Ammo prices

Post by **Skiprr** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:24 am

j1132s wrote:I remember well trying to carry the mega packs upright between match stages... usually not so successively.

I picked up a passel of these in the 100-round version:

http://www.mtmcase-gard.com/products/ha ... boxes.html

They were only about $2.40 each at Cheaper Than Dirt; the 50-rounder was about a buck fifty. They're pretty sturdy, and carry easily (flat or vertical).

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:43 am

JRG wrote:I bought the mega pack of 250 rounds of 9mm from Academy yesterday for $36.97. It would have been a little bit cheaper to get the 50/box Winchester, but I like them all in the same box.

JRG

I refill my 50 pack boxes from the larger boxes.
It's easier for me to manage at the range.

WheySmart · Post by **WheySmart** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:57 am

We should all agree on an ammo type we all use, (9 mil for instance is a common one) and just import a mass quantity from China or Russia. This elminates the middle man allowing us to save money. What we have left after everyone gets as much as they want we could sell to regain some of our cost...of course the govt would probably not like us importing millions of rounds from anywhere, especially outside of the US.

Venus Pax · Post by **Venus Pax** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:35 am

WheySmart, remember that you're referencing a gov't that sold us down river a long time ago.
You can rarely find anything in the stores now that is made here, so I don't think buying products directly from the source in another country will put you on their radar.
However, the fact that you're buying bulk ammo from a foreign source might get them wondering what you're up to. Remember who you're dealing with. These people are usually up to devilment, so they suspect you are too.

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:42 am

WheySmart · Post by **WheySmart** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:05 pm

I am not worried too much aboutt he import part, there are websites where you buy directly from Russia. I am just worried that they might drive a tank through ym living room and burn my house down if they think I have too many bullets.

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:49 pm

WheySmart wrote:I am not worried too much aboutt he import part, there are websites where you buy directly from Russia. I am just worried that they might drive a tank through ym living room and burn my house down if they think I have too many bullets.

Perhaps you are not to concerned, but concider the fact that some of us gave a significant part of our lives to defend against these people. Conciser that there are a few folks that have had some of this cheap amunition fired at them, and even into them. Some of us older folk have longer memories. Maybe we are just less willing to forget.

I am not being real critical, just trying to explain how some folks could feel about this and why. It might not be very rational, but I for one have very little love for these people, and much rather see my money be spent providing Americans job. No SKS or AKs will ever cross a threshold I control.!

WheySmart · Post by **WheySmart** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:19 pm

Ask yourself, what is the most powerful force on our earth, not counting god, divine intervention etc. It is the United States Gov't. We have the best military, the best equipment etc. Now here is my way of looking at it.

If the Chinese invade, the US will help protect us since it is in their best interest and they have to ensure their survival. If we don't have ammo and the US Gov't decides they don't like us we will be wishing we had the ammo. Therefore I rationalize that the our own country is to be feared more than any other.

I would like to see all ammo produced in the US, I also realize this is unrealistic when you are talking about a stock pile since American Ammo is so expensive and the gov't can control it if they want. Russian ammo is cheap, the US is becoming more of a threat than the Russians in my opinion so I think we should choose the lesser of the two evils...as far as I am concearned neither option is great but I prefer to just hold my nose and go with the Ruski's.

WheySmart · Post by **WheySmart** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:23 pm

SKS's are cheap, if the world turns into an anarchy and vandals run the streets, we probably never be re-supplied on ammo or guns. You can buy ten SKS;s for the price of an AR. This way you can part them out and you will have at least one working gun for many decades if not centuries. That is better than one AR where if a part breaks all it is worth is a heavy stick.

casselthief · Post by **casselthief** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:31 pm

you guys are killin' me!

"Just cause Ah'm paranoid, don't mean they aren't out ta git meh!"

Lordy....

WheySmart · Post by **WheySmart** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:39 pm

But they ARE out to get you, THEY ARE!

It is good to be paranoid, if things get really bad you will be glad some people were paranoid.

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:40 pm

Liberty wrote:Perhaps you are not to concerned, but concider the fact that some of us gave a significant part of our lives to defend against these people.

Right. I'm troubled that people want to give their money to communists and criminal organizations (Russian companies) whose only interest in the U.S. is milking it.

Lenin said we would sell the communists the rope they used to hang us. It didn't quite work out that way, but foreign entities hold the mortgage on our economy, and we can no longer manufacture things we need.

- Jim

WheySmart · Post by **WheySmart** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:42 pm

Yes, but for the Russians to hang me they have to hang the Gov't first, If the Gov't wants to hang me, all they have to do is toss the rope over a limb.

Liberty · Post by **Liberty** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:59 pm

WheySmart wrote:Ask yourself, what is the most powerful force on our earth, not counting god, divine intervention etc. It is the United States Gov't. We have the best military, the best equipment etc. Now here is my way of looking at it.

If the Chinese invade, the US will help protect us since it is in their best interest and they have to ensure their survival. If we don't have ammo and the US Gov't decides they don't like us we will be wishing we had the ammo. Therefore I rationalize that the our own country is to be feared more than any other.

I would like to see all ammo produced in the US, I also realize this is unrealistic when you are talking about a stock pile since American Ammo is so expensive and the gov't can control it if they want. Russian ammo is cheap, the US is becoming more of a threat than the Russians in my opinion so I think we should choose the lesser of the two evils...as far as I am concearned neither option is great but I prefer to just hold my nose and go with the Ruski's.

with me its not so much about what the commies will do, It is about what they have done, what those particular guns and ammo were made for. That ammo, and those guns was made to kill me and the folks I grew up with. Maybe its politically incorrect, but I don't like those people. They wanted to kill me. They killed a few of my friends, and put some holes in my family members. The guns, the ammo, and the people that made them don't give me the warm fuzzys. I won't line their pockets if I can help it, and I won't support their firearms manufactures.

seamusTX · Post by **seamusTX** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:09 pm

WheySmart wrote:Yes, but for the Russians to hang me they have to hang the Gov't first, If the Gov't wants to hang me, all they have to do is toss the rope over a limb.

The communists don't want to hang you. They want to reduce you to servitude and misery.

You have the power to influence the U.S. and state government. Ask Suzanna Gratia Hupp how that works.

- Jim