Vista Outdoors price increases

[6fatrat]

And we got a halfwit on the steering wheel.

Doug
You are being very generous calling him 1/2 of a wit.
Steve Bair

 

[Ccrider]

When the shelves are full of products not moving the prices will come down! People just need to stop buying for a little while and the gouging will stop. From a business standpoint it is a simple concept. Product not moving, reduce the price. Just like Bud Light, they can't give it away! VV powder is looking very attractive at the moment.
Paul

I agree in principle. Can one expect the shelves to be full of H4895 or H4198 in the next few years or is that just wishful thinking?

 

[br1111]

I agree in principle. Can one expect the shelves to be full of H4895 or H4198 in the next few years or is that just wishful thinking?

when that joke of a president( worst i have seen in my lifetime), went to bat against the oil industry, that and over spending got the ball rolling. Some price increases were legitimate,but then good ol fashion greed kicked in and took advantage of the price increase climate.IN many cases we are being gouged. GREEDFLATION!

 

[46and2]

Doug
You are being very generous calling him 1/2 of a wit.
Steve Bair

 

[Bill K]

Everything the Biden/Harris admin do anymore hurts citizens, rather than help.

Hey, wait a minute! The inflation reduction act I thought was going to kick in at any time.

 

[BlueWater]

Is Vista attempting to raise revenue to make a pending sale? Is this part of the sale agreement?

Guessing, but I'm assuming Vista actually makes no powder components nor has powder factories, and so they'd be reliant on such raw materials suppliers same as everyone else. And if those suppliers raises prices, ...

 

[6.5 forever]

I agree in principle. Can one expect the shelves to be full of H4895 or H4198 in the next few years or is that just wishful thinking?

They might be there because the pricing becomes truly unaffordable.

 

[Evan]

They might be there because the pricing becomes truly unaffordable.

Im curious when that point will be hit. So far reloaders have shown their demand is inflexible: very price insensitive compared to a lot of other types of non-essential spending. Suppliers have noticed and will continue to test just how price insensitive their market base is. I wonder if wallets would start to stay closed at $100 per pound. Seemed like $0.15 per primer was about the limit for most where demand started to drop and price fell. Would folks stop buying Berger at $1 each? Especially if Sierra, Lapua, Hornady stayed down at $0.50 each or fell back down to $0.30?

 

[Enosiophobia]

And we got a halfwit on the steering wheel.

Wow. Someone being generous.

 

[Ccrider]

Im curious when that point will be hit. So far reloaders have shown their demand is inflexible: very price insensitive compared to a lot of other types of non-essential spending. Suppliers have noticed and will continue to test just how price insensitive their market base is. I wonder if wallets would start to stay closed at $100 per pound. Seemed like $0.15 per primer was about the limit for most where demand started to drop and price fell. Would folks stop buying Berger at $1 each? Especially if Sierra, Lapua, Hornady stayed down at $0.50 each or fell back down to $0.30?

I don’t think reloaders are any different than other consumers. I know the pendulum always swings back in the other direction. I don’t expect we will see any large reduction in the cost of reloading components until we see a change in the party in charge of the white house. I would say running but I am not so sure about that.

When prices drop, and they will eventually, I won’t expect less than 40 a pound.

 

[625-8]

When people were paying $200/brick for primers Vista and others were paying attention. When the shelves stayed full prices came down. Supplying ammo for wars all over the planet as well as more scared people than ever buying firearms and ammo takes a lot of powder. I’m shooting a lot more .22’s than anything and having fun doing it.

 

[joshb]

Doug
You are being very generous calling him 1/2 of a wit.
Steve Bair

Yup! I think he’s down to an eighth wit! Noticed giggles is getting more mic time?
Inflation is rampant. News agencies pushing fear every night. No one knows when it’s going to end. 4 more years of Joe? HOLY CRAP!…….and Vista feeds at the trough.

 

[L.Sherm]

If you were Vista and people were buying everything you had out of fear would you lower your prices?

 

[Walt Krafft]

If you worked at Vista, you would want a raise because of inflation. Everything is going up. Villanize the goverment spending and regulations that are causing inflation not the manufacturers trying to survive it.

 

[L.Sherm]

Yeah Vista is really struggling not there management anyway. CEO jut got a million dollar raise not long ago maybe more.
I was wrong way more.
2021 salary and bonuses.
2023 has been a measly 4 million.

 

[jdh47]

When they claim Biden has 37% support one must wonder which asylum they're polling.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

When they claim Biden has 37% support one must wonder which asylum they're polling.

I figure seventy five percent of the population is riding the government gravy train.

 

[105Coues]

Simple math to explain inflation and price increases everywhere the dollar is used. Printing money daily equals dollar being worth less...... means you need more dollars for the same value. Destructive for sure.

 

[Dolomite]

Reloaders are hoarders or buy out of necessity for competition and will buy until they don't have the funds or the prices are just ridiculous. It could be companies are price gouging as well when you compare prices from one place to another. This happened years ago but the prices all dropped back down maybe slightly higher. Most people are going through FOMO, Fear Of Missing Out so they buy buy buy... hahahahaha