SwampWolf
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I've got a box of fifty .22rf rounds in layaway; along with two pounds of hamburger and a gallon of gasoline.
Rural King is 12.99 for 20rd box of steel of Wolf. They also had Igman 60rd boxes of brass cased form$32.99 last weekend.A bigger LGS has Red Army/Tula for 9.99 and they have Belom brass cased for $12.99 a box. Cheapest I've gone lately locally is $9 a box of 20 and I suspect after it's gone and they get more it will be more.Steel is about 0.36/rd. Brass is about 0.45/rd. That's a selection from many sellers on Ammoseek. I guess it depends on ones definition of "almost".
reload brassIf you aren’t tracking, all ammo shipments from Russia have been terminated permanently. That means even the 2 year grace period on import licenses is now null and void. Over the past 48 hours, prices on steel cased ammo including 7.62x39mm have SKYROCKETED.
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I can no longer afford to shoot this weapon, and what steel cased ammo remains in this country will quickly be hoarded out of existence and become collector’s items. This AK has close to 4,000 rounds through it with no cleaning and 0 failures.
But with recent events, having an unkept rifle just doesn’t seem appropriate and I won’t be able to afford ammos for it anymore anyway. I’ll keep it and the remaining 1500 rounds I have left loaded in magazines for immediate action should everything fall to pieces, but other than that, my favorite rifle is now retired.
God bless,
JCF
If you aren’t tracking, all ammo shipments from Russia have been terminated permanently. That means even the 2 year grace period on import licenses is now null and void. Over the past 48 hours, prices on steel cased ammo including 7.62x39mm have SKYROCKETED.
God bless,
JCF
Solution: AK in 5.56/223
By this same logic shouldn’t your retire your M1 carbine?
Wow! What kind of interest rate were you able to get on the loan?I've got a box of fifty .22rf rounds in layaway; along with two pounds of hamburger and a gallon of gasoline.
This. I outgrew my spray and pray days about 40 years ago. Sure, it was fun to see how many AK rounds we could get off in a minute, but what exactly does that accomplish?Well folks, looks like flint, black powder and round balls from here on out.
We'll be fine. No need to worry. Buy brass cased ammo and roll your own if you have concern . I've never liked steel cased ammo and if you figure the cost of not reusing cases, steel cased ammo actually costs more. Shoot good ammo, it leaves you with cases that can be reused many times. The cases are the only part that can't be improvised the rest can be figured out if in a pinch.