These are letters that were posted publicly from CorBon and Hornady regarding recent inventory, shipping, and pricing. Seems they'll catch up at some point, they put some conspiracies to rest, and apparently, gun shops blaming the higher costs from their suppliers is a big, fat lie.
From CORBON:
"More on Ammo Prices: Directly from our friends at CorBon Ammunition - "We had a 5% increase on some of our products. Most of our products stayed the same with no increase."
Keep that in mind when a dealer tell's you he raised his prices 300% because of the manufacturer."
And from Hornady:
"Here are some of rumors we’ve heard, and questions we’ve received:
Have you stopped production, or has the government forced you to stop? Not at all. Did you stop selling bullets so you could only make loaded ammunition? Absolutely not. Since we can’t find your product you must be selling it all to the government. Nope, less than 5% of our sales are to government entities. Why can’t you make more? Ramp up production? Turn on all the machines? We’ve been steadily growing our production for a long time, especially the last five years. We’ve added presses, lathes, CNC equipment, people and space. Many popular items are produced 24 hours a day. Several hundred Hornady employees work overtime every week to produce as much as safely possible. If there is any question about that –please take a tour of the factory. You’ll be amazed at what you see. We are producing as much as we can; much more than last year, which was a lot more than the year before, etc. No one wants to ship more during this time than we do.
We appreciate everyone’s understanding and patience. We don’t know when the situation will improve, so please bear with us a little longer. And remember, when it comes to Hornady Manufacturing, if you don’t hear it from us, please don’t believe it."
Quotes taken from the Paul Markel/Student of the Gun FB page.
