AK ammo shortage?????

[nra4ever]

Post the link to sgammo so we can see how long it takes for them to sell out.

I really don't think there will be a shortage but I do believe there is a run on ammo.

 

[Clay]

you guys do realize that a lot of the russian made ammo comes out of a bunch of companies........... with a lot of them being in the Ukraine, right?

you do know whats going on there right now, right?

I won't say he is right or wrong, only time will tell, but I think the possibility is very real.

 

[Bfish]

you guys do realize that a lot of the russian made ammo comes out of a bunch of companies........... with a lot of them being in the Ukraine, right?

you do know whats going on there right now, right?

I won't say he is right or wrong, only time will tell, but I think the possibility is very real.

Well put Clay

 

[nra4ever]

Yes we all know that the CIA is trying to destabilize the Ukraine and some wolf ammo is made in the Ukraine.

In addition Russia announced today it would halt ammo sales to the US.

i just think its a good idea to stock up while it's cheap and available.

 

[Beemer]

Bought some from ammoman a couple of weeks back for 225 per thousand delivered, just checked back and price has almost doubled. Wow

 

[Beowulf]

I'm not super concerned as I'm fairly certain this situation will calm down without a full war. I think this is Putin shifting attention away from some internal scandals by staging this nonsense. On the other hand, it does have parallels with the situation in Georgia. Either way, both coutnries would have been way better off if they were in NATO (in Georgia's case, it was other NATO countries rejecting them despite the US pushing for it, and for the Ukraine it was taken off the table by their own government... granted it was the Russian backed government that got into power after the Orange revolution's shine wore off, but it was their legit government).

Anyway, for what's its worth, I have see an uptick in the availability of canned 5.45x39 ammo. I look at it a couple of days ago, thinking I should maybe buy some as the prices had fallen back to normal levels and it was about $.16 per round. Now it's around $.18. But that might just be because a single vendor had dropped it low enough to skew the listings and nothing to do with the current situation.

 

[223 Gunner]

Has anyone else noticed that the gun market is "soft" right now, with very little selling? So what the market needs is another "scare" real or imagined. If we get enough of these threads going, people will start to buy all the 7.62x39 and 5.45x39 they can get their hands on. Then we will HAVE an ammo shortage in these calibers. And if it goes on long enough, we will see a bunch of AK's and SKS's flood the market as guys will decide to switch back to an AR, those that don't already own one.

 

[HoughMade]

"Darned ammo flippers"

"Now, let's post some unverified, unsourced speculation and start a panic"

 

[HoughMade]

We are our own worst enemies- truer words were never posted to the internet:

Is the x39 world coming to an end? | The Bang Switch

 

[Zoub]

Well we just sent 300 soldiers and 12 F-15's to Poland and I think one Destroyer into the Black Sea. That should pretty much stop ammo shipments in their tracks.

Obama is the one to watch. If he whips out his cell phone and ink pen, its over, turn your AK's into hood ornaments and buy AR's. I personally chose to avoid the potential Rusky problem from day one.

 

[223 Gunner]

We are our own worst enemies- truer words were never posted to the internet:

Is the x39 world coming to an end? | The Bang Switch

Thanks for the link. Maybe parts of it should be copied and pasted, for those that are to lazy to read the article.

 

[BogWalker]

Self fulfilling prophecy. We will have a panic and shortage because so many people think we will.

 

[cedartop]

A number of blogs and conspiracy theory sites are making claims that Russian rifle ammunition suppliesmay dry up nearly overnight:

The largest wholesale gun & ammo distributors in the US have informed us in private conversation today that a massive scramble is on for all 7.62 as Russia has reportedly halted all exports to the US of Russian made ammunition.
Our distributor source informed us that yesterday they had several hundred thousand rounds of Russian made 7.62 TulAmmo, and after receiving word early today on the halt of Russian exports to the US, they have been completely wiped out of every last round in the past 10 hours!
​

This claim is news to TulAmmo. We called Tula USA moments ago, and they are reporting that it is “business as usual,” in their office. Bearing Arms also spoke to several distributors who also said that they are not scrambling for ammo as the various blog posts indicate. None of the distributors we talked to report having heard of any credible information that the Russians would stop the export of ammunition.
Put simply, this is a claim without any substance, and ff looked at dispassionately as a logical matter, the rumored “reverse boycott” makes no sense at all.

Russian Ammunition Cutoff Rumors Are Bogus

Just to be safe, I should go over to Sportsmans guide and by a couple of cases.

 

[nipprdog]

I just saw that tactical response put out a video that Russian ammo is almost out and there is none on the way.

Load up while you can then gouge our members by selling it here in the classified like 22lr.

Can an someone post the video don't know how.

One of the lamest INGO posts ever.

 

[SERparacord]

I have 20 thousand rounds, but no AR.

 

[Bfish]

Bought some from ammoman a couple of weeks back for 225 per thousand delivered, just checked back and price has almost doubled. Wow

That is actually a good deal! I want some at that price "panic" or not I would have bought some a couple weeks back as you did for that money delivered!

Saw a case on gun broker for $1k

 

[DoggyDaddy]

When I started hearing these rumors yesterday, I went out and looked at SGAmmo's site and they had plenty of steel cased 7.62x39. This morning, it's all but gone. Like it or not, people are listening to/reading the rumor mill. Now it will be interesting to see what happens to the price when it comes back in stock.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I did go ahead and order a tin of 700 from Sportsman's Guide. Now before anyone accuses me of panicking, let me say that I'm not. If I were panicking, I would be buying all I could. I look at it like this... Let's say I'm on my way to work in the morning, and gas is $3.39 a gallon. I've got half a tank, so I figure I'll wait a couple of days to fill up. On the way home, I see that most gas stations have raised their price to $3.75, but I see a station up ahead that still has it for $3.39. I will stop and top off my tank even though I don't really "need" to right then, because I know if I wait a day or two, that station is going to be $3.75 too. In the grand scheme of things, that extra .36 per gallon isn't going to make or break me, but it makes sense to me to save a couple of bucks when I can. That's the way I view this tin of ammo... don't really need it, but why not "top off" while it's still at a price that I know will be higher tomorrow? After all, that's basically what many of us have been telling all the people that are now buying .22lr for $60/brick... "You should have stocked up when prices were normal, like I did."

 

[Hotdoger]

Executive Order -- Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine | The White House

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Executive Order -- Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine | The White House

Wow... could it be any more vague?