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Old 11-07-2013, 01:39 PM  
_Richard_
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Federal Ammo is located here in MN. My friend is an engineer there. I bug him all the time about ammo since I hunt and shoot quite a bit. He said their shortage/price rise is due to a number of things and can't be blamed on 1 in particular. They are transitioning to a new facility, increase in materials has led to increase in prices. He said the biggest reason for the shortage is regular citizens hoarding. There was a shortage before Sandy Hook, in fact it started when Obama got elected. Originally the shortage started with .223/5.56.(ar-15 ammo) Since then it has bled over into other calibers.

They simply can't make enough ammo to keep up with demand. Their sales numbers have gone up x10 since 2008.

Hell, i was on armlist selling 7.62x39 ammo I had paid 14 cents a round for and reselling at $1 a round.
yea i touched a bit on the fact there isn't just one reason

i don't really have time to pull data or debunk stuff, sorry boys

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Magic = People listening to the media and buying everything they can get.
are you referring to your finding one article, titled 'opinion', and thinking you won something?

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