Owen
Moderator Emeritus
r1der,
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is a GOCO. (Goverment Owned, Contractor Operated)
You have to ask why the government would allow a contractor to make money by selling ammuntion made on government owned machinery, and probably with government supplied components. Ammunition can be stored indefinitely, and after 10 years of war, there are plenty of empty magazines out there, so the chances of there being large over runs that the government won't take are close to nil...
Now, say ATK ( the current contractor) made some bad ammo. Selling that ammo commmercially allows the government to recover some of the sunk costs.
The government also routinely checks lots of ammunition for degradation. When a lot is degraded, the governemt will either have the contractor sell the ammunition, or have it demiled. (this is where all those pulled bullets come from.)
Any suplus ammo coming from the US government should be suspect, and is definitely not worth paying a premium for.
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is a GOCO. (Goverment Owned, Contractor Operated)
You have to ask why the government would allow a contractor to make money by selling ammuntion made on government owned machinery, and probably with government supplied components. Ammunition can be stored indefinitely, and after 10 years of war, there are plenty of empty magazines out there, so the chances of there being large over runs that the government won't take are close to nil...
Now, say ATK ( the current contractor) made some bad ammo. Selling that ammo commmercially allows the government to recover some of the sunk costs.
The government also routinely checks lots of ammunition for degradation. When a lot is degraded, the governemt will either have the contractor sell the ammunition, or have it demiled. (this is where all those pulled bullets come from.)
Any suplus ammo coming from the US government should be suspect, and is definitely not worth paying a premium for.