Chuck- I'll bet transportation isn't just begining to take a huge cut. I'm sure it's been doing it for some time. Shot is ordered by the carload and sold by the bag. Ammunition is transported to the city of sale in trucks burning diesel. The railroad car is pulled by a locomotive burning diesel. The store is heated or cooled by electricity produced by burning oil.

What I'm so clumsily trying to illustrate is the impact of oil prices on shot and ammunition (and every thing else we do). Even if the price of lead fell dramaticly, the price of ammunition would remain high.

Cary