Joe Biden Bans Russian Ammunition Importation

[MechAg94]

Joe Biden Bans Russian Ammunition Importation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbAojJYunBA

https://www.ammoland.com/2021/08/breaking-biden-administration-bans-importation-of-russian-guns-and-ammo/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
Biden Administration Bans Importation of Russian Guns and Ammo

Fun times.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEuKAzGgoDA
No More Russian Ammo - New Sanctions! Biden Bans Ammo - WHAT?!
 AK Operators Union, Local 47-74

[BobR]

I will be setting up shop for you Arsenal AK owners. I have 200 dollars US Cash money per rifle.

bob

[MechAg94]

I just ordered some Belom 7.62x39 from Global Ordnance.  Still showed in stock, but we will see.  I figured the price would go up if nothing else. 
I have ammo, but it certainly makes me less likely to do any blasting.  This sucks.

Also, a lot of steel case ammo has been filling the ammo shortage hole for the last year.  I think just about every caliber will be affected.

[WLJ]

Well poop

[MechAg94]

Any thought this might be in retaliation for the recent Hunter Biden laptop stuff hitting the news?  Screwing with the gun industry is a happy side affect for them. 

Or maybe the State Dept is trying to cover up their complete failure in getting their people out of Afghanistan. 

[RoadKingLarry]

I seem to remember several predictions here on APS that they would likely go after import ammo.Russia is low hanging fruit.
My guess is we will see another run on ammo of all types.
I did get my bulk packed 1K round box of Federal/LC .223 delivered today. While the price was higher than I was really comfortable with I'm a little less conflicted now.
The Harris/Biden administration is NOT going to slow down on their assault on the 2A

[WLJ]

Any thought this might be in retaliation for the recent Hunter Biden laptop stuff hitting the news?  Screwing with the gun industry is a happy side affect for them. 

Or maybe the State Dept is trying to cover up their complete failure in getting their people out of Afghanistan.

I'm sure it was on the to do list long before either one and I predicted it even before Jan 20. Honestly I'm shocked it took them this long. Messing with imports is something they can do without congress

[dogmush]

I was just on S and G ammo, and they didn't have any russian made 5.56 at all.  Don't know if it all sold out yesterday, or they just didn't have stock when the news dropped.

I did get 1000 rds of brass cased 5.56 for 51 cents per round.

[bedlamite]

I was under the impression sanctions were lifted recently so Russia can have an oil pipeline. I don't  believe this is about Russia.

[Fly320s]

I was under the impression sanctions were lifted recently so Russia can have an oil pipeline. I don't  believe this is about Russia.

Of course this is not about Russia and chemical weapons.  This is about screwing gun owners.

On the list of imports from Russia, based on value, arms and ammo comes in 12th.  If Biden wanted to put a financial squeeze on Russia, he could easily ban much more valuable goods.

[MechAg94]

I was under the impression sanctions were lifted recently so Russia can have an oil pipeline. I don't  believe this is about Russia.

I didn't read the articles on that, but I thought it was a narrow decision that only affected that one thing, not all sanctions. 

[Ben]

For Russia, this is far too piddly of a thing to consider as a US sanction. The Ruskies can sell this stuff in any number of places around the world (or trade for some Blackhawks). This is absolutely an attack on US gun owners.

[WLJ]

Start a go-fund-me to buy one of Hunter's paintings?

[RocketMan]

Anyone want to bet that as soon as Biden figures out he can get away with this, he'll ban the import of all ammunition, regardless of where it comes from?  Banning ammo from Russia is probably just the beginning.

[Ben]

Anyone want to bet that as soon as Biden figures out he can get away with this, he'll ban the import of all ammunition, regardless of where it comes from?  Banning ammo from Russia is probably just the beginning.

I think that would be easy enough for him to do. Does anyone know the percentage of "recreational" ammo that is imported?

[Ben]

Mrgunsngear just did a video on this and said that 40-45% of our ammo is imported from Russia. If that's accurate, even if other countries only export a little bit to us, it's gonna be over half of our civilian ammo.

[Hawkmoon]

Mrgunsngear just did a video on this and said that 40-45% of our ammo is imported from Russia. If that's accurate, even if other countries only export a little bit to us, it's gonna be over half of our civilian ammo.

I  find it VERY difficult to accept that anywhere near 40-45% of our ammunition comes from Russia. It's possible that -- overall -- we import almost half of our ammo, but not from Russia alone.

[Ben]

I  find it VERY difficult to accept that anywhere near 40-45% of our ammunition comes from Russia. It's possible that -- overall -- we import almost half of our ammo, but not from Russia alone.

I just rewatched the video to make sure I didn't mis-hear or that he was talking only about 7.62x39 or something. I tried searching, but haven't found anything with percentages yet. I'm still actually curious about overall percentage of imported ammo, just to see how much of a pain in the ass 46 will be.

https://youtu.be/pbAojJYunBA

[Ben]

Okay, here's one that says 40% is from Russia:

https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/russian-ammo-imports-banned-halted/424581#:~:text=According%20to%20Brown%2C%20roughly%2040,U.S.%20originates%20from%20Russian%20sources.

[WLJ]

Okay, here's one that says 40% is from Russia:

https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/russian-ammo-imports-banned-halted/424581#:~:text=According%20to%20Brown%2C%20roughly%2040,U.S.%20originates%20from%20Russian%20sources.

Time for American companies to step up

[Boomhauer]

I can believe 40%. Wolf and Tula are huge these days

[Ben]

My LGS just posted on this and said that Wolf has a ginormous factory in Ukraine. Maybe there are some, at least temporary, loopholes. The restriction says "manufactured or located in Russia".

[WLJ]

My LGS just posted on this and said that Wolf has a ginormous factory in Ukraine. Maybe there are some, at least temporary, loopholes. The restriction says "manufactured or located in Russia".

People will still panic though no doubt jacking the prices back up.

    A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it.
    Agent K

[WLJ]

Which reminds me. Back to shopping for an air rifle.

[Ben]

People will still panic though no doubt jacking the prices back up.

That is exactly why my LGS posted that. They said they were getting slammed with questions, and were telling people to stay calm, because a hoarding run on ammo now means that US sellers can jack the prices back up.