PSA goes into the ammo biz?

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So this came across one of the social media platforms and someone sent it to me:

Be nice if it was true, but who can say? A good question might be “Why would some Euro ammo maker team up with PSA when they could just bring their manufactory over and make ammo without PSA’s help?” Well, a good answer might be that PSA is taking some of the financial risk in exchange for something like exclusive distributor rights and, of course, they already have a network of dealers and wholesalers. Or this might all be BS. But the notion that you can make 5.45 and 7.62×39 as cheaply in this country  seems terribly unlikely. Unions,  higher material costs, greater regulatory processes, etc, will all conspire to make US-made steel-case AK ammo as expensive as Hornady/Rem/Win 7.62AK. But…mondo props for taking a chance.

The free market, like nature, abhors a vacuum. The only question is if it’ll work.

I have cases of 7.62×39 in the Deep Sleep but it was never a primary or even secondary choice. Until someone circumvents Empty Shelves Joe’s import ban, I’ll just stick to my .223 stuff. This is a good example, though, of things to consider when picking a caliber. With virtually no domestic 7.62×39 production in any meaningful quantity, you’re pretty much relegated to imports. And relying on unreliable imports is a recipe for fail.

 

15 thoughts on “PSA goes into the ammo biz?”

  1. “Until someone circumvents Empty Shelves Joe’s import ban, I’ll just stick to my .223 stuff”
    7.62×39 even right now with the ban it is still selling for cheaper than .223 from what I see online, generally 25-30 cents a round less.

  2. I think this is a foreign producer moving production because of expected,or actual, import changes.
    Wolf already manufactures some ammo in Taiwan and elsewhere precisely for political reasons.
    Winchester and some others have recently made steel case ammo in the US, and others make aluminum case ammo here; with high copper prices and shortages of it, they may decide that steel is worth considering – and if production is in the US, import laws, the most capricious laws int he firearms industry, are a moot point.

    As you mentioned, PSA may be the spokesman because they are putting money in the game, and because they provide a recognized brand – like Century 9red Army Standard) and Cabelas (Herters) have done with imports.

    • Wolf does not manufacture ammo. They contract others to make it. They only put their Wolf brand name on their ammo.

  3. Forget the fucking union libtards. Theyll just set up in a Southern or Western Free State.

  5. As long as they can avoid the problems of the Winchester Forged line, I am fine with it, Probably the only saving will be in the raw materials for the case, but I doubt it will be significantly cheaper than the other US brands, but it will be a domestic source. Offshore procurement in other areas is one of the causes of our national problems. It makes us vulnerable to the political whims of other governments. We saw this at the start of the Wu Flu, and from what I can see, we have made no progress in bringing production home. I am specifically talking about all the personal protective equipment that was in such short supply at the start of the pandemic. Anyone see any of it being made here yet?

  6. I agree they will not be able to make it as cheap as the Russians or Chinese, but at least a guy will be able to get ammo for their AKs and SKS rifles. Even if the prices are equal to American .223 it will be a good thing. There are a metric shiete ton of rifles in the USA that need that food…..All that said, if I lived up there where big brown things want to make me future scat, I want something bigger than a .223, like a 50BMG. Just sayin’.

    • “I agree they will not be able to make it as cheap as the Russians or Chinese, but at least a guy will be able to get ammo for their AKs and SKS rifles. Even if the prices are equal to American .223 it will be a good thing. ”
      Well, then theres no need to import a manufacturing plant since there is already Win, Rem, Horn, and Fed 7.62×39 on the market.

      • I think the current American makers prefer to produce higher quality higher cost hunting ammo. Note Horn stopped making their cheaper but excellent steel cased, brass jacket poly tip 7.62X39. American produced Short Russian is hard to find. This new venture might be aimed at cheaper, massed produced ammo. None of the American manufacturers do bulk much. I suspect this is more about the eastern European maker needing our market but seeing the writing on the wall, meaning the prohibition of shipping ammo to other countries by global elite, ie the UN gun control treaty.

  7. Container prices are up 10 fold since pre-Covid, the economics on moving production into the US for US consumption could be enough of a favorable offset to higher domestic labor/material costs. Lots of variables in the math.

  8. I’m kinda surprised Aquila hasn’t jumped in on this. Mexican labor is still pretty cheap.

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