Posted on 03/15/2009 2:54:48 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
Ping
Thats why I am getting a civilian caliber next.
We talked about this Friday at our local Glenn Beck we
surround them meet-up. Some of them are in local gun clubs
and knew this was coming along. It came up again in the
Atlanta Area Freepers meeting.
The problem is that many sidearm calibers are used by both civilian and military, and this also nullifies melting down the old brass and re-molding it. This will even effect shotgun shell prices, though nominally.
If you don’t have a five year supply of 223 on hand now, you’re slackin....
I throw this out again as food for thought. Times are tough and money is tight, and any freepers who are wondering if there are any deals left might consider the following.
If you have waited to long to arm up, or if you want one more, look at the excellent milsurp CZ-52 pistol and 7.62X25 Tokarev ammo.
You can get a CZ-52 for about $200 at any gun show or at many gun stores. The ammo can be had for as low as 11 cents a bullet in any quantity you want. Extra mags are from $12 to $20 each.
The milsurp ammo is full metal jacket, firing an 85gr bullet at 1,600fps. These will go through car doors, kevlar helmets, kevlar vests etc like an icepick through butter. OTOH, they will also go through one bad guy and maybe hit a good guy behind him.
However, you can buy hollowpoints ("Wolf Gold" with brass shells) for about $19/50, or half the price of comparable 9mm JHPs. My test "Wolf Gold" JHP ammo expanded to .60 caliber, the same as my test 9mm JHPs.
So for $400, you could buy a CZ-52, 1,500 rounds of assorted ammo, and a few extra mags. OR, you could buy about 2/3s of a "brand name" pistol, and no ammo.
It's just a thought. This is a great bargain. The ammo is cheap and plentiful at all of the internet catalog sites. Don't wait, the libtards will soon slam the door on foreign gun and ammo imports, and the prices will go way up.
Another benefit of this pistol is that it is very accurate, with very fine sights. WIth this flat-shooting ammo, you can hit at 100 yards with ease. Downsides are brittle firing pins (buy a spare, and don't dry fire) and a decocking function that you should not trust. Just lower the SA hammer like a 1911. The safety works like a 1911, so if you are used to 1911s, it will be very easy to use the CZ-52
"He stated most of this will now go to foundries where it will be melted down, cast in shippable forms, and likely be sold to China, one of the largest purchasers of U.S. metals on the open market."
Then China will melt it down, make military bullets for regimes like Mexico, so it can come back and kill us.
they cant ban the rifles...they know that, but they can make the ammo so expensive that you cant afford to shoot em.
Or at least they can try.
I will start buyin 223 hunting ammo before I will fold for that lot.
Here we go.
MF’ing commie bastards
Any effect on .308? I guess this makes brass more expensive across the board.
Also please note the DoD is NO LONGER selling ammo cans.
Much of the military spent ammo is 308.
I havent seen any romanian spam cans of tok ammo in a while.
Wish I had bought more at $50 per 1244 rd can
Emailed my Congresscritters about it. I expect Chambliss and Isakson will be raising hell about it and Barrow will act as if it’s not a problem (as per usual).
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