You know what really grinds my gears? Its not the fact that there is no surplus ammo, its that there is no ammo at all. No igman(not that great but better than nothing), no privi(good stuff), no sellier&bellot(also pretty good), no remington(sellier reboxed), no wolf(NA in Canada), no brown bear(NA in Canada), no olympic(NA in Canada), no norinco(not anymore), only norma(3 boxes cost more than the rifle & have the wrong diameter bullet to boot) & maybe some lapua for the truly rich(last box I saw was $60). The supply of brass is spotty at best unless you want norma or lapua at $70 or $80 per 100. Just the thought of passing a lapua case through a svt gives me the shivers. Even the bullets at $40 per 100(SMK) fly off the shelves as the enfield,jap 7.7, 7.63 mauser & 7.62x54r shooters scrap it out over the last box. Meanwhile, the store clerk sits on an unopened case of .308 bullets which are everywhere. The only .310 bullets everybody has in stock are the 123grn sks version that nobody bothers to use in their sks cause it ejects brass(that nobody stocks) into low orbit or round nose bullets that won't feed from anything but a long lee. What the hell is a mosin guy like me supposed to do, fix bayonet & charge the target? Casting is great fun but how much time does it take to cast,lube & gascheck 1000 bullets? Never mind the extra step of flaring the case to get the bullet to seat, sorting out the bad ones, causing a noxious cloud of smoke while melting every wheel weight in a 20km radius to get some decently hard & cheap lead. Its enough to piss off the good humour man I tell yah.
