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I used to shoot this A LOT. M16, MP5, 1911.
That's why it's no longer cheap
I paid $120 in early '09 for the Romanian.
The problem was companies producing guns that shot the caliber. When there are no guns to shoot the round, ammo is cheap. Once you start making the guns and they are out there people need to feed them. I should start stocking up on 7.62x54R and 5.45x39 now
I tried to hold off commenting on this, but I can't.
This is a
statement. The problem was the companies producing guns that shot the caliber? No, it was the people who bought those guns and shot that round like crazy, even though it was surplus for a round that hasn't been used since the '50s. Of course the surplus would dry up, just like surplus for .303 and 8mm dried up.
Those of us who own TT-33s weren't shooting it by the tin.
There's a lot of factors at play.
Yes, for calibers like 8mm that a 1919 shoots, Knob Creek types bought it all up and it's not 9 cents a round anymore. Also, if there was a bottomless pit of Romanian 8mm it would still be 40 bucks a tin regardless of the consumption. It's just basic supply and demand. Machine gun (belt fed types) use doesn't help, but it is what it is.
When tins of 7.62 x 25 for 125 bucks came out not too many years back, it was like "OMG, this is great, let's buy a Tok, or even a PPSH if we could..." That source dried up in short order and it was over as soon as it started.
Why? I think that the supply wasn't as good as other calibers in years past. I do hope that all of the former Soviet Bloc countries sell off their supplies to keep the market in relative low cost. Who knows where it comes from, or where the bottom is.
If a 1919 could shoot 762 54R, it would have dried up a long time ago, even at 80 bucks a tin.....Thank god for odd ball rimmed cartridges.