Hornady,Speer,Sierra. .25 and bigger pellets?

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far_shot

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.177 and .22 pellets are inexpensive, but once you go up to .25 and larger....it seems like price gouging, considering it's a simple pellet that cost near or more than a complicated jacketed bullet.I would think the big three could churn them out in mass quantities and at fair price. Probably not enuf demand to research, engineer and tool up for them....but can only wish :) :)
 
I don't begrudge anyone (or company) charging what they must to introduce a new or unique product to market, since there are obvious and not-so-obvious costs involved in producing any new product. Not to mention gambling on a new product catching on enough to eventually become a profitable proposition. Then, when (and IF) it does catch on, the laws of supply, demand and competition take over to adjust prices to whatever the market will bear; driving down prices if there exists enough demand.
 
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I don't begrudge anyone (or company) charging what they must to introduce a new or unique product to market, since there are obvious and not-so-obvious costs involved in producing any new product. Not to mention gambling on a new product catching on enough to eventually become a profitable proposition. Then, when (and IF) it does catch on, the laws of supply, demand and competition take over to adjust prices to whatever the market will bear; driving down prices if there exists enough demand.
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Well there you have it in nutshell. But yes you can always dream 

Eamon
 
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.177 and .22 pellets are inexpensive, but once you go up to .25 and larger....it seems like price gouging, considering it's a simple pellet that cost near or more than a complicated jacketed bullet.I would think the big three could churn them out in mass quantities and at fair price. Probably not enuf demand to research, engineer and tool up for them....but can only wish :) :)
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If you are paying as much or more for .25 pellets per unit as cf projectiles you certainly are paying too much.

In OZ where we have to import both, here is the relative cost:

Hornady V-Max .257 cost Au $ 51.35/100 or $ 180/350. Versus $30 for 350 JSB .25 CAL King Heavies 33.9 gr. So we get the pellets at 1/6 th the cost of the projectiles.

Hornady V-Max .177 projectiles cost AU $40.10 /100 or $200/ 500. Versus JSB .177 10.34 gr Heavies at $20 for 500. So we get the pellets at 1/10 th the cost per unit.

Perhaps as in USA the projectiles are made there and the pellets are imported the relativity is different. 

But if Hornady could make pellets equal to or better than JSB pellets at a better price I'll be in the market. I doubt with your labour costs they will be able to do it.

Kind regards, Harry.


 
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