A bit too much consolidation?

TomD

TomD

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I've read that Hodgdon's acquired IMR a few years ago and, as of the beginning of October this year, acquired Western, Ramshot and Accurate. To give a graphic idea of what level of market dominance this means, below is a Sierra reloading chart for a random round, 6.5 Grendel. Of all the powders shown, 3 are not controlled by Hodgdon.

What could possibly go wrong?

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The firearms and related business tend to be, unfortunately, relatively small with typical low margins.
Economies of scale driven consolidations often are the result. I guess better than several alternatives.
 
tim said:
the firearms and related business tend to be, unfortunately, relatively small with typical low margins.
Economies of scale driven consolidations often are the result. I guess better than several alternatives.
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using all these big words is way beyond the average guys vocab.
 
tim said:
The firearms and related business tend to be, unfortunately, relatively small with typical low margins.
Economies of scale driven consolidations often are the result. I guess better than several alternatives.
Click to expand...

But unfortunately, the ultimate conclusion of "economies of scale driven consolidations" tends to monopolistic practices.
 
tim said:
The firearms and related business tend to be, unfortunately, relatively small with typical low margins.
Economies of scale driven consolidations often are the result. I guess better than several alternatives.
Click to expand...

Any number of powders have had a single manufacturer and been sold under multiple brand names for may years.
Canister powders (and the extra work they require to produce) are not a large market.
IMR4895 and H4895 started as different lots of the same bulk powder.
When the bulk lot finally ran out, Hodgdon had new powder manufactured to match their lot.
 
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