jjones88
Active Member
I honestly dont see any American company expanding production under the current administration. The minute they was getting ready to flip the switch they would find a way to shut them down.
It's nice to think that the "current administration" would be the limiting factor but in the game of capitalism that is definitely not true.
The limiting factor is the fact that the companies don't want to spend precious capital on something with a almost guaranteed fallout at the end.
The highs and lows of the price of ammo have been happening for a long time now, and if it weren't for COVID trashing shipping, prices wouldn't be lower but the supply would be higher.
The companies won't expand because land is at an all time high, steel is at a high, other precious metals are at a high. Why buy at a high when there is a strong potential to take a huge loss? That means they raise their prices to cover the capital spent to expand a product line that in the end isn't even that profitable?
If the companies were to expand, they would go for .22lr, 9x19, and .223/5.56. Those are the calibers of the now and of the future.
Current administration isn't affecting the company exec's decision. The rest of the market is.