How much of your ammo is foreign made?

[Kyle S.]

The recent Russian ammo ban brought up an interesting conversation about the percentage of ammo in the US that is Russian made. Reflecting back on my own ammo supply, I'd say that I have less than 25% US made ammo. I have some boxes of Winchester 12 gauge and some Hornady black ammo. Most of my .22, 12 gauge, are foreign made. Most of the .223/556 I've shot through my m&p 15 has been tula or wolf gold. A lot of the ammo I've purchased recently has been Herters, Rio, PPU, and of course Tula for my cz82.

 

[whughett]

None in recent memory. Primers yes but also not recently. That’s a hand loader for you though.

 

[sequins]

All my ammo and most of my guns are American.

Brass from USA, bullets from USA, powder from USA, and primers from USA. I find the only foreign brands I shoot are euro shotgun shells.

 

[AK Hunter]

I own three guns that shoot foreign ammo they are all 5.45x39 because that is the only caliber I don't reload. That's one AR & two AKs & I have enough ammo in stock to shoot them for the rest of my life. LOL

Ooh wait I have a pellet gun that shoots cheap Korean pellets. LOL

 

[shoobe01]

Ignoring the tiny amount of terrible Russian and Indian .308 I have from years ago, it is — in approximate quantity order —

• Philippines – 5.56. Armscor makes a very reliable and accurate-enough-for-range-days 62 gr ball, without a steel core.
• Europe — 9 mm, all RUAG group, such as Geco, as they make great stuff and produce mostly 8 g (124 gr) so easy to get my favorite in these brands
• Europe — more 5.56 - Also RUAG group mostly.
• Europe — 7.62 ball, from Hirtenberger, Saltech
• US — 7.62 heavy ball, both Federal and Black Hills
• US — Defensive ammo, mostly Gold Dots in 62 and 124 gr.

So, all friendlies. If Europe decides to restrict exports I'd... maybe pay slightly more and likely have to use reloaders but it would all be gettable.

 

[DTL]

No Russian at all. Western European from US allied countries, South Korea and USA.

 

[gobsauce]

My SKS and Mosin shoot Russian. Or used to I guess.

 

[CapnMac]

I'd have to dig through a number of ammo boxes to inventory to be sure, really. But, I have a decent amount of Sellier & Bellot; at least the one Beligian "battle pack" of 7.62nato; there's some random Russian x39 in my stash; at least one box of Indonesian 9x19; and some decent quantity of Aguila. So, it's a guess to say something like 20-24% of the stockpile is non-US.

 

[Sniper66]

In the past few years I've switched to European made .22 rimfire, mostly German. It is simply better than most American made plinking ammo when accuracy is my main goal. I also buy a lot of American made plinking ammo when the targets are cans and water filled bottles or leaves floating down a stream. I refuse to buy Mexican ammo for political reasons.

 

[gunlaw]

I did some reloading at someone else’s house. Is that foreign?

 

[bannockburn]

I would say somewhere between 30 to 40% of my ammo is foreign made. Quite a bit of it is Russian (mainly 7.62x39), but also a lot of S&B (Czech Republic), Aguila (Mexico), Wolf Match .22 (Germany), and Fiocchi (Italy).

 

[Hartkopf]

25 to 30 percent for me. I like S&B and IMI as much or more than Winchester or Remington. I have very little Russian and Mexican ammo.

 

[danez71]

75%+ USA
Balance is Mexico or Euro.

0% Russian

 

[illinoisburt]

If we are only talking about commercial ammo on hand as opposed to what has already been shot in the recent past or current handloaded inventory, it's fairly skewed to foreign mostly because I have dozens of cases and a few crates of various new and surplus. I've always been in the stack-em deep category since my old ammo waster days which tended to keep my interests focused on guns with large volumes of cheap ammo available. What fun is a handgun or rifle you don't shoot? Thinking about it we can help tilt things back towards the homeland by counting 22LR bricks and buckets and a couple flats of shotshells Still somewhere north of 75% on hand though.

 

[Jack B.]

I make all of my own Ammo.

 

[mcb]

Most of what I am currently using is handloaded. Except 22LR where I am shooting a lot of SK (German). I do have some 410 ammo from overseas but I have more reloads than anything. A little bit of 380 plinking ammo from Russia. I really like Prvi Partizan M193 for a 556 ARs. All my 7.62x54R is from overseas but its also from the 1970's and 1950's.

75% reloads
15% American
10% foreign.

 

[rust collector]

I estimate 30-35% foreign, mostly because I picked up surplus by the case many years ago. Those prices were depressed by oversupply, but someone was going to get good deals. I volunteered.
Just as with online v LGS, I bought plenty locally but also picked up some long distance deals along the way.

 

[WeekendReloader]

I answered 0%, but then I remember that I have some foreign 22LR (SK, Norma, Aguilla, etc).
All of my centerfire is USA made.

 

[Zendude]

Mostly domestic production and my reloads. I do like Aguila 22 high velocity rounds. Pre-pandemic, I wouldn’t pass up a low price on S&B 9mm too.

 

[GBExpat]

How much of your ammo is foreign made?

Whoa! Interesting question. I just returned from eyeballing my two primary stockpiles and it looks like (SWAG) at least 75% is of non-USA-Mfr.

Like many folks, I imagine, I was able to take some advantage of the (stunningly) lower milsurp case-lot prices in the first decade.

 

[LiveLife]

How much of your ammo is foreign made?

For centerfire pistol, 1-25% as I now mostly buy Speer Gold Dot/Winchester PDX1 for SD/HD and I reload the rest (9mm/40S&W/45ACP) using mixed range brass of different headstamp and USA made powders. In addition to CCI/Winchester primers I also use S&B/Fiocchi primers.

For centerfire rifle, 25-50% as I now mostly reload all caliber I shoot (.223/5.56, .300 BLK, .308) using mixed range brass of different headstamp and USA made powders but above mix of primers (Adding 22LR increases percentage). I am finishing up a case of CBC M193 I bought a few years back but now stocked up with 55/62/69 gr projectile to reload. I use CMMG 22LR conversion kits to practice with my ARs.

For rimfire 22LR, likely 75-99% as after testing 25,000+ rounds of 20+ commercial boxed/bulk ammunition in recent years, Aguila 40 gr CPRN/LeadRN consistently produced smallest groups so that's what I buy mostly now. I am using up large lot of Armscor 36 gr CPHP I bought at below $18/500 shipped.

The recent Russian ammo ban brought up an interesting conversation about the percentage of ammo in the US that is Russian made.

Russian ban will have almost no impact on my percentages as I used up Wolf primers many years ago and I stopped buying Tulammo primers and Wolf/Tulammo ammunition.

 

[Ignition Override]

Nothing Has Been Banned..

Ammo from Russia—might—get banned, on different dates in the next year or more, some time After September 7.

The words “ ..subject to…” are the focus, in the State Dept’s new orders. Do most people know what “subject to” means?

Show us where the words, or with a similar clear meaning: “will be banned”, “are prohibited “, "forbidden" “‘no longer allowed (etc) to be imported” ---etc--- are written.-.————

The ‘ball is in your court’. I’ll check later for a response to this. The actual State Dept. >> wording << is all that I'm talking about. Nothing else.

* To simply question... how something is written doesn't equate to being naiive about their possible intent.

 

[herrwalther]

I have a box (maybe 2) that have "Made in Mexico" on the side. Half a box of Magtech (Brazil). And maybe a hiding box of PPU rifle ammo for a caliber I don't have anymore. Maybe 200 rounds out of thousands. I don't think I have anything Russian.

 

[Kyle S.]

Nothing Has Been Banned.

Ammo from Russia—might—get banned, on different dates in the next year or more, some time After September 7.

The words “ ..subject to…” are the focus, in the State Dept’s new orders. Do most people know what “subject to” means?

Show us where the words, or with a similar clear meaning: “will be banned”, “are prohibited “, "forbidden" “‘no longer allowed (etc) to be imported” ---etc--- are written.-.————

The ‘ball is in your court’. I’ll check later for a response to this. The actual State Dept. >> wording << is all that I'm talking about. Nothing else.

* To simply question... how something is written doesn't equate to being naiive about their possible intent.

That's a good point. I guess we'll have to see what the future holds and not jump to conclusions.

 

[LiveLife]

wolf gold

Now made in Taiwan, friendly country to USA with no threat of ban - https://www.sgammo.com/product/wolf...mj-ball-m193-wolf-gold-ammo-made-taiwan-gwm19