Why is 74 ammo so hard to find?

[Norib]

I know all ammo is hard to find right now, but I cant seem to find it at all and it’s never in stock. 7.62 and 5.56 is expensive, but I never see 5.45 in stock anywhere.

 

[lightflyer1]

The more popular calibers are getting all the attention right now.

 

[Sam7sf]

If anyone needs a source on 5.45x39 I know a guy.

 

[Coyote9]

I know all ammo is hard to find right now, but I cant seem to find it at all and it’s never in stock. 7.62 and 5.56 is expensive, but I never see 5.45 in stock anywhere.

just posted 240 rounds for sale $105

 

[baboon]

Basic supply & demand pertains to all commodities. Bigger question is why didn't you buy a case when it was available? The politics of guns dictates ammo will always be worth something.

 

[p230]

There is no domestic producer of it as far as I know. Ukraine does make it but even if they could get it in the country they might be holding on to it for “domestic use” given the proximity of Russian forces.

 

[TreyG-20]

SGAmmo has some in stock. The price though....

 

[ArmyDub]

almost all of it is imported /

 

[Darkpriest667]

SGAmmo has some in stock. The price though....

Same with 6.5 grendel it was like 3.50 a roundd.. I bought it for 22 cents a round 14 months ago. LOL

 

[G23c]

I've seen it recently at Academy, $10 for a box of 20 rounds, Monarch (barnaul) brand. Everything else was empty.

 

[CodyK]

I've seen it recently at Academy, $10 for a box of 20 rounds, Monarch (barnaul) brand. Everything else was empty.

The Academy I go to had tons of Monarch 20 round boxes. In fact it’s all they had left!


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[deemus]

I had 800 rounds for sale for a few months a while back. Its gone now though.

 

[Saltyag2010]

I bought so much before the Obama ban. I saw monarch for $16 for 50 a few weeks back.

 

[satx78247]

The Academy I go to had tons of Monarch 20 round boxes. In fact it’s all they had left!


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CodyK,

IF a person has an AR sporting rifle (I have NO AR rifles/carbines.), that availability might well be a GOOD reason to go get a barrel in that caliber.

That said, our family has MORE ammo, in the caliber firearms that we DO have, than we likely will ever shoot-up, short of an full-fledged REVOLUTION breaking out.
(The Mountain Lair has an AMMO VAULT that is "piled to the ceiling" with the ammo that we have acquired over the last decade plus.)

FOR EXAMPLE, because "Elder Brother" (RICK) has a circa 1920s WCHMG in 7X57mm, he "cleaned out" a large sporting goods store (that was closing forever) of ALL of the surplus FMJ 7mm Mauser ammo that the store's warehouse held "for peanuts".

yours, satx

 

[soulstar2100]

All the talk of import ban on ammo with 5.45 all being import. Academy has it frequently and almost always the last to be sold out.

 

[Saltyag2010]

All the talk of import ban on ammo with 5.45 all being import. Academy has it frequently and almost always the last to be sold out.

I bought the surplus com bloc stuff. 2160 at a time in a wooden crate with 2 cans and a can opener. $320ish delivered.

I have a piston upper and the good mags for it on here for trade.

 

[Axxe55]

All the talk of import ban on ammo with 5.45 all being import. Academy has it frequently and almost always the last to be sold out.

Welcome to TGT.

 

[Dead Roman]

Fat stack of 545 at my local academy

 

[MTA]

I know all ammo is hard to find right now, but I cant seem to find it at all and it’s never in stock. 7.62 and 5.56 is expensive, but I never see 5.45 in stock anywhere.

Theres a listing for a 545 spam can in the classifieds

 

[G23c]

"get what you can, before the ban"