In visiting with the suppliers they are attributing it to China buying up all the worlds supplies of metals-along with an increased need of brass because of Iraq..

Midway, Huntington's and Cabela's have all told me this--true or not I am not sure, but China's grow is going wild..so buy your brass now as it will probably only get worse for the forseeable furture..I am even buying it for guns I plan to but in the next few years--