Burning 10mm ammo question

[Intercooler]

Awww pony up and help out Tim Sundles 

[REDLINE]

Maybe I am the dumb one.

Maybe we're both dumb as I agree with everything you said.   By the same token we aren't all born with a silver spoon in our mouth (I wasn't and am not suggesting you were) and sometimes it's hard to come to grips with the cost of almost anything worth buying anymore and we can sometimes find ourselves in a perpetual state of sticker shock.

But like you point out, there is intelligence in understanding that cost isn't all about the sum cost of: parts, packaging, manufacturing, labor....and so on.  Higher prices are charged for some stuff that doesn't cost a manufacturer more money (or not near more than the prices they set suggest).  These of course include:  more power, higher performance, cutting edge technology, market monopoly, general rareness, and so on.

Of course virtually all of us know this, it simply isn't all that easy to grasp when it feels like we're always financially struggling to get what we want.  So reality is what it is, and sometimes it just sucks.

[The_Shadow]

Don't forget about Liability Insurance cost, shipping of materials inbound and out to customers...Taxes, Haz-Mat fees! 

[REDLINE]

Yep.  And of course the only reason some plinking ammo is the low cost it is is because some big manufacturers produce all their own components on top of all else already mentioned.

[4949shooter]

Awww pony up and help out Tim Sundles 

Lol....Tim doesn't need my help. 

[Intercooler]

You have that right! Wasn't his 10mm lineup bigger at one time? What round would be worth purchasing for gel and teardown?