Shortage of 7.62x39 big time!

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There has been a shortage of winchester and lake city NEW FRONTLINE ISSUE (not the bulk packed m855pd garbage) 5.56 m855 for a long time with the excuse being "the war" but I never expected a shortage of 7.62!! My god man how many countrys have fifty billion rounds of that cheap crap lying around?? There is probably an AK and 200 rounds of ammo for every man on the face of the earth out there. Smells like a scam to make some money by the importers if I ever heard one, but what do I know. I have been spending to add to my gun collection up to this point but now it looks like I am going to have to save up and buy a bunch of ammo and mags before it gets too rediculous. I plan to be prepared. I figure 1 or 2000 rounds of NEW M855 and 500 rounds of .40 should be okay as a start. I already have all the high quality ammo for all my home defense weapons that I need to defend my home but one has to think ahead. Now if I just had the cash to build a hidden, reinforced bunker 100 feet underground with a 10,000 gallon fuel tank, a couple of industrial generators, 500 cases of MRE's, and plenty of fresh bottled water and maybe I would feel a little safer hehehe.
 
whats really strange is that other producers haven't filled in the hole left by the exit of Wolf.
Heres a short list of countries that make it:
Romania
Yugoslavia
Albania
Poland
Hungary
I've bought ammo from all the above countries over the years.
 
Taiwan which is part of China I guess provides a massive amount of 5.56mm nato to the US military in exchange for hellfires and some other highend weaponary. That tends to be keeping that a float since they closed so many of the production factories in the US and then decided to go to a multigenerational war.

However from mainland China 7.62x39 ammo is still banned from being imported due to some bs because it uses steel cores and there are certain handguns that use this round so banned as an armour piercing handgun round. The ban was implemented in 1986 by the Reagon administration, during the whole "cop killer bullets!" time.
 
Well my closest Gander Mtn had 10 cases of Wolf the other day for $150/case or $2.99/box. It lasted about a half a day. I think three buyers bought all of it.
 
Shucks, 7.62x39 as a 'common handgun' round? c-mmon, thats just rediculous, I know of .45-70 handguns too but that doesn't make it a handgun round.

thats like banning .410 shotgun shells because they'll fit in a 45 colt derringer thereby making it a short barrled shotgun.

Its hard to believe that people are getting these restrictions passed. Its like the blind leading the blind, how can they pass laws on things that they don't even understand? Its bad enough that they are misguided and moraly bankrupt, but its a crime that they are allowed to pass laws without even being educated on the subject.

we need to make a law that elected officials have to pass a test on the subject matter that they intend to legislate on. Each side of the issue can prepare 150 pages of documentation, and at the end each group gets to proctor a test. If you can't get a C or better you don't get to pass a law.
 
Russian forums report that only one brand of 7.62x39 is readily available there, mainly because they won the market competition.
 
Egads!

24,000 rds of 9mm ............................................ $1,852.80 plus tax
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If that doesn't make me glad I handload, I doesn't know what does. :what:
 
Handloads are great for practice but I know that I personally want quality factory produced defensive ammo to store for the future. There is some brand new 2004 manufacture Winchester m855 for sale on gunbroker.com right now for a good price. It's the real deal not the bulk packed garbage.
 
Ach!!

:uhoh:

wrong number/ wrong number
Somebody please zap me.
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OK, I'm new to the AK game, but what is wrong with $4/20 ? Other than it used to be $2 ?

Seriously, that isn't much more per round than 9mm. I'll consistantly buy it at $4/20.

Everything goes up; why shouldn't 7.62 ?

Cribbage
 
Because these prices of $80/1000 and such are prices we were getting within the last six months. This stuff like doubled over night.
 
Yes, everything does tend to go up but after getting the stuff as I have a few times for $80 per case ($1.60 per 20) - the rise like that sure gets noticeable!!

Small and incremental increases are more easily absorbed - price hikes hurt!
 
I was able to pick it up at $2.50 a box of 20 at gunshows in NC, though the panic buyers are the scourge of existence and try and pick up several thousand rounds at once has caused the most problems.
 
"Ripoff, maybe. Increase in price, absolutely. Shortage, no."

Sorry, if it's not available, there's a shortage.

Right now, Ammoman and Ammunitionstore are out. Slap out.

I don't expect to find any at Yeagers tomorrow.

Looks like I'll be waiting for Cabelas to ship out their stuff whenever they get it; until then, my newly-built AK is a slick paperweight.
Darnit, and I have to figure out why it's throwing shots everywhere, too. :mad:
 
7.62x39 and 5.45x39 have been hard to find lately at a decent price I think they will be back around but not as cheap what used to be 80/1000 will likely be 110/1000 still much cheaper than w-mart if you are using alot
 
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