..Now we treat ammo manufacturers like big oil. It's all a conspiracy.
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Found another thread with an opportunity didn't ya.
Just the same as others found an opportunity to blame the man for their lack of ammo.
It's perfectly reasonable to think a factory fire could cause a further decrease in supply. I don't think they'd use it as an excuse to raise prices if it didn't have to, but I imagine something like this can't happen without having some effect on production.
When I spoke today with the girl I've been dealing with at Winchester, she said that the fire will have no effect on production, and even if it had, .22LR would not be affected because it is manufactured in Oxford, not East Alton.
It was a maintenance bldg. Why would that significantly raise the price of ammo? Unless of course it is just used as an excuse to raise prices.