Any other news on this.
Online shops are already reacting.



https://www.tacticalshit.com/b...n-ammo-and-firearms/







RobSki posted this up on his page.

Right there on the State Department's news releases. On a Friday. Fuck those guys.

Hoo, boy. They've already banned just about every Russian firearm except shotguns and .22s; my worry is the ongoing supply of cheaper steel-cased ammo.

Can we import American arms from Afghanistan?

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Can we import American arms from Afghanistan?

Mexico’s closer.

AStan probably has better stuff overall though.

Query: Where else do they make steel-cased ammo? We may be flat out of luck on 5.45, but there's going to be a healthy market here for steel-cased 7.62x39 for a long time to come.

How much of a hit will the Russian Gov take over this? Nothing at all. This is just an easy way for the Feds to enact some gun control over us peasants without much notice being taken by the media/gen pop

Wolf Gold is manufactured in Taiwan so that helps I suppose...

May another manufacturer will step up and take the steel-cased market.

Don't forget Obama banned Russian primers. The Wolf primers were great for reloading. We have a huge shortage of primers right now.

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
Wolf Gold is manufactured in Taiwan so that helps I suppose...

Shit, even Russian stuff is now made in China.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by OttoSig:
Wolf Gold is manufactured in Taiwan so that helps I suppose...

Shit, even Russian stuff is now made in China.

Now wait right there good sir, are you saying Taiwan is China? You'll offend tens of people.

Why? It's Free China.

Taiwan...rockin' in the ROC.

Wolf Gold is good stuff, btw. Made to western standards, not like the steel case Russian loads designed to wear out rifling three times faster.

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Originally posted by monoblok:
Taiwan...rockin' in the ROC.

Wolf Gold is good stuff, btw. Made to western standards, not like the steel case Russian loads designed to wear out rifling three times faster.

If I can save 50$/k or more on my ammo and shoot the snot out of my 400$ PSA AR...I'm okay with it. You can manufacturer it in Ghana for all I care, so long as it goes bang every time, which several thousand rounds of steel case wolf have for me.

Move the factory to former Russian combloc countries.

I apparently am not "destined" to get any more 7.62x39 lol

I just posted Tuesday looking for somewhere to get a bunch for a family and friends range day. Got a good recommendation and looked like plenty in stock. Was going to do my shopping this weekend..... they are now out of stock

Thank goodness I just got 500 rounds of 7.62 in payment for something the other day.

Shit's all gone. Was trying to snag 5.45, since that's what will really be difficult to source now.

At any rate, Hornaday used to have a line of steel cased 5.45, but there's no way in hell we'll see that in the market anytime soon.

Glad I didn't invest in commie guns minus the Mosin.

^^^ Thanks, Mr. Brightside. 7.62x39, at least, is still available from a number of sources.

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Originally posted by Oat_Action_Man:
Hornaday used to have a line of steel cased 5.45

They bought the steel cases from Russia and loaded them here. At least their 5.45 brass cases are still in the lineup, and the 5.45 VMAX bullets should still be around.

OTOH, I'm hoping the Romanians can still crank up their steel-cased 5.45 production machinery from the bad ol' days.