Academy Sports has 5.56 Ammo in Drums

12many · Jun 17, 2013

more dollars than cents.

hso · Jun 17, 2013

And now that's 3 of us that know how GOCO ammunition plants work that have chimed in. I assume the debate over GOCOs can be set aside.

If the price were much cheaper, I'd buy the stuff just for blasting ammo so I wouldn't have to wast my first quality stuff plinking.

xxjumbojimboxx · Jun 17, 2013

Queen_of_Thunder said:
Steel ammo? That's something that will never go into any gun of mine other than my AK74.

Afraid to replace an extractor are we

?

Heh anyways yeah a little too much ammo for a little too much money. You could buy an ak47 and probably more like 15000 rounds (wholesale)for that kind of moula and have a lot more fun

Beaux Nehr · Jun 17, 2013

hso said:
Owen's pointing out what should be obvious with some reflection.
Any large quantity bulk ammunition packed like this very frequently is rejected by the US Gov. and sold like this to the public. These "drums" are what I associate with such rejects.
Makes the price a little less attractive if you're buying 400lb of components that should be pulled apart and used to load your own with, don't it?

Also, one must consider the immense weight the cartridges are experiencing at the bottom of the pile. I would expect a high number of bent/unusable cartridges.

zxcvbob · Jun 17, 2013

Last year I bought an ammo can of Federal "American Eagle" XM855F AC1 ammo for $133; 420 rounds in a new steel ammo box. It's full of 20-round green boxes; haven't opened one yet. Does the 'X' in front of the designation mean it's .gov reject?

ETA: Wow! The same cans of ammo are now over $400. I wonder if they actually sell any at that price?

Owen · Jun 22, 2013

I don't think American Eagle branded ammo would be coming from lake city.

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