Current (August 2024) 303 Ammo prices in Canada

Here in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada at the local Canadian Tire store's ammunition section, I eyed 3 boxes of 303 Remington CoreLokt 180 Grain at $89.95/box. I just chuckled to myself because there was actual dust on the top box. What prices are you fellows finding at your ammunition stores anywhere in the world?

Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually

$90 a box plus GST? Was that a 50 or 100 round box???

Wow…at those prices, I could retire on my ammo stash.

$19.95 per box of S&B from SG Ammo in Oklahoma although I only shoot my handloads.

https://www.sgammo.com/product/303-british-ammo/20-round-box-303-british-180-grain-soft-point-ammo-sellier-bellot-sb303c

You are correct.

Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.

I haven't purchased commercial ammunition for over 10 years, as I reload but a quick search of my local gun shop shows a max price of $44 US.

https://downrange.com.au/product-category/ammunition/?filter_calibre=303british

Remember these prices are in Australian dollars and here the GST is included in the price, so what you see is what you pay at the checkout.

.303 - Helping Englishmen express their feelings since 1889

.303 is rapidly becoming extinct.
Few houses are making it..& even that list is getting smaller.
Prices @ Canada Tire are outrages..& you can only get FMJ.

Repudible dealers can't seem to get it at all.
(I may hafta divest meself of all me shootin irons after the upcoming surgeries, anyway.)

Loose wimmen tightened here

Here are my thoughts: I understand about the economy of scale and how American ammunition and reloading component manufacturers would would find it more economic to sell only to Americans but when it comes to the .303 British cartridge I'm willing to bet there are just as many rifles chambered in .303 British in Canada as there is in the United States so what is interfering with Canadian shooters getting getting ammunition? Is it the Canadian government? Has the spawn of Pee-Air emplaced so many rules and regulations that American companies say "screw it! we don't need the hassle!"? If so, is it a conscious ploy to enact another form of gun control? Back in the day we got around the higher cost of Canadian reloading components by crossing the border at Aldergrove, B.C. ostensibly to gas up and buy milk and cheese but also take a run down to Kesselring's Gun Store in Burlington, WA. We'd declare the milk and cheese which would satisfy the government's Border Pirates need for tribute and smuggle the reloading components in. I did this dozens of times over the years without any problems. Is this an option today or has technology improved so much that a Snickers bar dropped between the seats will set off sirens and land you in jail?