I was at TS Tractor Supply last week and bought metal 30 cal ammo cans for $8 and 50 cal for $10.
Just thought I'd let the gang know.
Just thought I'd let the gang know.
Where a reviewer said: "This is almost an exact copy of the surplus GI .50 cal. can"That's a good price. I have observed that greedy merchants selling beat up surplus ammo cans have dropped prices, by as much as half, and I believe it might be due to Walmart.
You can go to Walmart, in the Sporting Goods section, and find these new, Chinese made "Stout Stuff Metal Ammo Cans" for $13.00!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Stout-Stuff-Metal-Ammo-Box/181890587
I did not see a reason to buy a used GI ammo can for $20.00 or even $15.00 when I can buy a new one, probably from the same manufacturer, for $13.00.
Catpop wrote:
I was at TS Tractor Supply last week and bought metal 30 cal ammo cans for $8 and 50 cal for $10.
Just thought I'd let the gang know.
Thank you.
For my part, I'll stick with the military surplus ones since I know they are made in the United States rather than China.
Tractor Supply sells Fat Fifty's as well.....they're $25 each.Oh, for storing boxed ammo, I prefer the .50 cans. The best, IMO, are the "fat .50's", the cans made for the M249 SAW ammo. They're just big enough that a standard .50 can will fit inside them. Those are just right to me for storing lots of boxed up reloads. I buy the white ammo boxes from Midway for my reloads, label them and stash away.
My understanding is the US government has to try to source from a US company first however this doesn't mean it has to be US made. It still goes to the cheapest bidder that may just be buying it over seas & selling it to the government.My local store had no idea their 30 caliber ammo boxes were on sale, but the computer system knew!. I bought five of the things and plan to load them up with loose bullets. These cans are identical in construction and are the proper Army green of my surplus military 30 Caliber cans.
How do you know where they are made?, you are just assuming that military equipment is made in the USA. Unless you have the purchase order specifying where surplus cans were made, you don't know where they came from. Might have come from Brazil, Vietnam, for all you know. Ammunition cans are not items that require export or import restrictions due to technology or scientific principles. Therefore,
A Pentagon spokesman tells CBS News by email that the military has a process "to determine where U.S.-sourced components are necessary for security reasons. But where they are not, the U.S. taxpayer expects...cost-effective procurement, including sourcing from foreign companies..."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/some-us-military-parts-imported-from-china/
Even Combat boots, claimed to be made in the US were in fact, Chinese boots:
Former Wellco Executives Indicted for ‘Made In USA’ Fraud http://soldiersystems.net/2016/09/20/former-wellco-executives-indicted-for-made-in-usa-fraud/
The basic problem is, US companies making basic stuff, like pressed steel containers, nuts and bolts, and now, electronics, can't compete with cheap foreign labor. So when those companies off shore or go out of business, from whom is the Department of Defense buying this stuff domestically?
That's a good price. I have observed that greedy merchants selling beat up surplus ammo cans have dropped prices, by as much as half, and I believe it might be due to Walmart.
You can go to Walmart, in the Sporting Goods section, and find these new, Chinese made "Stout Stuff Metal Ammo Cans" for $13.00!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Stout-Stuff-Metal-Ammo-Box/181890587
I did not see a reason to buy a used GI ammo can for $20.00 or even $15.00 when I can buy a new one, probably from the same manufacturer, for $13.00.