5.45 & 7.62 and Ukraine

[LANShark42]

With this issue in mind, I've recently purchased almost 7k rounds of Russian ammo in the past couple of week. Does the ATF track large ammo purchases? At least I consider this large... Should I expect their knock on my door?

 

[LEaSH]

With this issue in mind, I've recently purchased almost 7k rounds of Russian ammo in the past couple of week. Does the ATF track large ammo purchases? At least I consider this large... Should I expect their knock on my door?

Just to be safe you can store some at my house for awhile.

 

[Shibby575]

With this issue in mind, I've recently purchased almost 7k rounds of Russian ammo in the past couple of week. Does the ATF track large ammo purchases? At least I consider this large... Should I expect their knock on my door?

What do you mean. Didn't you have a cook out and shooting party yesterday?? Now left with only 50 rounds left.....

 

[LANShark42]

Oh! Right! I forgot all about the cookout/shooting party I held yesterday. Aaaaaaaaallllll gone!

 

[Hoosierkav]

I get not panic buying, but I also get not waiting until it is too late... maybe this is simply a matter of "buy what you can, as you can", just like we should be doing with all things, so the sudden storm is a non-issue.

I am still waffling between an AR and AK, and the dependence on a foreign supplier does concern me, but if I subscribe to the above philosophy, it should matter little, right?

Why are there no domestic producers?

 

[wsenefeld]

Why are there no domestic producers?

If I had to guess, I would say that the foreign cost of steel is so low that it can be done overseas for much less. The majority of ammo made in the good ole U.S. of A. is brass cased and probably turns out a higher profit margin. Just a guess though.

If you look at stateside manufacturers that produce com bloc ammo, they choose brass but charge significantly more. For example, my local Walmart has Winchester brass cased 7.62x39 in stock but at $18.99 per box, nobody is buying.

 

[gopurdue02]

I am a reloader, but the main reason why I still run surplus/wolf 7.62 & 5.45 threw guns is simply cost. For a normal .223 round if you assume I use range pickups: clean, trim, sort the brass my cost is still around ~ .18 cents each. .10 for the bullet, .03 pimer, .05 for powder and the cost for reloading this stuff just isn't there on a comparable basis. Best to buy'em cheep and stack'em deep IMO especially for blasting ammo which is all a como-bloc is good for anyway