one of the most cost effective cartridges to load based on economy of scale. I also wonder if we might be able to get a Canadian reloader of it, similar to Black Hills in the states. If brass is so expensive, there should be lots of brass available.
 
bigdawg said:
check out what people pay in the states for firearms and ammo its so much cheaper firearms stores in canada conduct highway robbery with price mark ups. i know they have to make money but there mark ups are crazy i think wholesalers in the US are part of the problem but what do i know
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Great then....If you actually believe that, then I suggest you contact John at Marstar, or Mark at Questar and tell them the price difference`s in their products compared to the State`s is "Highway robbery"....Show them that you have a better handle on how to run a business than they do....Please contact them...I, and I`m sure others, would love to hear their response to your charge....I find people who use the terms "greedy", "gouging", Highway robbery" and such, to be rather tedious people...Go away....:rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
I didn't mean the question in the economic sense per se...but this is fun anyways.

Input costs aside, one would think increased demand would bring on more production and lower prices. I guess there is a maximum amount that can be manufactured for the public, especially given the war. The real question is, why don't manufacturers step up and increase supply dramatically BECAUSE of the war (so us civies have a healthy supply). It's 2010, not 1947.

I'm a geologist, I'm happy to find all kinds of metals for the industry if someone wants to pay for a few drillholes.
 
223 Is so expensive because you cant shoot 556 out of a platform marked 223 with out causing a supernova , hence why 223 is so expensive
 
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