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If Copper Really Goes to $10 a Pound, Ammo Will Feel It

Read the copper headlines and you’ll hear about data centers, EVs, and grid wire. Fair enough. Those uses swallow metal by the trainload. What doesn’t make the bank notes is the small, stubborn pile of copper sitting in every brass-cased cartridge. Cartridge brass is roughly 70 percent copper. Jacketed bullets are copper over a lead […]

Why Ammo Prices Are Rising in Fall 2026 — And Why Stocking Up Now Makes Sense

Copper does not care what you paid for 9mm last spring. It set a COMEX record of $6.8035 a pound on September 9, then cooled a few cents. That is still roughly 36 to 40 percent above the $4.54 area from mid-September 2025. Cartridge brass is about 70 percent copper. Jacketed and plated bullets wrap […]