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Beginning September 7 Importation of Russian Ammunition will be Prohibited
Department of State, Office of the Spokesperson ^ | August 20, 2021 | Department of State

Posted on 08/20/2021 2:48:55 PM PDT by packagingguy

Beginning September 7, 2021 importation of firearms and ammunition from Russia will be prohibited. The order will be effective for twelve months. Currently Russian ammunition accounts for 40% of sales in certain calibers.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ammocontrol; ammunition; banglist; firearms; russia; secondamendment; stealthguncontrol
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To: ealgeone
According to tacticalshit.com Russian ammo accounts for about 40% of all available ammunition in the U.S. right now. The article is dated today, 8/20/21.

Prices are going to skyrocket.

41 posted on 08/20/2021 4:27:19 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: PLMerite
Not to worry, NORINCO will make up the difference, and “The Big Guy” will get his cut.

Chinese ammo has been banned since 1993.

42 posted on 08/20/2021 4:28:09 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: packagingguy

Right now the only people more pissed than the American gun owner are the citizens of Tula, and Izhevsk Russia. Perhaps this will accelerate the switch to polymer cased ammunition.

CC


43 posted on 08/20/2021 4:34:59 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: PROCON

Buy it now when you can.


44 posted on 08/20/2021 4:35:46 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: ealgeone

I have some combloc guns. Domestic and Eastern European manufacturers make the various flavors for the russian guns. The Russian stuff is just cheaper.

CC


45 posted on 08/20/2021 4:37:22 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Drew68
Chinese ammo has been banned since 1993.

A ban apt to evaporate like the morning dew in the desert.

10% for the wholly Chinese owned Big Guy...

46 posted on 08/20/2021 4:40:31 PM PDT by null and void ("Fact Checkers" Didn't Need To Exist Until The Truth Started Getting Out)
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To: Reno89519

The Russian ammo market has already dried up as I type.


47 posted on 08/20/2021 4:40:43 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: TigersEye

I think that’s the intent.


48 posted on 08/20/2021 4:42:36 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: SmokingJoe

How about the importation of Russian RD 180 rocket engines which are still being used by ULA (The Lockheed plus Boeing rocket company)?
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Saw a documentary about those !

Ussr solved an engineering problem we thought couldn’t be solved.


49 posted on 08/20/2021 4:46:45 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Drew68

So in other words the bass turds are imposing sanctions against American citizens instead of the Russian Federation.

Got it.


50 posted on 08/20/2021 6:20:01 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: alternatives?

The prices were exploding upward before my eyes. Up about 15 cents per round within an hour. Hopefully Eastern Europe can take up the slack, there’s money to be made if they seize the moment. The cynic in me says that Joe is prepping the market for the Chinese to make a big splash with an export brand of AK/SKS ammo of their own.


51 posted on 08/20/2021 7:01:29 PM PDT by thescourged1
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To: packagingguy

Bookmark


52 posted on 08/20/2021 7:12:55 PM PDT by Glinda Whatsit
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To: ChildOfThe60s

How difficult/expensive would it be to reload?


53 posted on 08/20/2021 7:24:11 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: packagingguy

Wut?????

Good lord this administration’s priorities are bass ackwards. What’s the point of this???


54 posted on 08/20/2021 7:25:02 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: thescourged1

I think there is already a ban on ammo from China. Somebody mentioned earlier North Korea. I don’t know why they wouldn’t have been in the US market previously. Maybe, they are banned as well.

The Russian ammo helped drive down the price of US ammo because the Russians provided steel case ammo in many popular rounds. Without that competition, that may drive demand and the prices up.


55 posted on 08/20/2021 7:26:21 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: packagingguy

“Restrictions on the permanent imports of certain Russian firearms. New and pending permit applications for the permanent importation of firearms and ammunition manufactured or located in Russia will be subject to a policy of denial.”

Hmm....sounds like existing permanent importers can keep doing it.

Headline is misleading.


56 posted on 08/20/2021 7:27:05 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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To: ealgeone

Indubitably!


57 posted on 08/20/2021 7:28:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: TigersEye
According to tacticalshit.com Russian ammo accounts for about 40% of all available ammunition in the U.S. right now. The article is dated today, 8/20/21.

This is a disaster. No way to look at it otherwise. It’s a massive blow to gun rights.

This is the future of gun control. They’re going after ammo. And this has nothing to do with punishing Russia. It’s about us.

58 posted on 08/20/2021 7:37:43 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

No doubt about it.


59 posted on 08/20/2021 7:53:02 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: PROCON

anything to disarm us


60 posted on 08/20/2021 7:53:17 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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