SA ammo in stock

[JayGeeWentWorth]

If you're feeling real desperate for some SA ammo. Ammo 4 guns has battlepacks for $70. :wow:

http://www.ammo4guns.com/RIFLE_AMMO.html

[tanstaafl4y]

Ouch.

[LorDiego]

Holy Crap! If anybody wants to pay $70 for a battlepak..

I might be willing to let go of a few..

[okie shooter]

Why not buy new winchester from midway for that price.
http://www.militaryfirearm.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=470

I guess I am glad I have that stack of the stuff at home now, where the heck is it though?

[pigpen]

Once prices for 7.62 nato started going up I got an AK. Swore I'd never get one but the the price was sooo tempting I had to do it. Glad I stocked up on 7.62 nato when it was cheap.

[SteelCore]

:2pistol: More like "Ammo 4 Arm+Leg"

Man. After paying in the 27-32USD range...no way.

like pigpen, I decided to get a rifle or two that had cheap ammo. for 109USD, the mosin. for 70bux, that's 700+rounds!

But then of course, you end up with another mosin...they're like that.

I've een shooting 762x39 thru the SKS for a long time, and finally joined the ranks of the AK folks...with a Yugo UF and a Wasr10 hi-cap...

[cbear]

Once prices for 7.62 nato started going up I got an AK. Swore I'd never get one but the the price was sooo tempting I had to do it. Glad I stocked up on 7.62 nato when it was cheap.

7.62x39 has gone from $89 per 1000 to $149 per 1000 over the past 18 months.

[pigpen]

You aree right, everthing has gone up.

[okie shooter]

7.62x39 has gone from $89 per 1000 to $149 per 1000 over the past 18 months.

Fifteen cents a round is still better than fifty cents a round. SA went from fifteen to fifty, so three and a third times price over a doubling.

[CETME .308]

Fifteen cents a round is still better than fifty cents a round. SA went from fifteen to fifty, so three and a third times price over a doubling.

At the gun show this week there were battle packs for $68
:hurted:

[jdlilfan]

AIM has limited supply of SA for $49 a battle pack. As of 7:30pm est. +1 for me... www.aimsurplus.com

[richl]

said the hell with it .................

ordered 10 packs................

i'm up to 3k now ...........


i miss the old days...........

[WildBillCody]

Thanks, I just checked thier website this afternoon and it wasn't there then, I got two, hopefully they have it.

[tanstaafl4y]

Garsh, I ordered 2 packs to top off a "brown can".

/If I were made of money I'd stock up on this now.

[k98k792]

Thanks for the heads up,just got some.

[okie shooter]

Maybe it good I dont get to the range on weekends sometimes. :)

[bullseye]

I hate to think what the price would be if it was reloadable :(

[jdlilfan]

Thanks, I just checked thier website this afternoon and it wasn't there then, I got two, hopefully they have it.
As of 8:30 am it is still there. Probably wont last long though.

[okie shooter]

We were warrned, and after reading this finally in the popular news I imagine ammo is going to be in shorter supplies too.

from this article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070521/ap_on_bi_ge/ammunition_supply_1



War stretches nation's ammo supply
By MIKE WILSON, Associated Press WriterMon May 21, 1:58 AM ET


Ammunition shipments to local gun shops and police departments are being delayed for months because the Army has more than tripled its demand for small caliber ammunition.
Ammunition plants have dramatically ratcheted up production, but company officials acknowledge delays to police and retailers of up to a year.
"There are millions of rounds backordered because the war has put such a demand on the manufacturers," said Lana Ulner, manager of Rapid City, S.D.-based Ultramax Ammunition, a distributor for several manufacturers. "In some cases, it can take eight to 12 months."
The Army's demand for small caliber ammunition has soared from 426 million rounds in 2001 to 1.5 billion rounds in 2006, according to the Joint Munitions Command at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois.
The government spent $688 million on ammunition last year, up from $242 million in 2001, said Gail Smith, a Joint Munitions Command spokeswoman. The most common rounds ordered are 5.56 mm, 7.62 mm and .50 caliber, she said.
Much of the ammunition used by the Defense Department comes from a plant in Lake City, Mo., owned by Alliant Techsystems Inc. The plant's production has increased nearly fourfold, said company spokesman Bryce Hallowell.
"We have ... hired hundreds of people and turned our plants into 24/7 operations where they weren't just a couple of years ago to meet that demand," said Hallowell, whose company also has plants in Anoka, Minn., and Lewiston, Idaho. "We're running full-out."
He said the war, depleted ammunition reserves and the lack of foreign competition have all contributed to the surging demand.
The strong sales helped Minnesota-based Alliant's ammunition systems group see a 10 percent increase in sales for the fourth quarter and a 15 percent for the last fiscal year.
"The increase reflects higher volumes in medium-caliber gun systems and ammunition, civil ammunition and military small-caliber ammunition," the company said in a statement.
Ann Pipkin, a spokeswoman for East Alton, Ill.-based Winchester Ammunition, said the company also is seeing a backlog on orders for certain types of ammunition, but she wouldn't give specifics.
Because of the increased demand, police in Des Moines said it's taking twice as long to get ammunition orders as a few years ago — up to eight months. Still, the department has not decreased it use of ammunition.
"We're not experiencing any shortages, but they are planning ahead to accommodate for the delay caused by the war," said Sgt. Todd Dykstra, a police spokesman.
Larry Maynes, owner of JLM Gun Shoppe in Urbandale, said military ammunition and weapons are popular with his customers because the mass production makes them less expensive.
"I have some in stock, but it won't be easy to replace," he said.
In most cases, customers buy the military-style weapons for target practice, but some people use them to shoot small animals, Maynes said.
"Guys like those for prairie dogs and coyotes primarily," he said.

At Darr's Shooting Supply in Chattanooga, Tenn., the wait for some types of ammunition was four months at the end of 2006, said salesman Jeff Brewton.
Given the Army's need for ammunition, he said few customers complain.
"There hasn't been a whole lot of problems," Brewton said. "They ... understand what's going on."
Jeff Lepp, chief executive of Specialty Sports & Supply, a high-volume dealer in Colorado Springs, Colo., agreed. "I certainly concur that the military should have the ammunition in a situation like this," Lepp said.

[jmikey]

Bought two! Thanks for the "headsup".

[CETME .308]

Got mine!!:rockon:

now just to get the trigger pack fixed, or replaced......

[The Great 308]

I am so glad that I still have 2600rnds of Port. I just wish I would have bought about 10 more cases when it was 14 cents a round. One of the reasons that I really liked Cetmes and HK91s in the first place was how affordable the ammo was. I guess I need to break down and buy everything to start reloading.

[GearShanty]

AIM has SA battlepacks for $39.95...you just have to buy an Enfield 2A to be able to buy them. They also limit you at 3 battlepacks per rifle.

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Enf-2A__Enfield_2A_.308_NATO_7.62x51_Rifles.html

[ackspac]

I never heard of the Enfield 2a till I seen thier ad.Is that a decent shooter?

[Geilt]

They are also known as "Ishapores" or "Ishys" for short. Essentially they took the No1 Mk3 and rechambered them for 7.62x51. They have most of the same problems as the wire wrapped Enfields. Decent shooters over all though. They do get you away from having to shoot .303 Brit in an Enfield which may not be a bad thing.

[okie shooter]

They are also known as "Ishapores" or "Ishys" for short. Essentially they took the No1 Mk3 and rechambered them for 7.62x51. They have most of the same problems as the wire wrapped Enfields. Decent shooters over all though. They do get you away from having to shoot .303 Brit in an Enfield which may not be a bad thing.

Geilt, they are new guns, just useing the #1MK3 form, but they redesigned the bolts and receivers stronger thru metaluragy, to handle the higher pressures of the round, and they have a differnt magazine. They wernt just rechambered older rifles. I believe that they all will have new dates.

Heres a link on them at wikidpedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle_7.62mm_2A1

[weasel_master]

Okie's got it right.

[nalioth]

Geilt, they are new guns, just useing the #1MK3 form, but they redesigned the bolts and receivers stronger thru metaluragy, to handle the higher pressures of the round, and they have a differnt magazine. They wernt just rechambered older rifles. I believe that they all will have new dates.

Heres a link on them at wikidpedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifle_7.62mm_2A1


Okie's got it right.
He's got it right except for the "new" part. Those 2A1s have been lovingly cared for by the Indian military.
I think Okie meant, they are 'product upgraded enfields newly designed and manufactured (in the 60s) ' to use .308 instead of reboring an ancient enfield (as was done way long ago)

[okie shooter]

Ya by "new", from 62 or so untill 75 when they offically went out of production, I think they said 65 or so was when they went from 2a to 2a1.

[SteelCore]

because 170 fer a rifle and 120 for 420 rnds is a sweet deal rite now...

buddy o' mine paid 575 USD at the last gunshow for 1260 rnd case of S.African.

-Steely.

[jdlilfan]

ATG has SA battlepacks @ $74.95. Probably a small supply of it at that. Glad I bought up what I did months ago. Although 800rds doesn't seem like enough compared to some of the forum members "bunkers".

[SteelCore]

Just remember to enjoy every shot...have a smoke in between shots, talk it up, run the instant replay in you mind...savor it.:wink:

heehee.

And as I've learned from Planning, you don't stop buyig it when the price creeps up...you keep buying until it dries up....or pick you pain point where you will buy no more at that price. My warning pain point for any given milsurp rnd is about 25 cents, with 35-40cents/rnd as my pain point...then I buy less.

Less mag dumps at 10 bux a mag then at 4bux a mag...:2pistol:

[MicroPilot]

... Although 800rds doesn't seem like enough compared to some of the forum members "bunkers".

40 magazines, or 2 or 3 trips to the range.

[mofocus]

damn even i miss getting 480rd cans of aussie for $40 :(

[Reloader_26D]

I've posted this earlier... Up here, SA battlepacks are going for $105.00 FRN!!! Enjoy the prices down there. It's only going to get worse.

[SteelCore]

gifted me with 2 BPs of S.African for helping him out @ his farm...whatta guy! :rockon:(also bought me a 75rd RPK drum!) nice guy. course, I did help him do some trenching and laying of 1000s of feet of water and electricity ove 17 acres...

Hel, I woulda done it just to be a nice guy and keep him having me over to shoot @ his place!