Any one else notice that match grade ammo and HD ammo prices have basically gone unchanged? Is it because it's expensive to begin with? i paid the same price for some critical duty 9mm 135gr and hornady .223 75gr then i would a year ago...

Match rifle components have increased in price somewhat since O has been in power, but the bigger consideration has been the lack of availability.

52 (Nosler) and 69 (Sierra & Nosler) projectiles in the large (250-1000) packages disappeared from the market around the time of his re-election.

77 and 80 (Sierra) projectiles in the same large boxes are currently available (but who knows for how long?)

Varget in 8 pound jugs is as rare as hen's teeth, same as CCI and Winchester small rifle primers.

 

High end HD ammo has always been pretty high priced.

A buck a pop isn't unusual, and might just be the equilibrium price without killing demand.

Same for factory match rifle ammo.

But then again, most of us high power rifle competitors roll our own anyway.

That way, we get exactly what our rifles want and we don't pay someone's retail (if you can even find the match ammo you want)

I haven't ventured into rifle re-loading yet, i don't really shoot to much precision rifle, basically like you said it's almost a buck a pop. I wanted to get into rifle reloading last summer but never got around to it and now, well, i cant find any components, so i just buy a few boxes of the match ammo every couple months and make it count. Once i can get some components stocked(powder and primers) i will eventually end up buying the reloading gear.. which is mainly just case prep stuff. Kinda kills me to know i can roll my own but literally cant get what i need. I just thought it was a bit ironic that some of the higher grade stuff was only a bit more expensive then plinking ammo, which was never the case... it kinda justifies buying it... and i just supplement my stocked plinking ammo and keep the brass.. i really dont plan on buying manufactured ammo anymore, but the market dictates otherwise...