Macro
Brass scrap firms ahead of holiday demand
Prime yellow brass quotes have edged higher on Midwest scrap exchanges since late April, tightening the case-cost floor for major retailers. Watch 9mm and .223 — they react first.
What We Track
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Price Per Round
Lowest available price per round across major U.S. retailers, normalized from bulk listings.
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Candle Charts
Daily open, high, low, and close per round — read the tape the way traders have for a century.
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Market Breadth
Advancing vs declining calibers, week-over-week, so you can tell if it's a single spike or a real move.
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Price Alerts
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Ammo Bourse Index
ABI
Equal-weighted composite
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Pistol Calibers
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Rifle Calibers
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Shotgun & Rimfire
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Raw Materials
Copper
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¢/lb
Lead
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¢/lb
Zinc
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¢/lb
Brass Scrap
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est ¢/lb
Powder
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price index pend.
Primers
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price index pend.
Market Dispatch
Caliber Watch
.350 Legend keeps showing up cheap
The youngest straight-wall cartridge in the basket has consistently traded near multi-month lows on both LuckyGunner and SGAmmo as manufacturers compete for hunting season placement.
Liquidity
Rimfire stays the cheapest tape on the floor
.22 LR and .17 HMR continue to trade well under domestic centerfire on a per-round basis — useful context when training budgets are the constraint and not stopping power.
Method
What "lowest price" actually means here
Prices are the cheapest in-stock per-round listing across LuckyGunner and SGAmmo, normalized from bulk listings. We don't pad with shipping. We don't promote sponsored placements.