Well the Biden admin finally killed ammo imports from Russia. Previously they restricted them now they're completely banned. Say goodbye to cheap 7.62 or ANY 5.45.
Surprised nobody on here is talking about this. YET ANOTHER serious and detrimental blow to our 2A rights.
I'm getting seriously pissed off. Ready for this movie to end.
Sounds like a financial opportunity for a homegrown ammo manufacturer to spring up here. Especially if you can get a 5.45 die. Other than entry level costs for permits, primers are in somewhat short supply.
SUPPOSEDLY Palmetto is going to start making 5.45, they'd almost HAVE to if they want to sell AK74s. But how long is that going to take? And that's unless the tyrants in the Biden admin ban AKs too. There's also the possibility that Bosnia or Serbia or something will fill the void and start importing 5.45 and 7.62 but again I'll believe it when I see it.
Start reloading brass.
The aks I have owned have all irreparably damaged the brass by kinking the shoulder during extraction. They don't do this to the steel case but brass cases get chewed up.
Components are basically impossible to find. Especially primers
Things have gotten more expensive but you can find the components. Check the reloading drop down on ammoseek and select primers - you can find them with a good search engine such as ammo seek.
https://ammoseek.com/reloading/primers
Also, you can deprime rounds and reload the primers as well - although I have just coughed up the few extra cents and not done this yet.
https://rumble.com/PrimerReloading
Warning - this will turn into a great new hobby. You will no longer cringe your teeth when you go the range and instead look at the range as an opportunity to line your pockets with lots of new ammunition vs lighting money on fire. I go to the range now and its like I am a child on an easter egg hunt.
Also if you are looking for a good deal on a loader / press - find the sku for the reloader you want and then go to https://gun.deals and type it in.
The Lee Master Loaders can be found on that search engine at significant discounts (e.g. $280 vs retail of $500+)
That one in particular is marketed with dies for specific rounds but the die sets can be swapped out to the rounds you want to load.
Example for 223 https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/734307909222
If you don't have enough 762 by now lol ...
It's not funny
Yea I know it's not fucking funny asshole. This is why you prepare for shit like this. Can't make a god damn light hearted statement on this board anymore
First of all, calm the fuck down.
Secondly I've got probably 500-1000 rounds of 7.62 but it's still extremely fucking annoying to be in the position at all. I was considering getting a 5.45 rifle then later that day I found out imports were banned.
That's why I've never owned a 5.45 rifle...in 30 years of owning guns the round has almost always been imported and never really took off here. Was afraid this would happen.
Anyway, hasn't Russia been banned and unbanned before? Iirc something like this happened at least once before.
Not sure. I know that their guns haven't been imported since Obama. China's rifled guns and ammo also got banned.
If you don't own a norinco by now..........
Doesn't the China ban go back to the Clinton Era? Iirc they've been locked out for a while whereas Russia I think gets punished every so often lol
You are correct. China's been banned since the mid 90s iirc
545 is shit, that's like owning a 556 without the twiste. Except less accurate at long range. At this point in time, 21 years since 911, you should be well aware of what ammo you've needed to stock and stack.