Posted on 03/12/2022 1:47:39 PM PST by blam
Exactly. Ammo sales were down due to price and availability.
If there recent jump in sales then it is probably due to ammo finally becoming available on the shelves. I seriously doubt that Americans are hoarding ammo over fear of a Russian invasion. That’s absurd.
“A recent surge in consumer demand for small arms ammunition – the onset of which perfectly coincided with the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022”
Correlation does not imply causation. The writer of this article is a hack.
I wish I had back the 400 rounds of M-2 Ball I burned up two years ago! Haven’t fired a shot since. All but one sighted in.
Lucky me! I opened a container I haven’t been in in 30 years and found two boxes unopened boxes of 500 rds of .22 LR Federal ammo.
7.62x39 is in trouble. Biden already banned the import of ammo and ammo components from Russia, which was primary supplier. The war is going to make it a lot harder to ever remove that ban. Outside Russia, one of the larger steel ammo factories was in..... Ukraine. d’oh. I think that only remaining major steel 7.62x39 manufacturer left is Belom in Serbia. Palmetto State Armory is apparently gearing up to make steel ammo, but unclear how long that will take, or if it will be affected by the current conflict and new sanctions.
Keep them in a relatively temp controlled environment and free of moisture and you’re good for 60 years+ No problem. I’ve shot a lot of ammo from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s and even some of that has been questionably stored.
Looks like Palmetto State Armory is getting into the 7.62x39 ammo production game. Primer availability remains a big issue however.
who says individuals shouldn’t have AR-15s. Hopefully we can now all agree that people that want them should own them, the more the merrier.
Just a box?
There are non-Russian sources of 7.62x39: Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Serbia, Sweden ...
Even American manufacturers: Federal, American Eagle, Winchester
7.62x54R may be a different story, though.
From the sound of things, if you made them a decent offer on an AK-12, they might take you up on it.
I have some 30 cal from the 1940s that still goes ‘bang’. Keep it dry.
It appears I chose unpoorly (years ago).
“how long do bullets stay useable?”
Seriously depends on how it is stored. If stored away from heat and moisture, decades. There is still ammo from WW2 floating around - though I don’t think I would trust it.
As long as you don’t blame Biden....
If the government says you don’t need a gun, you need a gun!
When all the guns have been banned;
When all the words have been censored;
When all the history has been erased;
When all the FReedom has been taken;
Only then will you discover why our Right to Keep and Bear Arms was so high on the list!
The government wants to disarm us after 244 years because they plan to do things we would shoot them for!
Just by that one list, it’s obvious that 9mm has surpassed .22lr as the most ubiquitous ammo. I checked on CheaperThanDirt.com a while back and they were the same price.
You get more bang for the buck with 9mm because it’s more powder, larger bullet, higher kinetic energy, at the same price.
Most gunshot deaths were from .22lr because that was the most ubiquitous ammo until about the 1990s or so. Eventually, the 9mm round will overtake the lead in total deaths after a few years — .22lr had more than a 100 year head start, after all.
You are correct, but they are relatively expensive brass manufacturers, not the cheap steel cased ammo that has driven the popularity of 7.62x39.
Did you really just say that? Dude! You poor dumb bastard! You just jinxed us all.😔
Protecting the food Americans are “hoarding”?
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