Current Surplus Ammunition Costs

6MT said:
Anyone have experience with Barnaul 7.62x39 non-corrosive ammo?
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I just shot a box of 20 through my SKS yesterday for the first time, it seems good to me. I did not clean the gun more than spraying some solvent down the barrel and running a boresnake 3 times. It did not seem dirty at all.

Barnaul however is more pricey as it costs more than 50 cents a round (with tax).
 
If any one had told me, a year ago, that I would have 3000 rounds of center fire ammo in my basement and still be thinking "it's not enough" I would
have said they were crazy. Maybe it is me who is crazy, now?:confused:
 
Steiner said:
The cheapest I found x39 was $145 crate about 10yrs ago.
Where did you find it at $110! That was a steal!:)
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A dealer had SKS rifle/ammo combos. There was no limit on the amount of ammo cases. I made several separate purchases of SKS rifles and grabbed 6 or 8 cases each time. Then I sold off the extra rifles when the price went up a bit higher.


It was less than 10 years ago but when the registry was still on. The going price was about 160/crate. I also convinced a bunch of friends that they needed an sks rifle so when they bought one, I also grabbed a few extra cases at the special price.

The store employees still think I'm a weasel.
 
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fiddler said:
A dealer had SKS rifle/ammo combos. There was no limit on the amount of ammo cases. I made several separate purchases of SKS rifles and grabbed 6 or 8 cases each time. Then I sold off the extra rifles when the price went up a bit higher.


It was less than 10 years ago but when the registry was still on. The going price was about 160/crate. I also convinced a bunch of friends that they needed an sks rifle so when they bought one, I also grabbed a few extra cases at the special price.

The store employees still think I'm a weasel.
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Awesome! Wish I had even known about SKS back then, sounds like something I would have done! These are fun cheap guns but when the surplus is gone or costs too much the fun will be over or a lot more money!
 
What we need is for Russia to get their head straight and the flow of x39/x54 starts again. Then maybe there will be one last sale at below $200 a crate, I would get a skid!
 
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Glad I bought 10 crates when the going was good, haven't even touched it yet as I have to use up the remainders from my previous bulk ammo purchase

Buy it cheap and stack it deep!
 
guess_kto said:
I would expect another $50 increase in prices from current just under $300 per case price as soon as old stock dries out.
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If this is old stock then the prices should not have gone up yet, but you are likely right! What may happen then is SKS and Mosin/SVT shooters will probably slow down and shoot less, there will become an equalibrium. If Russia and the eastern blok starts shipping again the price may drop a bit, especially If our dollar recovers substantially!
 
DT741 said:
Meh, havent seen the price of 22lr go down, plenty of it in stores now
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Yes and as they get back to normal the price will come down a bit, always takes longer for it to come down! I and a good number of others likely have enough squirrelled away to last 1.5-2 years so can wait for sales or until it drops, if it doesn't then we have to decide if we want to continue shooting that caliber!
 
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