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June 16th, 2022, 06:09 PM #1
No more Lake City ammo? - 2023 Update Post #22
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BREAKING: Biden Administration Moves to Cut Off Lake City .223/5.56 Ammo From the Commercial Market
A person with knowledge of the situation tells us that, more than just “considering” the move, Winchester, which operates the US Army’s Lake City ammunition plant, has been informed that it may no longer sell M855 and SS109 ammunition produced in excess of the military’s needs on the civilian market.
How would that affect the civilian supply of .223 and 5.56 ammunition? We understand that as much as 30% of the commercial market’s sales volume of .223/5.56 is produced by Lake City.
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/br...ercial-market/Last edited by PAFOA Moderator 007; October 19th, 2023 at 09:52 AM.
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June 16th, 2022, 06:13 PM #2
Re: No more Lake City ammo?
It's long been the left's plan to get around that pain-in-the-ass 2nd Amendment - keep your guns, we'll take your ammo. Guess I'm gonna have to start my reloading hobby.
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June 16th, 2022, 06:27 PM #3
Re: No more Lake City ammo?
JaySmith beat me to it. I tried to search before posting, got a 509 error.
https://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=388214
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June 16th, 2022, 08:35 PM #4Super Member
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Re: No more Lake City ammo?
can they just make and sell it solely for the civilian market like PMC X-TAC?
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June 16th, 2022, 08:51 PM #5
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June 16th, 2022, 09:06 PM #6
Re: No more Lake City ammo?
If they leave off the NATO stamp and box it pretty, maybe they can ignore The Commode in Chief.
I'm not sure the head of the executive branch can unilaterally tell a manufacturer that they may not make a product. If the fine print in the military contract is in the contract, shame on Winchester for agreeing to it. Let's face it, the government doesn't make anything. It needs to go to people who do. Now, if $$$$ made the fine print tolerable, that would make sense, so I guess that's the answer.There are two kinds of guns. Those I have acquired, and those I hope to.
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June 17th, 2022, 07:07 AM #7Super Member
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June 17th, 2022, 07:12 AM #8
Re: No more Lake City ammo?
I expect that sales of overruns is figured in when the contract is bid so here's to higher prices for our gubment ammo. I reckon that now we'll see primed brass and scarred bullets in large amounts at the reloading vendors.
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June 17th, 2022, 08:00 AM #9Grand Member
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Re: No more Lake City ammo?
I would think this type of situation is common in contract manufacturing. You will make this for us, and only us. You can not sell this product to anyone else.
Of course, this particular customer just might have some ulterior motives concerning this particular product...Last edited by esh21167; June 18th, 2022 at 08:57 AM.
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June 20th, 2022, 02:26 PM #10
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