A Run On Ammunition Has Begun
In recent months ammunition has slowly begun appearing on store shelves at major retailers in the United States. But after nearly two years of shortages that had ammunition manufacturers running their factories 24 hours a day, 7 days a week because of consumer demand and massive government purchases, it appears that another supply pipeline may have been cut.
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11 comments:
That's really too bad , some of the ammo was more accurate than ours.
I got enough to last till I perish.
Russian ammo is junk anyway.
Shoot American made!
Not True.
GOOD!! 6.7% unemployment with underemployment rates even higher. Fire up these factories in the good ol' US of A. With such high demand and readily available employees, seems like a win-win. While you're at it, halt all that russian steel and get our folks back to work in the mills here.
LMAO, I have more 7.62 than the distributor.
If the Russians truly wanted to p*** off Obama they would flood the market with ammo & AK's
6:51 Non shooter detected.
10:14, B.S. Tula, Wolf and Silver bear is crap, it's dirty because the steel doesn't expand like brass and you get more blow back, the lacquer coating gums up the receiver the steel wears out your gun much quicker and rounds are inconsistently loaded.
You sound like the non shooter or at least a very indiscriminate one.
If you're gonna chime in, you better know your skit. Obviously you do not.
6:51
1:08, have you ever actually seen a gun that has literally been worn out by steel cased ammo? the steel used to make good quality guns is many many times harder than the relatively soft steel used to make cartridge cases, and the chrome lined chambers used on most guns in this caliber are virtually indestructible if simple metal to metal contact is a concern. i am not looking to pick a fight with you, but your claim that steel cased ammo wears out guns is complete nonsense. this ammo is not match grade target ammo, it is as utilitarian and rugged as the weapons it is designed for. to be used in situations where you need as much lead in the air as possible in the shortest amount of time possible, and any trivial inconsistency with powder charges would hardly be noticed in such an environment. and it's "dirty" as you say because of the type of propellent used, which doesn't burn as cleanly as propellents used by american and western european manufacturers, NOT because of the steel case not expanding. hard steel cases extract easier than a tightly expanded brass case, which lessens the chance of a broken extractor, or a torn cartridge rim, although a valid argument can be made that the softer brass has more "give" and won't tear as easily as the more brittle steel, both materials have their own strengths and weaknesses of course. and while it is true that lacquer will accumulate in a hot chamber, lacquer coated ammo is highly rust resistant and excellent for long term storage. and you can always use polymer coated cases instead to avoid this problem. when you ripped into 10:14 with a big load of often repeated misinformation you only succeeded in looking arrogant and closed minded. keep your powder dry butthead!
4:45 thank you! Through all your pinheadedness you completely validated all of my arguments against Russian ammo in your own words!
I owned a Bulgarian AK. Bought it second hand from someone here that put thousands of rounds through it after it's military use there. Eventually it was undergassed and would not eject a round because the chamber was oversized by the steel carts.
So, YES, I have seen steel wear out a gun. Not to mention it won't group worth a skit either.
Why are you even arguing FOR the use of Communist ammo?
Buy American. Or at least NATO.
Try Turkish made MQ1 brass. 1 moa @100... which is better than any Russian steel.
11:36, i'd rather be a pinhead than a butthead anyday. first of all, how would a worn chamber cause the gun to be "undergassed"? the gas is vented through the gas block, where it strikes the face of the piston, which is then forced backward to cycle the action. this rearward motion of the bolt and carrier assembly would not be hindered by a nominally oversized chamber. the smooth walls of the chamber itself are not subjected to the same intense heat and highly erosive friction that the throat is. a much more likely cause of sluggish functioning would be a clogged up gas port that was not allowing sufficient gas pressure to exit the barrel via the gas block. you "pray and spray" types are not capable of understanding the inner workings of something that has more than maybe 2 or 3 moving parts, and if you can't fix it with a sledgehammer or duct tape you declare it to be junk and you toss it out and buy a new one. and even if you are correct in stating that your particular gun had a badly worn chamber, that would only have resulted from an extreme use situation where the gun had countless tens or even hundreds of thousands of rounds fired through it over many years, while frequently being fired so much that the gun was glowing red, as in basic training or boot camp usage. conditions that none of us, or our weapons of choice are ever likely to face, and most certainly not a good enough reason to justify your sweeping condemnation of the affordable, reliable, and very enjoyable to shoot "communist" ammo. if your budget allows you to enjoy cadillac ammo, good for you, as for me, i don't want every pull of the trigger to cost me 2 bucks!
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