Shotgun Ammo Type Pricing Question

[BaltimoreBoy]

I am not a big shotgunner, just have a basic 12 ga pump like all God's chillun should have.

I was looking at ammunition prices with the idea of finding reduced/low recoil loads easier for my kids.

I noticed that low recoil buckshot and slugs tend to be much more expensive than birdshot. I can pretty easily track down birdshot for something like 30 cents a round, while slugs look to run more like a dollar.

I wouldn't think the cost of an ounce of lead would depend much on it being in the form of a slug versus #8 birdshot.

So what is the source of the differential?
Is it just that there are armies of shooters out there shooting real and clay pigeons and that manufacturing volume is what drives the price?

Just curious. Thoughts?

 

[oneounceload]

Supply and demand in conjunction with production scheduling.

Want to train your kids? FIRST get a gun that fits THEM, not you;
SECOND, find the lowest payload going the slowest velocity......recoil will be the least that way.