Subject: Government buying out all the 5.56 Military surplus ammo and is telling ammo dealers to stop selling to their vendors and civilians.

I have been calling alot of ammo distributors and ALL of them are telling me that our government is [buying] all the 5.56-.223 cal military surplus ammo. And they're also telling the ammo distributors stop selling the ammo to civilians and their vendors because the government is buying it all up from everyone they can. I have also spoken with theses ammo dealers and they told me that the 5.56 and .223 ammo is going way up in price.

For instance...I paid $149.00 for federal surplus 440 rounds of steal core and now at the gun show today it was selling for $440.00 for 420 rounds. I have checked and A LOT of places online are out of the Military surplus ammo by federal. M193 and M855 SS109 ammo. I did find one place still carrying both these ammo's and good prices still, but their the only place I could find. If interested let me know and Ill forward the info.

I was also told by the same ammo dealers that the government is going to buy all the 9mm and .45 ammo up, so hurry and buy while you can at the lower prices while still available. Guess if they won't take our guns because they figure that there are some many out there, they will just buy all most popular military calibers. Can't shoot a gun with no ammo...stock up now while you still can.


They also said the government will continue to purchase all the ammo through the presidential election and they will continue to until the president tells them to stop. And if obama gets reelected instead of rejected, you know he wont stop the purchasing of all the ammo mentioned above.

Well, the ammo makers are going to get rich making and selling more. Anyone know the names of a couple of manufacturers? I want to buy their srtock.

You missed the part about "ordering them not to sell to civilians."

georgia-arms.com . . .

35 cents per round

It is definitely being pushed up in price. Nobody can say they didn't have plenty of warning.

www.surplusammo.com . . .

40 cents per round

These are the sites that I check for ammo:

ammoman.com
www.aimsurplus.com
surplusammo.com
www.ammunitiontogo.com
www.jgsales.com . . .
www.wideners.com
www.jackrossammo.com . . .

Tattooed_Hoodlum wrote:

You missed the part about "ordering them not to sell to civilians."

For instance...I paid $149.00 for federal surplus 440 rounds of steal core and now at the gun show today it was selling for $440.00 for 420 rounds. I have checked and A LOT of places online are out of the Military surplus ammo by federal. M193 and M855 SS109 ammo. I did find one place still carrying both these ammo's and good prices still, but their the only place I could find. If interested let me know and Ill forward the info.

If the Government has a patent or a clause in the contract they may be able to stop that one type of ammo but that's it. What is stopping you from making your own as it may come down to that anyways. Reloading.

Just another reason to own a modern black powder rifle. You get
hit with a big ass minie ball and you're done. It worked in the first Civil War.Plus the pschological damage,I would rather get shot with a .223 than a .58 minie ball.

palmettostatearmory.com . . .


NATO spec. FMJ 223 per 20 rds = $6.99 = $0.35 per rnd.

ALSO, NATO specs, steel core "penetrator" anti-lite armor per 20 =$7.19.

Remember that sometime later this year we will have to start paying sales tax on on-line purchases. Which use to offset shipping charges for me.