Tried to order in some bulk 55 gr. FMJ bullets for a customer today. Remington? Out ofstock. Win? Outta stock. Hornady? Nope.
And then I read this. Realize that listing is an ‘if all options are exercised’ type of thing. Great googly moogly thats alot of ammo. And dontcha think the boys at Olin are gonna crank up the SCAMP lines or whatever their using now and devote as much of their production capacity as possible to filling that contract? (Not to be confused with the SCAMP project from Colt).On the bright side, maybe they’ll run off a few extra million for ‘out the door’ sales to distributors. Summary: possible diversion of production resources may impact availability for civillian consumers.
Do you think it’ll affect the availability of common military jacketed bullets as well?
Ack! I meant uncommon bullets, like 147gr 9mm, not common ;/
I doubt it will have much effect.
It will have some. Folks who were looking for the common stuff will be forced to get other stuff or just not have ammo, so you will be competing with other shooters for it.
The big impact is that the production lines geared towards making this, and other war requirements, aren’t going to be making *other* ammo for civilian orders. My understanding is that the ammo production lines are operating at near max capacity as it is.
This increased demand, coupled with higher fuel prices, means I expect increased ammo prices across the board. Add in the fact that much of the mil-surp has dried up or can no longer be imported, and it’s looking like it’s going to be more expensive to shoot for quite awhile.
Great shopping list… “80,000 C4 1-pound blocks, 4.2 million Feet Detonating Cord”
Does this place have a storefront?
Kripes. Are there any 55gr .224 fmj/bt/c bullets available out there?