Import ammo drying up?

[cjlandry]

I ordered the SKS and M91/30 today, along with a case of ammo for each. I already have 7.62 x39 ammo on hand, but I saw almost everything sold out, so I picked up another thousand rounds.

On the 7.62 x 54, they only had one choice, the Czechoslavakian corrosive, so I got a case of that too.

Did the demand shoot up all of a sudden? Are the importers meeting tougher restrictions?

I hope there's some left next payday.

[97guns]

it has me concerned. ive been buying cases weekly like groceries.

[Decguns]

There's only a handful of companies that import surplus ammo. They typically stock pile the fodder in Europe until they have enough to make it worth their while to ship over.

The supply ebbs and flows. Ammo will dry up for maybe 6 months, and then a new shipment will flood the market again. Buyers have to go find it, negotiate a deal, move it to a staging area and then wait for the paperwork to get approved.

There's quite a bottle neck right now to get import permits approved. Ammo, magazines and non-sporting parts kits are all classified as articles of war and must go through the proper channels to be imported. If you thought the DMV was slow, it's got nothing on the import branch of the ATF.

[mossy500camo]

Winchester puts out the 7.62x39mm and other metric rounds.

[jonathon]

I've been stocking up on 7.62x54R since that is the surplus cartridge I shoot the most, along with Wolf. Got 1800 rounds on the way of SEALED Polish light ball in 4 cans and two crates, got it from a guy on AR15.com for $195 shipped, which is cheaper than AIM's $213 shipped.

[Rick O'Shay]

Ammunitionstore.com is another source that seems to stay pretty well stocked. Just bought 8mm Mauser ammo there for a good price.