[Abathar]

Maybe the price of metals has more of the price jump than the war does. All alloys have risen termendously in the last year, I about choked on the price of new brass last time I priced it.

[Joe Brower]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Appros nothing, a company I used to work for got a contract to make 20 mm ammo for the DoD by very aggressive pricing. Turns out the economies of scale they hoped for never fully materialized and they up losing $0.05 per round. They called the assembly line the “lose a nickel machine”. As luck would have it, the pentagon exercised an option and increased the size of the order.

[ExSoldier]

Training budgets for the military were very tight in the late 70s and early 80's. Many's the time we ran around the woods yelling BANG! They should try that for awhile. At least they could claim an increase in accuracy.

Actually, the cops need less accuracy training and more practical tactical. They could save scads of $$$ if they went to LASER TAG. Seriously. In the army we called it MILES for Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System Bascially all vehicles and personnel wear sensors and the weapons are loaded up with blanks. A special projector hangs on the end of each weapon and...well...you know. Only have to make sure the projector from a handgun doesn't activate the sensor on a tank. Once tripped, sensors cannot be deactivated and they are loud to reinforce the fact that you did something stooopid and the direct result is you're dead.