RE: Childress Pledges Ammo to Ukraine
March 3, 2022 at 12:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 3, 2022 at 12:25 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(March 3, 2022 at 11:59 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Uh.... No.
Better google some more there mate....
There IS some American made 7.62 x 39. It is not suitable for warfare.
1. It' s too expensive. Brass case. Box primer. Reloadable. ( unlike Communist bloc produced which is steel case, berdain primer)
2. It is not FMJ. Not "legal" for use by convention.
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He might be able to score some from the Chinese - but only if they don' t side with the Russians....
I took your advice and did some more googling. I found this:
https://www.smkw.com/fed-7-62x39-124gr-fmj-ae-20bx
If American-made is not FMJ, I have to wonder why they’re advertising it as such.
I don’t think the expense is really an issue. Even if Childress pays for it out-of-pocket - as opposed to the company paying for it - the cost for the rounds alone would be less that $1 million. If we add in permitting and transport costs (and I have no idea what those would be, but let’s triple it), it’s still a tiny fraction of Childress’ net worth.
Since Childress sits on the board of a company that makes ammunition, I don’t see why he would need to ‘score some from the Chinese’.
Boru
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