Military Cartridge Brass Destruction 2010 - Round 2

progunleaders.org ^ | 25 March, 2010 | Gary Marbut

[marktwain]

Links to documents at the site.

[Tarpon]

Buy ammo now, it will soon be worth real money whereas dollars will soon be Obozo toilet paper.

[Joe Brower]

Brass, copper, lead.

The precious metals of the future.

[broken_arrow1]

You forgot to add blued steel.

[basil]

I can’t help but wonder in who’s hands all this metal is ending up.

We all know that someone will figure a way to get their hands on it and make a killing.

[OKSooner]

No more cheap ammo.

[muddler]

Learn to reload, It will cut the cost of shooting substantially, provide you with high quality ammo tailored to your firearms and if you stock up a bit, insulate you from the vagaries of supply and demand.

And it’s fun.

[SJSAMPLE]

Bingo.
Just made another 500rnds of 5.56mm 55gr FMJ this weekend.

But, as we reloaders like to say;
“You don’t save money, you just shoot MORE.”

[Gilbo_3]

well isnt that special...this would be a good thing on one hand in less dollars for vote buyin in congress and more discretionary funds for direct use at the bases and to lower costs for foundry materials as well...

on the other, the brass is already formed, the reloading tooling is already in place for the civie market to save those dollars and the continued use of purely 'new' raw materials would certainly keep the pool of brass increasin over time...

big problem with this is the premise of authorized users...

[Erik Latranyi]

I can’t help but wonder in who’s hands all this metal is ending up.

Read the article.

[Obadiah]

Is the ballon going up? Is this all part of the Obama strategy to control the population?

[Charles Martel]

ATK produces a number of “civilian” ammunition products (Blazer, CCI, Federal, Speer, etc.). Perhaps we should help those subsidiaries to become less profitable.

[Charlespg]

bttt

[devistate one four]

We want our military brass.

when do we want it.

Now!

[basil]

I know what the article says-—but I’m thinking that everything is not always done as it’s supposed to be done, nor as we are told it is being done.

[Thunder90]

Obama probably ORDERED base commanders to work with ATK, then ordered base commanders to forward payments directly to the US treasury. This is how they are getting around Congress.

This came from Obama himself, and only Obama himself.

[rockinqsranch]

bflr

[paul51]

the article doesn't really address that aspect. ATK is successfully manipulating the civilian market to increase their profits in addition to the rest of the scheme.

[SUSSA]

Commanders are willing to accept the reduced price because the sale proceeds go to the commanders' discretionary accounts and not back to the U.S. Treasury via Government Liquidations.

These commanders need to be relieved of command until a full audit of their "discretionary accounts" shows where this money went.

There also must be an audit to find out how much money the tax payers lost by these commanders taking a lower price for the brass. I'd be in favor of making them pay the government the lost money out of their personal incomes.

[paulcissa]

You can never have too many bullets.