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!
We have only several days supply of 7.62 on hand currently at SDBullion under normal market conditions, and expect it will disappear as quickly as 22 LR once word of the Russian export halt spreads.
I tend to question a lot of what Infowars posts because I think they tend to get some tidbit of information and treat it like it’s an absolute fact instead of just a rumor, but judge for yourself.
I’ve been seeing this on Facebook today…Mostly being reposted by local gun shops pimping ammo. (“We only have 5 cases of 7.62x39 left, come buy it while you can! We’ll never get anymore EVER…Come now! Buy, buy, buy!!!”)
I’m not sure that I believe it, but I’m not sure that it matters. The simple fact that it’s circulating will cause people to run out and buy up what they can, creating the very shortage the piece warns about.
Nothing drives a shortage like talk of a shortage. If people didn’t get the message and change their habits after the last go-around, then so be it. Natural consequences.
That’s what I was thinking (if it’s true). What better way for Barry to do some more “under the radar” gun control and punish Russia economically at the same time?
Pappabear and I had actually been talking about his scenario with our beloved Russian primers. Tula ammo will vaporize quicker than components… but I’m still concerned.
A quick search on ammoseek revealed plenty of M43–mostly Romanian/Ukrainian production–for <25¢/rnd.
I did notice my favorite place to get cases of 7n6 appears to be out though…
As previously stated, whether real or manufactured–shortages happen when people talk about them.
There’s a lot to be said for having both NATO and Com block calibers–when one’s short there’s a good chance the other’s in good supply.
ETA: 3/8 Checked ammoseek again and Russian stuff’s definitely getting scarce. 5.45 is still out there at regular prices but already seeing $270 for a single spam can:eek:
One of the online guns rags talked to the owner of wolf and he said they get ammo from Taiwan and some other eastern block european country that they have contingency plans in place for. Are the tula/wolf primers actually made in russia or some other fragment country of the former USSR?
FWIW, I Just checked three online ammo sources that sell 762*39 wolf/russian ammo, sold out. I did find a case though for good price so russian ammo is still out there.
Gun bot is showing that 7.62x39 is still out there, but the prices are steadily rising over this crap. Can’t wait till my taxers get in so I snag a can of 7n6. I have gotten my neighbor’s 12 year old into shooting, primarily my AK-74. This crap seriously hurts getting more new shooters on the cheap level.
Won’t put it past Bozo to do an import ban. Right now what is stopping him is the mid-terms and he probably doesn’t want to piss off more gun owners that he already has. Course, he has done some stupid things in election cycles that baffels the mind cause he thinks he is politically invinsable.
It’s an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, while having little real economic impact on either nation.
It’s been done before.
I hope you’re not right.
That being said, there are other manufacturers of commbloc ammo. Or it could be an opportunity for domestic manufacture to become price competitive. Or a number of things. Political directives won’t happen in a vacuum.
The only thing going against sanctions, is the last time they were tried against Russia, they just didn’t work so they were quickly rescinded. Russia is a big enough country, that the only import/export restrictions that would really hurt it, are oil and gas. Russkie gas comprises 20% of euro energy use, and they’re not going without and the Chinese will be more than happy to buy up any Russian oil the rest of the world doesn’t want.
And I doubt any US manufacters would drop their prices. I’m sure ATK would be more than happy to see either volume, profit margins or both go up…