Is 7.62x39 drying up?

Northmen said:
I wonder if we ever get surplus from this century if it will be non-corrosive
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Someone from CanAm told me that Chinese surplus produced after 2000 are non corrosive (before 1993 production are generally corrosive). Lever Arms does carry non corrosive surplus currently. I don’t have any experience with them but others that tested those seem to said they are legit.
 
qiu_lijie said:
Someone from CanAm told me that Chinese surplus produced after 2000 are non corrosive (before 1993 production are generally corrosive). Lever Arms does carry non corrosive surplus currently. I don’t have any experience with them but others that tested those seem to said they are legit.
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Not what I have heard, the findings of nail tests done by members has been mixed, some corrosive some not, therefore, better to treat it like corrosive!
 
I think a pallet of x39 would be 64 crates, counting 4x4 = 16 x 4 crates high = 64

In which case I am only halfway toward doing my part to achieving world peace ;)
 
I dont think we will be seeing much surplus coming from ol' mother Russia anytime soon. Putin isnt exactly happy with Canada right now. And given the situation in Ukraine, what surplus they had went to those folks..what little they might have left..wont be coming here either. If memory serves, China has new production in the works, the price has gone up, and the good ol' days of cheap x39 are pretty much over!
 
lots of cheep 7.62x39 in the US. There is no reason we cant get the same ammo here. Might be a bit more but it would still be cheep. Cabelas has red army standard non corrosive FMJ (NO steel core) for $4.49 per box of 20 . I would buy a few thousand rounds right now at that price. IRUNGUNS might be able to bring it in
 
Then why are SVT-40s like 1500-1800 US dollars and SKS's $500? I was under the impression the worm had turned and Canada had the cheap surplus guns and ammo.With our help in the Ukraine war perhaps we are also going to be cut off.Might as well place mines under the ice in the Canadian arctic for the trespassing subs using our waters.
 
Canada ammo was getting new production, non corrosive a couple years ago from LCW in Ukraine, but I think that is out now...
It was priced extremely well
 
mbogo3 said:
Then why are SVT-40s like 1500-1800 US dollars and SKS's $500? I was under the impression the worm had turned and Canada had the cheap surplus guns and ammo.With our help in the Ukraine war perhaps we are also going to be cut off.Might as well place mines under the ice in the Canadian arctic for the trespassing subs using our waters.
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SVT's and SKS's have been import banned to the US for over a decade, which is what's driving up the cost of the rifles there.

The supply of the rifles is definitely getting thin, which is starting to push price up - especially with the SVT's here. SKS's should still be fairly cheap for a while (lots of them floating around, and still some trickling in via import).
 
Set notification alerts for the boxes of 1000rds on Canada Ammo and jump on it as soon as it hits your inbox. They post their batches as they are finished so it goes quick.
 
and this is why I debated the vz58, x39 AR upper and CZ 527 bolt action for a long time and never bit. Really glad I didn't now.

I have a couple 54' Izzy SKS's and some cases of ammo but essentially left it at that. Figured it had to dry up sooner or later and of course they always have to send bulk of the x39 over to Africa for the latest manufactured conflict. All that adds up to eventual shortages over here.

the x39 is a lot of fun and very useful in it's effective range but it's real appeal over here was "cheap" cost. Now that's going by the wayside the romance is just about over.

except for the Zombie invasion fantasies, those are always "fun" to ponder.
 
mmcintyre1220 said:
lots of cheep 7.62x39 in the US. There is no reason we cant get the same ammo here. Might be a bit more but it would still be cheep. Cabelas has red army standard non corrosive FMJ (NO steel core) for $4.49 per box of 20 . I would buy a few thousand rounds right now at that price. IRUNGUNS might be able to bring it in
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Many Canadian suppliers actually import the ammo to the US before bringing it to Canada for a number of reasons. Mostly profitability. They can bring in a shipment and move it very quickly in the US. In Canada the demand is much lower and they have to sit on it for quite awhile. Then of course there are more stringent regulatory hoops to jump through in Canada. Bureaucracy at it's finest.

I saw a case of Chinese Corrosive x 1500 rounds sell for $450 last Thursday. I was shocked. The purchaser was HAPPY to get it.
 
450 bucks?!?! That is nuts!

Hearing that does make me feel warm and fuzzy about the crates I stacked at $200 apiece plus tax.

I don't think we will ever be truly without x39, unless they ban imports. Or the world ends. Prices will go up for sure and availabilty will go down though, as we are seeing. The flood of surplus ammo from years past has definitely trickled down for sure.
 
I take back my earlier post. I spoke too soon lol. My Canadian Tire firearms dept supervisor said that the corrosive 7.62x39 will not be coming back in. That goes for the wooden crates and the 750 rounds boxed up. Cabela's apparently discontinued getting in the wooden crates. The local gun store about 40 mins away said he can't get them in anymore, and the price would be around $450 now, even if he did manage to get some in. Looks like I'll be shooting Barnaul non corrosive fmj from now on.
 
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