Buying shotgun shells will put a bigger hole in your wallet

Prices continue yearlong increase with no relief in sight

If you haven’t bought shotgun shells in a few months


Remington, Federal and Winchester, the major shotshell manufacturers in this country, are all raising prices, citing the rapidly escalating cost of metals, mostly lead, essential to shell production. However, copper, steel and bismuth shotshells also increased during the same period. Fuel price increases have forced up the cost of shipping and delivering the shells, and war-time contracts have created competition for materials and manufacturing time.

American-Statesman