The end of cheap Chinese ammo?

[Phat Eagle]

Surprised this hasn't been a hotter topic. I knew this day was going to come. Both SFRC and CanadaAmmo have confirmed no more ammunition will be shipped into Canada from China... Apparently the transporter can no longer ship it as Vancouver and Seattle are treated the same. I'm not sure if the issue is it's considered explosive, or because it's from China... Maybe others have more info?

Bottom line: apparently what is in country is the last of it for a long while... Maybe forever?

Crappy, now if have to reload 5.56 and .308 like all the others...

 

[Waynetheman]

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[trebor2880]

Well, it was good while it lasted!

 

[ARmike]

I searched for this topic earlier -- I would like more details too.. fear mongering will bring sales! kidding

 

[caramel]

I will order a case or 2... JP.

 

[Daver_II]

Yeah, a few months after these types of threads we get a deal of really cheap _________ country surplus.

 

[can14]

. They can send it direct to the Port Of Prince Rupert. It has nothing to do with the lower mainland. Just need an importer located there and it will cost more to get it out of there. I know the area because i have a plant located there.

 

[Phat Eagle]

Maybe they can bring it over in the empty ships that come over to pick up our LNG?

Seriously... If it were that easy I'm pretty sure CanAm would have already figured that out... Hopefully someone gets it sorted. With the amount I blast MFS and Tulammo are still too expensive for 5.56 and 7.62, and I don't like reloading that much!!

 

[turbo_bird]

I searched for this topic earlier -- I would like more details too.. fear mongering will bring sales! kidding

Yup, I just ordered two more crate/1911 combos today because of this. I hope it gets sorted out soon.
Kristian

 

[jonnyc]

They stopped importing Chinese ammo into the US in 1994. Almost 20 years later and there still seems to be plenty of it around. I wouldn't worry too much................yet.

 

[Noflo2000]

Still some at ammo source

 

[rivetc78]

Sales tactic.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Of course there will still be Norinco ammo. Just not shipped by the same guys.

Notice Marstar is quiet on this.

 

[jdman]

they should load up all the empty log hauling ships with ammo, and do a swap for trees. win/win

 

[bobdbldr]

Yea china would stop shipping due to one shipper, not, they can ship it through halifax lots of container terms here and we can process it for canam or whoever i am looking for a retirement job i can run canams eastrn hub!!!

 

[luke s]

Where has can am and sfrc confirmed this?

 

[wmd]

Well I guess im not buying a ar15 next, jr carbine it is.

 

[Gleevo]

Where has can am and sfrc confirmed this?

In their forums ...

we are running out of 45 ammo

no more ammo is expected from China at this time

The shipping company no longer wants to handle ammo

If the sarcastic remarks continue, we may have to end our relationship

COSCO is the only carrier the would handle ammo, they state that they no longer will. It is simply a return to the way things were prior to 2010, when no chinese ammo came to Canada after 1997 because no carrier would handle it.

Virtually all the surplus we get here is cold war reserve, when the budgets allowed for massive stockpiling.

Those stockpiles are not being refreshed, and the UN/NAMSA are paying to destroy stocks in many places.

You should be worried more about access to the guns that use the ammo than the ammo. If everyone sent the value of one case of ammo to the orgs who work to protect these guns, we would have less of an issue.

The problem is that Vancouver and Seatac are considered the same port for shippers. However, if Chinese ammo is on board, Seatac is out. So do you hold of 8000 other containers for one full of ammo if no berth is available at Vancouver?

That's right, Norinco 223/556 Nato is $299.95 per case of 1120 rounds. Brass cased, non corrosive with a 55gr lead core projectile.

As I'm sure you have heard there will be no more coming into the country as the shipping company that moves ammo out of China will no longer handle ammunition.

What's in the country is it so if you want cheap ammo now is the time to stock up.

 

[BCshooterFMJ]

I am going to go out on a limb and bet the reason they were getting it so cheap was due to piggy backing on transports stopping in Seattle first then coming here. So, no, they wont sail to Halifax or Prince Rupert or anywhere else, I am gonna bet that the ships that brought that ammo for us, will still sail the same rate, just without the ammo.

. They can send it direct to the Port Of Prince Rupert. It has nothing to do with the lower mainland. Just need an importer located there and it will cost more to get it out of there. I know the area because i have a plant located there.

Also , I do not find MFS to be to much more expensive then the Norinco, slightly, but manageable.

 

[crackerbarrel2]

Yea china would stop shipping due to one shipper, not, they can ship it through halifax lots of container terms here and we can process it for canam or whoever i am looking for a retirement job i can run canams eastrn hub!!!

Exactly..

 

[Grock-co]

This would fit in to the governments over all plan to continue to control firearms in canada. The control of each and every gun is an impossible task as the long gun registry proved so the next logical step is to start limiting the ammunition. Without bullets all you have is a steel pipe with some wood or plastic on it not much good for any except as decoration. The ammunition importing is something that the government has total control over,