411man
07-10-2007, 01:47 AM
FYI
To: All Remington Ammunition Customers
The unrelenting escalation in the global price of key metals - most notably lead – that are used in ammunition manufacture has forced us to make the difficult, but necessary, decision to once again pass along these unavoidable costs in the form of a 4th quarter price increase.
Effective with shipments commencing October 1, 2007, the following increases will be implemented for the product categories listed below and will apply to all channels of trade.
All Promotional Shotshell Loads (including Shurshot) 15.0%
All Shotshell Target Loads 15.0%
All Other Lead Shotshells 10.0%
All Promotional 22 Rimfire Ammunition 15.0%
All Other Rimfire Ammunition (including 22 Magnum & 17HMR) 10.0%
All UMC P&R Ammunition 5.0%
All UMC Rifle Ammunition 15.0%
All Remington Brand Centerfire Ammunition (including Premier) 5.0%
Component Bullets 10.0%
All other Ammunition Components 5.0%
In order to assist you with your business planning a revised package of Remington Ammunition Programs and Price Lists will be made available to you by July 16th.
As further guidance, based on our current assessment of metals pricing for the reminder of 2007, we anticipate the need to implement an additional 12% across the board increase on all ammunition and components effective January 1, 2008. This projection could be impacted significantly by unforeseen swings in metals costs - either up or down – which would require us to reassess our outlook.
We appreciate your understanding concerning the necessity of our decision and would like to thank you for your continued support of Remington Ammunition during these extraordinary times.
Sincerely,
John M.(Sean) Dwyer
Vice President – Marketing and Sales
Remington Arms Company, Inc. ? 870 Remington Drive ? P.O. Box 700 ? Madison, NC 27025-0700 Phone 336-548-8700 ? www.remington.com
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And this from winchester:
WINCHESTER AMMUNITION
June 29, 2007
TO: All Winchester Ammunition Customers
During the past several years our industry has experienced a dramatic escalation of raw material costs used in the manufacture and transportation of ammunition. This trend continues on several of the key ammunition manufacturing raw materials, particularly lead. Additional price increases will be necessary to cover a portion of these unprecedented costs.
We fully understand the complexity of implementing in-season price increases and appreciate your cooperation. Due to continued escalating raw material costs, it will be necessary for us to implement a price increase on all shipments of ammunition and components within all trade channels. Projected increases as listed below will be effective on all shipments beginning September 1, 2007:
Lead Shotshells 15%
Steel Shotshells 10%
Centerfire Rifle 15%
Centerfire Handgun 12%
Rimfire 15%
Component Bullets 10%
Component Shellcases, Primers and Wads 5%
Lead Shot Call for Quote
Winchester will issue revised price lists and programs with symbol level detail in the next few weeks for your planning purposes. There may be some symbol specific exceptions to the percentage increases listed above.
We appreciate your understanding of this difficult decision and your continued support of Winchester Ammunition.
Sincerely,
Brett A. Flaugher
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
To: All Remington Ammunition Customers
The unrelenting escalation in the global price of key metals - most notably lead – that are used in ammunition manufacture has forced us to make the difficult, but necessary, decision to once again pass along these unavoidable costs in the form of a 4th quarter price increase.
Effective with shipments commencing October 1, 2007, the following increases will be implemented for the product categories listed below and will apply to all channels of trade.
All Promotional Shotshell Loads (including Shurshot) 15.0%
All Shotshell Target Loads 15.0%
All Other Lead Shotshells 10.0%
All Promotional 22 Rimfire Ammunition 15.0%
All Other Rimfire Ammunition (including 22 Magnum & 17HMR) 10.0%
All UMC P&R Ammunition 5.0%
All UMC Rifle Ammunition 15.0%
All Remington Brand Centerfire Ammunition (including Premier) 5.0%
Component Bullets 10.0%
All other Ammunition Components 5.0%
In order to assist you with your business planning a revised package of Remington Ammunition Programs and Price Lists will be made available to you by July 16th.
As further guidance, based on our current assessment of metals pricing for the reminder of 2007, we anticipate the need to implement an additional 12% across the board increase on all ammunition and components effective January 1, 2008. This projection could be impacted significantly by unforeseen swings in metals costs - either up or down – which would require us to reassess our outlook.
We appreciate your understanding concerning the necessity of our decision and would like to thank you for your continued support of Remington Ammunition during these extraordinary times.
Sincerely,
John M.(Sean) Dwyer
Vice President – Marketing and Sales
Remington Arms Company, Inc. ? 870 Remington Drive ? P.O. Box 700 ? Madison, NC 27025-0700 Phone 336-548-8700 ? www.remington.com
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And this from winchester:
WINCHESTER AMMUNITION
June 29, 2007
TO: All Winchester Ammunition Customers
During the past several years our industry has experienced a dramatic escalation of raw material costs used in the manufacture and transportation of ammunition. This trend continues on several of the key ammunition manufacturing raw materials, particularly lead. Additional price increases will be necessary to cover a portion of these unprecedented costs.
We fully understand the complexity of implementing in-season price increases and appreciate your cooperation. Due to continued escalating raw material costs, it will be necessary for us to implement a price increase on all shipments of ammunition and components within all trade channels. Projected increases as listed below will be effective on all shipments beginning September 1, 2007:
Lead Shotshells 15%
Steel Shotshells 10%
Centerfire Rifle 15%
Centerfire Handgun 12%
Rimfire 15%
Component Bullets 10%
Component Shellcases, Primers and Wads 5%
Lead Shot Call for Quote
Winchester will issue revised price lists and programs with symbol level detail in the next few weeks for your planning purposes. There may be some symbol specific exceptions to the percentage increases listed above.
We appreciate your understanding of this difficult decision and your continued support of Winchester Ammunition.
Sincerely,
Brett A. Flaugher
Vice President, Sales and Marketing