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Americans Bought ‘17,850 Tons’ of Imported Ammo in Last 12 Months
Breitbart ^ | 12-126-16 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 12/18/2016 8:54:07 AM PST by dynachrome

As gun sales have skyrocketed over the past 19 months, ammunition sales have also surged, with “17,850 tons” of imported ammunition being sold in the past 12 months. That is nearly 18,000 tons of ammo in a year’s time and approximately “2,865 tons of bullets” that were imported in November alone.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ammo; banglist; bhobanglist; imports; prepping
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To: SanchoP

In the late 90s, you could get nice wooden crates of 1000 rounds of Austrian made Hirtenberger NATO spec 7.62x51, Boxer primed (so reloadable). Inside the crate the ammo was in 20 round boxes in nice heavy rubbery plastic 200 round battle packs (so 10 boxes) with handles.

Typical price at the time for the crate: $175

< sob, sniff>

I wish I had bought 100,000 rounds or more as an investment.


41 posted on 12/18/2016 10:18:39 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Quote:

“I’ve noticed that some domestic mfg are making steel cased ammo now.”

I saw some Hornady Soft-Point Steel-Cased Match .223 yesterday and with that polymer coating the stuff looked awesome. Price is right and the stuff is supposed to be very accurate.

Gonna try it when the Spring comes.


42 posted on 12/18/2016 10:20:18 AM PST by TTFlyer
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To: Beagle8U

I have some. Have read it burns dirty but shoot very well.


43 posted on 12/18/2016 10:26:31 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

It is the HOTtest 22 rimfire ammo made, by a mile.


44 posted on 12/18/2016 10:37:42 AM PST by Beagle8U (Long live Yoga Pants!)
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To: Beagle8U

FWIW, I try too avoid any *madeinMexico* products.

HPR. I like their hollows.


45 posted on 12/18/2016 10:43:48 AM PST by Daffynition ( "The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder")
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To: 2111USMC

I love Makarovs. Underrated pistol. After all, Russians... Reeeee!


46 posted on 12/18/2016 10:50:33 AM PST by ebshumidors
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To: dynachrome

hmm. I see I have 126 days for December in the date of my post. Should be 12-16-16. need more coffee!


47 posted on 12/18/2016 10:57:51 AM PST by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: refermech

I’m not a big fan of Russian ammo (Wolf, Tula, etc.). In my experience the cartridges have a coat of lacquer that can gum up your weapon. Also, their casings seem to be “unfriendly” to many modern weapons that have tight tolerances. However, they’re not bad in commie weapons that have tolerances you can drive a Buick through.


48 posted on 12/18/2016 11:01:00 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Daffynition

I think they have a factory in TX now?


49 posted on 12/18/2016 11:14:23 AM PST by Beagle8U (Long live Yoga Pants!)
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To: ought-six

WPA is polymer coated. Golden Tiger is lacquer coated. Both do well in my Saiga, but after 3 or 4 mags at the range and the gun gets hot I get like an oily film on my glasses with the Golden Tiger. I don’t know if it is heated lacquer blowing out or some very fine lube on the cases.

I ran several thousand rounds of WPA in my RRA AR15 with nary a problem and then I got this one jam with the case in the chamber that was *very* difficult to get out. Since brass cased ammo had come back down in price I sold the rest of the steel.


50 posted on 12/18/2016 11:58:58 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there")
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To: dynachrome
Obama Leaves Office inCountdown

51 posted on 12/18/2016 12:09:28 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: dynachrome

18,000 tons seems a conservative estimate to me. I bought a couple hundred pounds myself, while most of what I buy is domestic product, mostly components.

I like PMC’s battle packs of 5.56X45 62GR M855 on stripper clips. They store nicely, load well, and shoot decently. That, and sealed tins of Ruski steel stuff in 5.56x45 Nato, 7.62x52 Nato, and 7.62x54R store well and shoot better than not having lots of ammo when one needs it.

That’s just for the stash. I load my own on everything for shooting save rimfire and the Mosin/Nagant.


52 posted on 12/18/2016 12:53:28 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (I thank God, Broom Hillary was stopped. Now, moving on, I pray for Trump.)
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To: dynachrome

Guilty.

I’m building an Hungarian AK underfolder this weekend and she’ll need to be fed for the next year or 10 plus her AKM sisters and AK74 little sisters. And then there are Mosins and VEPR 54Rs to feed too.


53 posted on 12/18/2016 12:54:03 PM PST by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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To: dynachrome

I asked Santa for a few tons of ammo.


54 posted on 12/18/2016 1:54:47 PM PST by School of Rational Thought
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To: refermech

Good old Wolf ammo!


55 posted on 12/18/2016 2:34:20 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: longtermmemmory

Check out Lapua. Match grade ammo from Denmark / Finland.


56 posted on 12/18/2016 2:42:28 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: longtermmemmory
Foreign?

How is the quality?

is it corrosive?

Brass?

A lot of it isn't milsurp. Much is high quality, such as Eley in .22, Baschieri & Pellagri for shotgun clays games, etc... The shells I shoot in Sporting Clays are from Italy, and that is about 50 flats a year at 25 lbs a case. My rifle and pistol ammo, especially for Cowboy is US made though.

57 posted on 12/18/2016 2:43:46 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: DaveA37
Buy it by the case on the internet, or roll your own.

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58 posted on 12/18/2016 2:49:07 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: USMCPOP; All
One of the best internet ammo broker sites:

https://www.natchezss.com/ammunition/handgun-ammo.html

59 posted on 12/18/2016 2:54:16 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

I haven’t fired Wolf ammo in about 15 years, and I know back then that it gummed up the Bushmaster.

As for Tula ammo, it’s cheap, in every respect. My guns just don’t get along with those steel casings.


60 posted on 12/18/2016 4:10:48 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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