Bulk Federal 5.56!

Anyone ever see one of these at their local shop? I don't go to Academy Sports often, but happened to stop by one last week. I didn't know you could even buy a package of 5.56 like the one below, at least not at a big box retailer. 12,500 rounds of Federal 5.56 62 grain packed in a single small metal drum. Only $6,500 and it could be yours....if you could figure out how to move it.

MattShlock...Good point. I realize the cost per round isn't a bargain, but it didn't occur to me that that you can buy online for that AND have it delivered in boxes that are way more convenient to move and store. I tried to see if I could move the drum when I was in the store and couldn't budge it.

It's not a 55 gal drum. It's probably like 25 or 30 gal in size. However, I can assure you it weighed more than 110 lbs. A little digging on the interweb shows that a 1000 rounds of 62 gr 5.56 weights just under 30 lbs., so 30 * 12.5 = 375 lbs. Add in the weight of the drum and your right at 400 lbs. In high school, I had a job loading 55 gal drums full of textile chemicals onto trucks. The drums weighed 450 - 550 lbs each. Did it by hand. Got very good at "breaking" them over on their edge and rolling them in to position. This drum was about 1/2 the size of a 55 gal.