7.62x39 drying up a bit?

[beerslurpy]

Aimsurplus has nothing but barnaul hp and yugo surplus. I backordered some wolf 154gr SP from Sportsman's guide instead, which will put me back above the 2000 rd ammo mark again.

Anyone know why decent quality AK ammo is getting so rare? Havent seen much of the usual russian stuff (the various bears, wolf, etc). I liked the ULY EM1 Match, but it seems to have disappeared from the market. Did Ulyanovsk forget to pay the electric bill or something?

 

[cslinger]

Once again I reiterate. There are alot of wars going on in the world right now in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa etc. The most popluar long arm in the world is the AK47.........do the math.

Chris

 

[spookyspiff]

I ordered 500 rounds or Silver Bear SP from sportsmansguide today. ~$50

 

[Lone_Gunman]

Why bother with the math when you can follow the dollar signs.

Wouldn't US consumers pay more for ammo than 3rd world countries?

If so, then why wouldnt Russian or Yugoslavian manufacturers prefer to sell their ammo here?

 

[beerslurpy]

That is what I figured. Why sell to some jihadi whose posessions consist of robes and an AK when you can sell to a well heeled gun nut in America who cooks off thousands of rounds as a form of entertainment?

 

[phantomak47]

I am located in Houston, as the Hurricane nears, I went to the local gander moutain, which is a pretty big store. I know that most stores have limited supplies of 7.62x39, but they were sold out. The funny thing was that there was plent of 223 ammo....

 

[beerslurpy]

Well the 7.62 gets used in a lot of very affordable guns like the SKS and the cheaper AKs, which are reliable and MOE accurate (minute of enemy). So they make good "gun novice" shtf guns. And novice gun people dont tend to keep cases of ammo lying around in bandoliers and mags, which means they will run to the store when the SHTF.

The AR family guns tend to be bought only by the more gun familiar or wealthy guys and these guys will tend to have piles of ammo anyway.

I'm an AK guy, but if a hurricane hits, I wouldnt need to go to the ammo store for the next few years. I will probably run out of looters or clean water before bullets. I almost never buy ammo in person due to the enormous markup most retail places have.

 

[ruger270man]

Im sure that the wolf factory is still cranking out the goods!

 

[CBX]

3rd world countries buy in bulk

 

[c_yeager]

The problem isnt with the supply, its the demand. With the hurricanes and the gas prices and general panic a whole lot of people just rushed out to buy SKSs, and those that already had rifles bought cases of ammo on general purposes.

 

[benEzra]

Once again I reiterate. There are alot of wars going on in the world right now in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa etc. The most popluar long arm in the world is the AK47.........do the math.

I doubt the Taliban or Congolese guerrilas use Wolf.

Demand is way, way up after Katrina, both due to the eye-opening SHTF scenario and the "confiscate 'em" response by Chief Crabtree, which tends to lean out the supply chain a bit.

 

[MAUSER88]

There was all you could carry home this past weekend at the Valley Forge show in PA. this past weekend.$95.00 a case of 1000.

I bought all the 5.45 x 39mm I could find. Only 1750 rounds left on Sunday.

 

[mrrev]

CBX "3rd world countries buy in bulk"

oh!......lol

 

[foghornl]

My humble 1/50th of $1 . . .

A whole bunch of SKS-type & AK-xx series rifles/carbines use that round, plus some turn-bolt guns, too.

That supply-n-demand thing kicking in.

But then I already have at least 1K rounds for all my long guns, except my .30/30...only got about 400 of those.

 

[R.H. Lee]

Ammoman seems to have plenty
http://www.ammoman.com/index.htm

but J&G Sales is showing most of the russkie ammo on backorder
http://catalog.jgsales.com/

 

[Gewehr98]

Must be a generation-gap thing...

Well the 7.62 gets used in a lot of very affordable guns like the SKS and the cheaper AKs

Because the first thing I thought when reading the above was that somebody was putting 7.62mm NATO ammo in an SKS or AK.

Then I remember some young trenchcoaters coming to my range once asking if we sold 7.62 for their SKS rifles.

 

[Rube]

I just purchased my first military surplus rifle--an sks. I have begun purchasing amo for it, so maybe that is "pinching" the supply!

 

[Thin Black Line]

Most of you have probably dropped more ammo in the grass trying to
load mags than the average guy has in the Middle East. In fact,
I'll bet some of you probably possess more than some small countries.....

 

[Luchtaine]

how did you get in my ammo locker?

 

[Gewehr98]

Nope. No supply problems here. My Dillon 550's still set up for it, and I have components for several thousand rounds, thank you.

 

[sctman800]

Gewehr98: I reload for several handgun calibers and save a good amount over factory ammo. Is it possible to save over the Wolf or Bear prices? I just got my first AK, and really like it, but for $50-55. per 500 rounds I really can't see myself saving enough to start loadinf 7.62x39. Jim.

 

[MAUSER88]

I don't see how. The componants cost more than a loaded bullet. I reload for 7.62 x 39mm but for better accuracy, not savings.

 

[rbernie]

Handloading 7.62x39 won't save you money over Wolf, but it will be cheaper than comparably accurate ammo.

 

[Gewehr98]

I never save money handloading.

Because I just end up shooting even more.

But I can produce decent-quality ammo that lets me create 2" 5-round groups at 100 yards from my Bulgarian SLR-95. I've never been able to do that with Wolf or other surplus steel-cased ammo.

 

[.45Guy]

I've never been able to do that with Wolf or other surplus steel-cased ammo.

Try the "evil" corrosive Yugoslavian ammo. I can't believe it gets crapped on so much here. It's almost like people hate cleaning rifles......