Posted on 06/19/2022 6:59:43 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
Last night, news broke that the Biden Administration is taking behind-the-scenes steps to further strangle the already constricted market for ammunition in the United States. The move could result in a reduction of the commercial production of 5.56 caliber ammunition by over thirty percent. *snip* Supplies would undoubtedly plummet and prices would undoubtedly skyrocket, putting the availability of ammunition for self-defense, training, and competition out of reach to many Americans. *snip* Keane on Wednesday night published a tweet, which stated: “The U.S. Military is actively considering shutting down the sale [of] M855/SS109 ammo from Lake City to the commercial market.”
The cartridges mentioned in Keane’s post are very popular forms of 5.56 caliber ammunition, the most common caliber for the AR-15.
Close followers of Second Amendment issues will remember that these same rounds were targeted by the Obama/Biden administration under the guise of relabeling them “armor piercing ammunition,” which is banned from commercial sale by federal law. The resulting (and righteous) furor from the Second Amendment community was so intense that it culminated in Obama’s ATF director, B. Todd Jones, quitting his job. Jones had been the first and only confirmed ATF director since Senate approval became required for that post.
Lake City is a sprawling ammunition plant in Independence, Missouri, originally established by Remington in 1941 to manufacture and test Ammunition for the U.S. Army. It is currently owned by the government and operated by private contractors and produces well over a billion rounds of ammunition per year.
Ammunition in excess of the government’s requirements has long been made available to the private commercial market. Lake City’s output, according to some estimates, accounts for one-third of the 5.56 caliber ammunition available to U.S. consumers.
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Saw this joke lately:
I got lucky and bought two boxes of ammo, because I knew it was getting scarcel I put the boxes on the front seat and on the way home I stopped for gas where a short-skirted gorgeous blonde was filling up her car. Glancing at the ammo, she bent over and leaned in my passenger window. and in a sexy voice, I’m a big believer in barter, old fella. Would you be interested in trading sex for ammo?
I thought for a few seconds, then asked ‘what kinda ammo you got?’
500 jobs lost.
Or use a handgun, lower caliber, .22 single shot rifles even. Our range has closed, up for sale, no place to practice.
Do you think that bothers DemoNazis?
If you get an AR for 7.62x39, get one with a dedicated lower that takes AK mags or otherwise you’ll have feeding and jamming issues.
OK. Thanks. I once looked at building an AR-10 in .308
Gunsmith friend of mine talked me out of it.
I knew that the 7.62x39 was possible in AR format. Did not know the details on the magazine dimensions.
Friend of mine here on FR tried to interest me in the 6.5 Grindel in the AR-15 frame. I looked at how difficult getting brass was and decided not to attempt that.
I did buy a nice .308 bolt action rifle.
The only semi auto rifle I own is an SKS, that I bought in a box at a garage sale. Got it back together and working and put aside some ammo and reloading capability. Have not shot it much. It is honestly not a bad rifle. It is scoped and it is pretty heavy for it’s size.
Sell the SKS and buy an AR in the 7.63x39 platform. The CMMG Mk47 Mutant is a good platform.
During Obama’s last term I began stocking up weekly on ammo.
I sought military grade mostly with primers that had protective seals to last 50 plus years.
Of course not all ammo (.357 magnum, .38s, .22s for example) have that seal but ammo will last decades if kept at room temp and dry.
I’m doing fine too.
My wife liked it. We’ll probably keep it.
I put a spring type firing pin in it. Murray’s Gunsmithing, in Bowie, Texas has one he sells that drops in bolt with no mods. Ends slam fire and it works with soft primers. But, yes, I could probably get more money for it than it is worth.
Most guns are like that now.
I shoot mostly bolt or lever action rifles. Load a lot of calibers. Will keep what I own and load.
That sounds like a good place to be in. That's my goal for the end of the year, except I will need about a half dozen different powders.
While Trump was in office and ammo was plentiful, I stocked up in case a dim got in charge. And looky there, obama is back in charge and up to his old tricks.
I’m good. Lots of ammo for barter.
BSA/USMC. Be prepared.
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