Phoenix, Arizona - -(AmmoLand.com)- Where has all the ammo gone? That’s a common refrain these days and not just in a few places, but all across the country. The answer is simple and complicated, but it’s not part of a nefarious plot hatched up by Washington politicians.
Ammo supplies got thrown out of kilter as a result of military action in Iraq and Afghanistan and several former Warsaw Pact nations transitioning to NATO caliber arms. Some sources of military surplus ammo have been drying up under a UN agreement to “de-militarize” (read destroy) surplus ammo rather than let it into the open market.
During the same period the costs of metals for components, particularly lead and copper, started climbing due to global demand. Ammunition prices, which have held remarkably low with little increase in decades, started going up. As prices crept up, many high-volume ammo users, such as police training ranges, fearing continuing price escalation and tightening supplies, decided to stock up. This put manufacturers, who were already a little behind the curve, even further into the hole. At this point there wasn’t really a shortage though, just an imbalance…
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