TVM Kits price goes up by about 30%

[duca]

Hate to tell you this, but inflation under Trump would still be here and a tank of fuel would have risen to costs that hurt.

Don’t think so….

 

[bpflint2007]

Well, I watch the entire shooting sports industry and price increases aren't just a muzzleloader thing. The demand for EVERYTHING shooting related is historically high and the supply is almost non existent. There are a lot of reasons for it, but they all lead back to a shortage on raw materials, a shortage on workers, increased govt regulations, etc. There is even a problem right now with insurance companies refusing to underwrite a trucker hauling large quantities of ammo. Huge demand, very low supply, inflated prices.
Regarding the muzzleloader sphere, I know for a fact there's a huge number of people who turned to whatever blackpowder guns and ammo they could get because everything else was drying up. What they did was hit a niche market with a huge demand and overwhelmed it into the same dynamic of inflation.
Just look at the niche market of bullet casting. I started casting back in the 80s and never ever had trouble ordering whatever I needed. Just try to find a mold right now. The people who couldn't find jacketed bullets turned to bullet casting and wiped it out. If you can find anything casting related it's sold at inflated prices.
I wish people would calm down just a bit and let things recover.......

Yeah I did lots of work in the industry and I know supply is low and demand is high…for regular firearms. I can’t say there’s been large amounts of people buying blackpowder stuff. Of all the places I’ve been at and the work I’ve been involved in, it was extremely rare for someone to ask for black powder stuff.

My local place sells traditions kits for $300-400 each, and there’s a layer of dust on all of them. The fact is blackpowder firearms don’t move. If there’s no demand, there won’t be supply, and this raises the price since there’s less product being made with the same overhead in place. Blackpowder firearms manufacturing doesn’t require anything special as far as permits or regulation here in the US.

The only thing that moves quick and is in short supply around here is ammo at a decent price. The primer issue we had in 2020 still hasn’t caught up. Anytime there’s a democrat in office, ammo is scarce anyway. Not because of regulation but because people have a fear stuff will disappear so they buy in bulk and stuff disappears BECAUSE everyone had the same thought.

I’d wonder if bullet molds are harder to find for stuff since again, the guys who do that as a hobby are getting older and there’s no interest in buying new equipment since there’s plenty of used stuff that comes up for sale and less people getting into it.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Started out talking about rifle kits...., now the general economy and the politics with it.... going to lock it as some comments do match the topic....

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