The shame of their demise (or decline) is that they remove themselves as a viable competitor. This means we end up paying more for components.
This is exacerbated in my country, as this market is nowhere near as competitive as in the USA.
If Speer becomes irrelevant, we are down to the three big bullet companies mostly for our supplies ie Hdy, Nos and Sierra. Yes we can get Bergers, Barnes, Lapua and a handful of others but they are pricey and I regard those as more specialty products.
Speer used to be a real viable alternative but now their range is so narrow and their price so high, I'll only buy them at clearout special prices.
