Posted on 08/12/2013 2:49:54 PM PDT by KeyLargo
Why is the Obama Administration buying Russian 7.62×39 ammo among others not used in US forces weapons?
By Fred Brownbill on July 27, 2013 in Constitution Legal Watch
Save America Foundation campaign to save the 2nd amendment
Writer: Kit Daniels
The U.S. Army is now looking to stockpile nearly 3,000,000 live rounds of Soviet-era Russian ammo popular with civilian shooters.
A U.S. Army solicitation posted July 18 on the Federal Business Opportunities web site asks for “non-standard” ammunition from vendors which includes:
- 2,550,000 rounds of 7.62x39mm ball ammo - 575,000 blank rounds of 7.62x39mm ammo and - 425,000 rounds of 9x18mm Makarov ball ammo
The army intends to store all these rounds in ammo storage facilities at both Camp Stanley in Boerne, Texas and the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.
As the solicitation implies, the 7.62x39mm and the 9x18mm Makarov are not standard-issue in the U.S. military or NATO.
Rather they are calibers developed by the former Soviet Union which are now commonly used by civilian shooters in the United States.
The 7.62x39mm in particular is extremely popular with private gun owners due to the wide availability and affordability of both military surplus ammo and firearms chambered for this round, such as the AK-47 and the SKS.
Handguns chambered for the 9x18mm Makarov, such as the FEG PA-63, are common, inexpensive imports.
The desired list of calibers attached to a previous, related acquisition request also included oddball rounds such as the .303 British and the 7.62×25mm Tokarev.
In addition to this solicitation for nearly 3,000,000 live rounds of Russian calibers popular with the public, the army made a similar request last year for a long-term weapon supplier who can ship both foreign non-standard and obsolete U.S. military weapons anywhere in the world.
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So many trillions that need to be spent ASAP! So few things to spend them on!
Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Is 7.62x39 with the steel case good to shoot through an AK47 or an SKS? I have read warnings about shooting steel 5.56 rounds through an AR but not through the Soviet Bloc guns.
They’re buying .303 British? Crap. I’ve just joined a gun club here in the UK and apparently ammo has been going up in price because of the surge in demand in the US from the government and civilians. Lee-Enfields are still a popular choice with full-bore rifle enthusiasts over here, why do they need to hoover up all the .303?
Apparently, the only thing to do is for every good American to drain their 401(k)’s and savings and buy up all the ammo FIRST.
Okay, don’t go that far. But come on, make a dent!
Sure, I suppose it could be an arms deal of some sort. The only other thing I could think of is if they were using enemy weapons as part of some training exercise, hence the blanks.
That’s the problem with these articles. They pick out something that is unusual, then ask “Why is the government doing this?” The answer to “why?” is probably on the government form somewhere, in triplicate, but it doesn’t serve the author’s purpose to detail that information for us. They want us to get hysterical so we will forward the article to everyone we know and he gets more clicks on his website.
So when they start using it to kill Americans they can blame on haji and his muslime friends.
So many trillions that need to be spent ASAP! So few things to spend them on!
Remember... Sequester, Sequester, Sequester, make the American taxpayer feel the pain. Spend American tax dollars anywhere and on anyone other than Americans.
This is not stuff Russians use anymore since the 70s but ammo of the Afghan type irregulars. 303 is popular in those parts. What do they have planned with this?
President Obama sending guns and ammo to Syrian rebels
Published: June 14, 2013
Charlie Spiering
President Obama has decided to provide Syrian rebels with small arms and ammunition, according to the New York Times.
The White House announced Obama’s intentions to intervene in the Syrian conflict Thursday evening.
The report indicates that Obama is not yet prepared to provide rebels with the the heavy anti-aircraft weapons that they have requested, but may provide anti-tank weapons.
Except for O arming and funding all the IslamoFascist terroristas around the world....
maybe he’s buying up all the ammo to give it away for “free” to all the NRA and Tea Party chapters around the USA
you know, like ObamaPhones
?
/s
Yep, that stuff is good for Soviet block stuff, but is very corrosive and a bit inconsistent in burn, with sparks and a lot of smoke sometimes. Bear ammo is better than Tula or wolf garbage, though.
Lots of .303 rifles floating around A-stan, and the 7.62x39 is ubiquitous...the everyman of rifle cartridges. It’s a shame that 7.62x25 is an oddball; talk about a flat shooting round.
The government “needs” to supply the Syrians and to make that caliber less available to Americans, two birds here, and a single rock.
This really goes without saying, but 'yes'. Certainly. Almost all 7.62x39 ammo you will ever find will be steel cased.
Brass case 7.62x39 is extraordinarily unusual. I have some ammo like this, mostly as a collector's item, and I wouldn't use it in an AKM type rifle -- especially not mixed in with ComBloc style lacquered steel case ammo -- because of several known dangers in doing so.
Anyone who has brass case 7.62x39 ammunition should limit it to either bolt-action rifles OR rifles of any action type that haven't had lots of lacquered steel case ammunition run through them, at least without diligent chamber/bore cleaning first.
A couple of days ago, this semi stopped in front of my house and the driver checked his tires. A few seconds later a second one stopped behind him. They are full of pine stumps. Does anyone know what they are used for?
I have purchased Russian 9mm rounds in the past. Russian ammo regularly sold in the US. Cheaper than Remington rounds, but I don’t use it for “home defense”, just plinking. Interesting thing is that the rounds are not polished brass, but Russian Army Green.
As to why is the US buying all that nonstandard issue ammo? I would assume it is to supply arms & ammo to people it should not be supply to, like maybe ammo for all that “walked” firearms given to Mexican drug cartels, or the terrorists in Syria, or emergency supplies to Egypt.
" ... looking to stockpile ... The army intends to store ... As the solicitation implies, ... "
Nothing's been done ... which isn't to say nothing WILL be done ... just that, nothing's been done yet.
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