Buddy, Can You Spare A Pound

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Originally Posted by nukem556

Up until the last few years, ammo that the military deemed excess or unusable for whatever reason was sold to the highest bidder to be "de-milled". It was broken down its components, brass, powder and projectiles. Pat's Reloading and Jeff Bartlett were the two biggest dealers in these surplus items. You could get 8lb jugs of 4895, WC844,846, AA#5, etc for great prices. No more. Under the current regime that sees armed citizens as a threat, these sales are now banned. They even tried to prohibit the sale of fired brass with the intent of shredding it into scrap brass. Only after the NRA and others officially protested was that new reg reversed.

So the situation now is....the DOD will spend more taxpayers money destroying billions of rounds of ammo that could be sold as components, to recoup some of the cost, and purchase NEW ammo, again at taxpayer cost, as well as putting more pressure on the "overwhelmed" ammunition manufacturers. And the "shortage" will continue....welcome to the Brave New World.

Hi,

Well, perhaps this government should see armed citizens as a
threat!!!!

Yes, I agree that all of that new ammo, you know, the ammo that some fool lost track of the lot numbers (even though its on every box) needs to be destroyed because they claim not to know how old it is.

Secondly, they do need to replace this "new scrap" ammo with all new ammo, obviously, because they have now learned how to track the lot numbers, as someone has discovered that it is on every box.

Again, someone needs to go to jail for this obvious fraud!!


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