Posted on 07/15/2021 3:14:01 PM PDT by Onthebrink
Baseball legend Yogi Berra reportedly once proclaimed, “It’s like déjà vu all over again,” and while a bit of a redundancy, many shooters may be feeling such a sensation when heading to buy ammunition. The great ammunition shortage of 2021, along with high prices if you do find any, won’t likely end anytime soon–and it is unlikely to be contained to a single year.
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I got some boxes of red army 7.62 x 39 the other day, the box says made in russia, the case is stamped tulammo. It was like a buck less to buy two 20 round boxes than one 40 round box of actual tulammo. I figured its all dirty steel case anyhow.
Freegards
Was it just shipped in a different box? Red Army is Century International Arms’ house brand. It’s made all over Eastern Europe and Russia. Tula is apparently privately owned now. I don’t know if that was a maneuver to get away from Rostoc and the sanctions, or if it’s been the case longer than that.
Yep. The Israeli IDF uses a .22 Ruger 10/22 as their urban sniper rifle.
I tried subsonics in my PPQ semi .22 and they wouldn’t cycle.
Weird, they’re the only ones that would work consistently in my semi-auto rifles; others would stovepipe or partially cycle.
I guess I just assumed it was a contract thing between century and tula. It was the standard little cube of 7.62 x 39 with the pieces of brown wax paper between layers.
I just looked at some actual tula I had, the red army and tula are marked exactly the same, both as tulammo. Both boxes say from russia. There is a tiny little stamp that I guess could be different but its hard to tell on the steel cases. Weird, like I said the red army was actually cheaper by a buck or two in the 20 round box compared to tula 40 round boxes.
Freegards
Tula makes Wolf, as well.
I bought some 9mm ammo at 25 bucks apiece in my neck of the woods.
I appreciate the update/news from your area.
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