Very true and I think I may have given the impression that ammo plants would be common. The thing an ammo plant gives you is your troops can use automatic weapons; a huge advantage. Ammo plants would only be available to upper tier and quite large powers. There'd probably be only one in any region if at all.
Under-powered ammo and low pressure repeating arms would make a good trade item. Just because the world has ended for many people does not mean we go back to the 1800s, but more like clever fixes.
I think the Kentucky Trade Rifle got me here. Realistically most decent settlements can make this out of better steel, which is very common.
This should be another topic but things like 'use a 1700s plough' are silly. Old machinery is still there to be found, you just have to find a way to horse or ox power it. We won't have wooden wagon wheels when there's literally millions of steel wheels and axles to be found.
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