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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:39:21 PM EDT
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Here's a source for new production 5.45, 7.62x39 and 7.62x54. Bishkek Stamping Plant I assume it would also be possible to buy casings or other components and load the stuff here in the US. |
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Former Soviet ammunition factory coded #60. Some of their 7.62x39mm was recently imported by BVA and they appear to have a partnership of sorts with the Russian ammunition factory "Vympel" in Amursk. Being in Kyrgyzstan, this should circumvent the Russian import ban that is pending. |
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I just hope they figure out Americans expect Non-Corrosive primers in our ammunition and take steps to ensure that is what gets loaded instead of the Soviet era corrosive primers they are used to using. |
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Originally Posted By BigHunt: I just hope they figure out Americans expect Non-Corrosive primers in our ammunition and take steps to ensure that is what gets loaded instead of the Soviet era corrosive primers they are used to using. I'd be good with corrosive ammo if the price was right. The corrosive BSP 7.62 is selling for 37cpr shipped right now compared to 40-45cpr for most other steel cased options. Should be a little cheaper but my suspicion is the BSP will stay stable and the other options will keep creeping up toward 50cpr or higher. There is no voodoo magic to cleaning corrosive ammo. For long time all I ever did was use Hoppes on my Mosins and never saw a hint of corrosion. Now I'd probably use a Ballistol and water mix in a squirt bottle. |
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There is no VooDoo, but where I live it is very humid, and if you don't completely strip your AK or SKS and use a toothbrush and Dawn detergent on every surface that was exposed to the powder residue it WILL rust. There is no hosing it off with a water hose it HAS to be scrubbed. So a complete teardown for only maybe 2 or 3 mags is a no go for me. I haven't shot my AK74 in 4 or 5 years because I hate cleaning it and the ammo is so expensive I don't want to do 300 rounds or more range sessions like I used to with it. It's just not worth it to shoot it anymore. |
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BSP 7.62X39 has popped up from a couple vendors. Maybe 5.45x39 is on the horizon? https://www.sgammo.com/product/bsp-ammo/1000-round-case-corrosive-762x39-122-grain-fmj-lacquered-steel-case-bsp-ammo-made-k |
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