The TRUTH About the Russian Ammo Ban
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Today we’re going to be breaking down the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about the new sanctions against Russian ammo imports. Well ok, not the good…but maybe why it’s not doomsday.
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When all I shot was Russian steel ammo last year and the price of brass was 50% higher there’s no way this won’t cause a price increase across the board…even if the effect isn’t directly felt right now.
I never shoot steel ammo, but I'm not looking forward to the increase in price as supply goes down.
Makes me wonder if biden has vista outdoors in his stock portfolio.
@@jfor0948 if Joe doesn't, you know Hunter does.
I wanted 7.62x54r brass to lee load but now
Now I live in pain
@DR Dan and brass has no competition because there's no cheap steel to undercut
I cri operator tears onto whats probably my last spam can of 54r D:
1.3 million subscribers!? Holy cow dude you got it going for ya!
Make video with AK daddy
We feel you
Oh I forgot you existed Drewski
Midway has had 54r for 50c a round lately. They have 5.45 for 50c right now.
Gee if only someone could develop an AK that fires another round. Maybe 50 BMG. But who could possibly do this.
There are 5.56 aks.
Wonder if one could be chambered in 30-30, or 30 carbine?
@@bygodfreeman probably, but it still wouldn't be as effective or useful as 7.62 39. 5.56 would probably be better than .30 carbine.
@@thesituation5315 5.56 is better than .30 carbine
@@heavymetalpancake1133 Shhh, Brandon will break your door down if you say that.
I guess buying that case of 7.62 for $300 at a gun show last month went from "impulse buy" to "strategic investment"
5.56 was too expensive a few months back so i bought some wofl 223 steel casing. Glad i got in before the ban with my impulse strategic investment.
I just got a Mosin and before ive had a chance to purchase any 7.62x54R this shit happens. And people wonder why I have such a passionate burning hatred for anyone who votes democrat.
Lmao nice
That's how I feel about my ammo box filled to the brim.
Yep me too!! Be sure and start special operations to form tactile groups for support and maximum inventory allocation, distribution and supplies for key groups! Some of you are older but you are still key players in building supplies! Others are younger and will lead groups when the time comes..
The best thing to come out of this administration is turning Brandon into a consistent uploader
He has achieved godhood, but at what cost?
Kek
Brandon 2024
@@derekpalm9919 Brandon garand 24!
At this point I bet he just keeps lance in a cage when he’s not filming
Step 1: get a job at the AFT
Step 2: “forget” to ban anything
Step 3: be a hero
I hear that when you join the AFT, at the beginning of training they give you puppy to raise, and your last test before graduation is to shoot that puppy. I couldn't do it
@@nuclearmedicineman6270 nice, Kingsman reference.
@@the404error7 Kingsman got it from History. The SS were the first I know of to adopt this practice. Mossad has also adopted it.
@@kidddogbites pretty sure mossad does it with a palestinian baby
Do it be a man
It seems like Brandon knows exactly what needs to happen to make an ammo factory. Perhaps a kickstarter?
Why does no one ever talk about manufacturing steel-cased ammo?
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
Hell yeah
Plenty of people know how to do it. That doesn't mean it's gonna be cheap if they do it.
Good thinking comrade
6:01 I speak Corruptionese, the "to be reevaluated in a year" means they are open to receive bribes, I mean "donations" from ammo importers to revert this by then.
Interesting concept, but the administration removed sanctions for the Russian pipeline. Who they're actually punishing here is the American gunner.
@@jwash3rd It's almost as if Biden is the real Russia Russia Russia Russian asset they screeched about for four years.
@@tihspidtherekciltilc5469 He's definitely not a patriot.
Ukraine is at war with Russia, buying ammunition from Russia you are financing the war against Ukraine
@@Buka-Zluka So? Ukraine isn't our problem.
Yeah, the same guy who left $85,000,000,000 worth of equiptment in the desert doesnt want *us* to have Russian ammo.
The Taliban are all armed with American M4 rifles now. They don't even need 7.62x39 anymore.
Yep
@@ryanduray1 got em
That is on the former ANA, no? U.S supplied it, therefore did not own it. You got to funnel that anger into the right target.
@@ryanduray1 "In other news the Taliban announce new export business in order to build up their economy in the post-American era."
Brandiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Kalshniark
Here’s one
Brandiana Jones and the Last Box of 9mm Makarov
Clever dick that was good
Brandi👀
Branding - Raiders of the last Spam Can.
@@cadetleo1696 ……. L
Me last month: "I'm going to wait until 1000rnds of Wolf drops below $300..."
Me last weekend: buys 2 boxes out of some dudes trailer for 30 bucks while holding back tears
Ouch
Just dropped $1,400 on only 3,000 rounds.
😟
.37 cents a round?
Same here. Got mine at .40 to .45 cents/round, the next day it was 10 cents a round higher. Now it's like double. But it was half before the ammo shortage, smh
yep, i was eyeing 1000 rounds of 7.62 for like $275.99 (with free shipping), was a bit low on funds so i passed it up, ended up buying milsurp rounds for double or more the price like 2 weeks later ;(
I’ve worked for CCI and Freedom Munitions and I can confirm that the tooling and setup to load ammunition from scratch is actually fucking wild.
Most people only look at ammo production and say oh you just need the materials. The problem is is that it's not just materials which are hard enough right now to obtain but also the fact of trying to figure out your formula how exactly is this part got to fit to the other even the most minoot of detail can cause failures and problems.
Not to mention after R&D you also gotta drop a jackpot to get the equipment to even produce it.
After all that, can you price it cheap enough so that consumers will buy it.
And that's brass! Tooling up for steel cases is even costlier.
US: "Sorry Russia, no more imports."
Eastern Europe: "Now this looks like a job for us"
*eminem playing in the background*
US gonna make Poland rich, and finally Poland will into space.
That's wishful thinking, europeans aren't exactly hard workers.. or motivated
Boston Ammo Dump?
otmin Ealnamer Not if you can’t fix your english.
"I'm not gonna piss down your back & tell you it's raining, unless you're into that...", internet chooses that EXACT moment to lag, leaving Brandon's disapproving face sitting on screen glaring at me, judging me, leaving me feeling like I need to explain my browser history or something....
some of us are just fuckin kinky, k brandon?
He is judging you... But not saying it should be illegal... that's the difference between having scrupals and being an authoritarian
Time stamp?
@@narutomoney1000 watch the fucking video
With Russian Ammo Banned, Brandon can now fully focus his money on .50 bmg to faster up the AK 50 prototype
Only good thing :(
Get off your knees already geez
@@YasilTorvanna I can pray to AK Jesus as much as I’d like thank you.
WATER COOLED A.K. HEAVY MG!
You realise he hates "fans" like you right?
Привет с России! Как надоела эта политика. Споры правительства постоянно приводят к ограничениям, а страдаем, мы, простые люди.
"I'm getting rid of this useless AK!"
Me, with $400 and a dream: "ok!"
I wish they were that cheap in california
@@liquidsnr7499 Bro, speaking from experience: you can't even get an SKS for that in Cali.
Yes yes yes
@@mutilator97 you can get an SKS in california
Let me guess they completely fucked the design up and made it most likely not nearly as safe
@@EvadeDragon I think he meant not at this price
Plot twist: It's actually the Russian initiative to stop the export ammos after they learned about the reverse engineered Kalashnibren
More upside down engineered than reverse.
@@nuclearmedicineman6270 I see what you did there 😆
“Nothing is more permanent than a temporary government program”
Australia: laughs in permanent coof lockdown.
😂😂 I’m stuck in Melbourne I dreamed about a gun and the government kangaroo division arrested me when I woke up
Bro watch out there's one case in your area!
-Laughs in income tax-
It's wild for you guys, literally state going door to door in certain areas looking for unvaxinated people.
Nothing like living in the regions and being on lockdown for a virus that is nowhere near you.
Watching this over a year later, 7.62x39 is currently a few cents more a round than 5.56 and 5.45 is at least 60-70 cents a round
In all honesty, in times like these, it’s important to stay positive. Who knows, maybe American companies will hear our cries and they’ll make 5.45, 9x39, etc.
Maybe they lobbied for this so they could sell their ammo for twice the price
Ammo companies: no no I don’t think I will
My concern is that American ammo manufacturers will be hesitant to pick-up the slack because with the stroke of a pen, the Russian ammo could eventually, some day, come back and flood the market. Maybe that's not an issue. At least, I hope not.
The problem is right now they are selling all they can make of the calibers they already make, so there is little incentive for any US manufacturer to tool up for something like 5.45.
Isnt there international patents for certain ammo? Such as 7.62x54R?
Me a Brit who doesn't own a gun:
This doesn't effect me but I am furious.
#AKGnotificationsquad
Yer a fine laddie
You need to come live with us. And get you a couple hand cannon.
Oh, yeah, agreed mate, Dutchie who lived in Wales here!
Oi, you got a loicense to watch this video m8?
Same here man, as long as our .22 rimshot doesn’t rocket, we’ll be ok :,)
Edit: never mind forgot it was rimfire and not rimshot lol
Brandon then: *Just spent a lot of money to move to Texas*
Brandon now: *Googling how much is a house in Russia*
I hear they have almost no property taxes
"$200? That can't be right..."
Oh nice the same joke format 100times! 🤤
On the other hand, he'd have to give up his Makarov.
Better Czechia than Russia - far more liberal gun laws (full autos would be probably a bit problematic, but maybe he would get collector approval on the older pieces, considering fact it's obviously thematic collection) with still good access to eastern surplus guns and ammo. Plus we have public health care and police is not trying to shoot as all the time! (and if you would go for south bohemia, there is locality, where people got so used to airsofters, that you can escort your friend with aimed guns across city and locals simply doesn't care, just asks you, if you found any mushrooms - I'm not kidding, this story really happened)
It would be just hilarious if Tula or the like decided to open a mega-factory in KY or somewhere similar. There's money in it, for sure. Right now every ammo manufacturer has just been handed a 40% share of the US market - the biggest in the world - for absolutely nothing.
That'd be awesome if they did
@@rslover65 Russian companies are unofficially not allowed to build their business in the United States if it is at least a little connected with the Russian government
They could, but the prices would be ridiculous. The only reason why Tula was so cheap was because the tooling in those ancient factories have been paid off for decades. If Tula made a new factory outside of Russia, sure maybe we'd have Tula again, but you'd be paying 50cpr or higher for just a new headstamp
@@AFOPatches we're already paying that.. Might as well get US made ammo.
I live in ky I want a job there
Man. RIP the saying “If it can’t handle the steel, then it doesn’t deserve the brass”
F in the chat bois
Guns are going to be spoiled nowadays
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I can't wait for Brandon to do a Chappelle parody in 6 months asking "y'all got any more that 7.62?"
Which 7.62?
@@appalachianwarcriminal x54R
x39 and x33
@@artemefimov8215 THERE WE GO.
Specifics is king.
@@appalachianwarcriminal all of them... Just all of them...
@JMFA88 🤔 or maybe its just a joke...
"Necessity is the mother of invention" It'd be nice to see US manufacturers step up to the plate
They're still tooling up to catch up with demand from last year, gonna be a while before they fill that Russian void, if they even consider doing so.
Thats what I was thinking should happen. Why should we rely on anyone else for anything
Probably too expensive and anyone who tried to produce it and hit the price point would go under
I think Tula should set up a factory over here specifically to feed our need.
Bullets are the past. I’ve been saying this since the “ban guns waaa” shit got serious. The people who want guns will make guns and the people who want legal weapons unclassified by law will make what they want. Laser guns, plasma, something! Electricity/batteries or chemical reactions.
"If you've been living under a rock"
I have.
"There's a Russian ammo import ban"
*runs out and buys multiple boxes of 7.62* Go On.
From where?
Boxes? Buddy, you should have done what I did and gotten a few palets of the stuff. 4 to be exact.
@@northern_law738 or just do what I do manufacture ammo at home
@@shootymcshootfacekoff7972 Tried that. It went boom on the first test shot.
@@northern_law738 more brass on the outside of casing buddy they ain’t stamped sheet brass for a reason
I've reloaded for years and years and I still tell my friends and family that I am the only one allowed to shoot my reloads. I ain't having anyone but me coming off the range looking like Twoface.
Some people actually buy old reloads of unknown origin. It’s insane.
@@hansgruber9685 LISTEN, I was young and stupid and had just bought an Arisaka lol. Thank the gods the worst that happened was a round where the powder just didn't burn for one of any number of reasons
Government: *bans Russian made ammo*
Some hillbillies with their home ammo factory: "kowabunga it is"
@asdrubale bisanzio Flashbacks to making Moonshine against the ATF's approval intensify...
@asdrubale bisanzio let's be honest. Theyre our only last hope at this point.
more like kaboom it is
@@mischievousone3421 kowaboomga
Wait...if we put the meth in the cartridges, then what are we smo-*BOOM*.
If this keeps up I’m breaking out the canon with grape shot😂
I'mma grab a minute man.
Hmm, there's was an old Civil War
12 pounder in the town square that just went missing.... 🤔
Just as the founding fathers intended
But Biden said you was never allowed that! Did the president lie to me?!
Cement, steel pipe, stump remover, and a bunch of pennies. "Freedom on aisle 3!"
Brandon, I know you said to stop asking this; build a ammo company with Matt from demo, Garand thumb, Donut and everyone else you play bathroom swords with
Semantically, not a ban, as you can still own the ammo. But this is obviously back door gun control; either that, or Privi and S&B are about to get super rich.
It's intended as the GC, but it's gonna end up with Privi. S&B, etc. making shitloads of money. I'd bet Privi's CEO was on the phone trying to drum up capital for a MASSIVE expansion of operations. Ditto for S&B and others.
I know S&B in years prior took so much of my money as every range near me requires brass + non-magnetic bullet. Them and gecko too.
It bans the import. Therefore an import ban. Or a ban.
@@jasonlecrown5427 your ranges are already basically spoonfed money from monthly fees and brass collection, and the fact that they are too LAZY to separate the steel casings from the brass says so much
@@christhefirst Like they can't buy a magnet? Geoff Who notes a certain mutant could make money.
Other people: This will only affect people who shoot Russian guns
Me: *looks at my last box of TulAmmo steel case .45 and sheds a tear*
Handgun ammo will still be cheap. Once stores stop price gouging anyway.
@@hansgruber9685 Not really. The steel cased pistol ammo kept the market in check. Not anymore.
Ah, a fellow BNA enjoyer
Too bad it sucks corrodes very quickly and very susceptible to jam
Exactly! I shoot pretty much nothing but Wolf steel case in my AR’s, my 45 and my 9.
"im not gunna piss down your back and tell you its raining"
i love it when Brandon pulls out the Outlaw Josey Whale references. they are few and far between but they always put a smile on my face.
It's also just a figure of speech. Its been said for quite a while
@@tomiyu2297 Yep, I heard it back in the early 60's and it was old then.
"Buzzards gotta eat, same as the worms."
Jose: Seems every time I get to liking someone, they ain't around along
Lone Wattie: I've noticed when you get to disliking someone they ain't around long either
Anyone who wants to get rid of their now worthless AKs, SKS's, PPS's, Toks, Maks, etc please send them to me. I will take care of them. No charge.
Ukraine is at war with Russia, buying ammunition from Russia you are financing the war against Ukraine
@@Buka-Zluka Capitalism doesnt care we want our ammo we'll get it from a conflict or not my 74 is starving 🤷♂️
@@Buka-Zluka ill buy it from Ukraine💪💪💪
@@waylon9764how’d that go for ya 😅
Love the Serenity/Firefly reference at the beginning! It's a criminally underrated show. It really got done dirty by Fox.
It took shots at big business and religion and made Fox Executives uncomfortable. The money people just need to leave the ideas people alone, lots of other shows and films have been ruined because the money people got worried about what the ideas people where doing
It's sad that it was cut off after a season, but it's also a good thing that it didn't run for 20+ seasons and turn into garbage
@@nordoceltic7225 fox already had the distribution rights to Star Trek and let them lapse, which is why UPN- the parent network for Star Trek- was at the time of Firefly showing ST on TV. Fox had no confidence in Firefly and continually moved its time slot, which is one way Fox ‘gives a show a chance’ while trying to kill a show. They did the same thing with Space: Above n Beyond in the nineties. And Firefly has a grand total of 12 episodes and one feature film, nowhere near a full season of 24 episodes. That said, I agree it was better to let it die while it was still excellent than let it run for years and slowly go to hell- I’m looking at you BSG remake.
@@ab5olut3zero95 it has 14 episodes, ya filthy casual.
"I'm not about to piss down your back until it's raining."
R34 artists : **laughs maniacally**
*and tell you
god I hate to be that person but I couldn't let this one go
I don’t own an AK, but I feel for you guys as well as the people who can only afford cheap steel case ammo.
The cheapest ammo I will even look at is Hornady black.
Appreciate that but I always wonder why buy the more expensive stuff ? does the 1 cm difference or less on paper really mean that much to people? I mean seriously we've got semi autos with 30 rounds or more mags how many of those are just being shot into a berm or pile of dirt somewhere? In all seriousness though its gonna effect you all too in price and availability. I can afford the better stuff in quantity (sometimes) but figured why waste money. Now I'm forced to buy what everyone else is too so are tens of thousands of other people who shoot dirt ,cans and the occasional bridge sign.
@@dustyak79 the difference between cheap steel case and top shelf is far more then 1cm even at 100 yards, reach out to 1000 and the difference is hitting the target and not being sure where the hell it went. No it's not relevant for most applications, thats why I have both so I can shoot what actually makes sense at the given moment.
@@jaydunbar7538 I’d say it’s not relevant for 99.9% of applications so a couple boxes of Top self stuff would do. So 5 centimeters is it worth punching a hole of in a piece of paper that your gonna throw in the trash anyways and never remember again?
@@dustyak79 yes.
Also, I’m not poor.
Also, its prettier.
Also, its cleaner and has better ignition.
To be serious tho, I needed 9mm and I bought some Winchester “USA FORGED” and it was so fucking dirty that I looked like a chimney sweep after loading. After that I vowed never again to buy steel case.
This is why when I train I only load like 2-3 rounds at random intervals and mix the mags up so I’m not sure which is which. Well. Instead of blasting 30 rounds to practice a reload blast a couple. You’ll have more reload attempts to practice from doing that anyways so less ammo used and more training for yourself.
I love how just a year ago the AK community talked massive shit about how its easier to get 7.62 over the AR's 5.56. The government legit just pulled the biggest no u.
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Lol. I didn’t notice that. I mean it was true maybe for a few months as all the 5.56/2.23 disappeared like overnight but the 7.62 didn’t lag too far behind in price gouging and availability.
@@JamesJamersonIsAGod It depends greatly on where you live.
@@hansgruber9685 True. In mid July 2020 I was able to buy 1,000 rd of 7.62x39 for .37 a round online. Not too long after that there was just nothing anywhere except people trying to gouge at like $1.75 a round online. There was a brief reprieve in the Spring of 2021 where you could get 7.62 at Sporting stores and now it’s gone again. A few places are selling it for about .50 a round online in bulk but that prob won’t last much longer either.
Living in Czechia, every day I fell more and more like we have a way safer futue of gun ownership than the US, please hold out...
What comparisons do you notice the most? Im quite curious as a US citizen what your outside perspective is.
The US has 10x the number of gun owners than the Czech Republic has people, and growing everyday. We aren't going to go away silently. As they say, the night is always darkest just before then dawn.
Dont worry, lee harvey oswald has some living descendants, either biden stops being a bitch or (most likely) he gets done like Kennedy
@@theprincipalityofbelka4646 that's assuming people consider him actually good. only *EXTREMELY* good presidents get assassinated.
@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 eh, if push comes to shove the boog will probably happen, and biden will probably be publicly executed if it does
I spent almost $3000 on setting up my 9x39 AR. It’s the pride and joy of my collection. Never have I ever been so angry at a politician before. Biden legitimately stole $3000 from me. I’m a young guy that likes to collect guns. That was easily the most expensive thing I owned.
Ah, a fellow War Thunder player. Also, is that a Mirage 3 or 2000 in your pfp. I can never tell.
@@deadlybladesmith3093 mirage 3
"There are a LOT of places we get ammo from."
I have a feeling that won't last long either.
We need to actually organize and not just LARP online. Donate to pro 2A organizations like GOA and FPC, call your representatives, vote for what it’s worth, talk to friends and family…. Just do something to support our rights
I kinda doubt that.
Biden is trying to get more positive opinions from neutral foreign powers and US allies, notably the EU.
He won't spend political capital banning the importation of otherwise legal goods from former Soviet Block countries that are now in the EU. That could spark another serious trade disagreement, like the one that Trump started, which would be very bad for his publicity coming from both ends of the political spectrum since it would make him look like a hypocrite.
Now a ban on the ammo regardless of where it's from, including US production..... that he might try to do, *if* he thinks he can get it to swing legally.
Is this the weird timeline where the AK50 becomes the most cost effective AK to run?
I don’t know whether I’m turned on or confused. I like it
Dude 🤯
Brandon acting like he hasn't already broken ground on his new ammo factory.
That’s the obvious solution.
Yay capitalism.
He's pretty fucking stupid based on his Facebook group interactions with people. He can't do shit lol
@@ronaldwhitman1377 thank you for this informative and constructive post.
@@t.lledsmar6052 it's constructive if it helps you realize how cringe Brandon really is
@@ronaldwhitman1377 like social media is any form of reliable sources or behaviours... people behave differently behind a screen
So, in United States, cartridges will be even more expensive. Again. This means that they will also become more expensive in Russia... again too.
We had a shortage of cartridges. Cartridge factories first of all gave their products to the army, second of all - to imort in the United States and only what was left - our civilian market. The volume of production will decrease, the price in the domestic market will increase.
Sorry to hear that. Hope it doesn't hit too hard over there. It's a shame our damn politicians can't all play nice, because I think the people of our two countries could throw one hell of a party together!
@@eljefeamericano4308 We all need more cheap cartridges. Guns unite people, comrade! )) This is not a joke, I really think so.
@@TwinsM16sRU Honestly, even with as much as people like to argue about literally anything possible surrounding guns... it is true. I haven't seen much of any real major drama within gun communities personally, and whenever something happens I've seen them support each other, which is a lot more than I can say about a lot of other communities.
@@TwinsM16sRU I absolutely agree with you. The most supportive and responsible people I've known have been gun people. I'm sure it only helps us to feel a common bond when we all have so many common enemies trying to limit our access to firearms and ammunition. It's really a shame, too, because Russia makes some of my absolute favorite firearms.
@@kraftenmari But what about the dispute that is better AK or AR? 🤣🤣🤣 Seriously, the most friendly atmosphere I have seen was at international practical shooting competitions.
Brendon, hello from Russia !!! As an ordinary resident of the Russian hinterland, I watch with great regret how relations between Russia and the United States are being destroyed. And I am extremely saddened by this. And this is what I want to say. The Russian arms industry is in great danger, because the US sanctions are imposed on the arms restrictions imposed by the Russian government (tightening of the procedure for obtaining weapons, their circulation, storage, and the introduction of a number of prohibitions) and this will lead to a reduction in the market of cartridges and weapons in Russia, and together with the ban on the import of cartridges into the United States will most likely bury the manufacturers of cartridges in Russia. And the surviving manufacturers will raise the prices of cartridges so much that a box of 7.62x39 cartridges will cost as much as an apartment in Los Angeles. And it all looks like some cunning plan.
FUD laughs can be heard echoing in the wind, as they reload their spent casing collection.
With what primers...
Lol mahoneys is full of primers bro. And even if they weren’t. We stocked up on those too lol. And with a bullet trap you can save 98% of your lead and make them into bullets again. Be careful though melting lead is pretty dangerous.
@@KarstRats
Talking shit while using "bro"...
Go back to your playpen, kid. Adults are speaking.
I've made primers from strike-anywhere matches, and from potassium percholate. They're corrosive, though.
@@TactaGhoul I hear that primers aren't exactly something you want to be messing with. Don't blow your fingers off, yeah?
I have a feeling, I'm about to be told the sky is blue, and that this wasn't about hurting Russia.
Oh, and one of my gun shops has boxes and boxes of 5.45 Tula steel case on the shelves. Too bad I don't shoot 5.45.
Buy it for historical value
@@freedom4all108 I'm tempted. But id rather put that money into reloading supplies.
Alas, Tula 5.45x39 is junk. I wouldn't shoot it if I had anything else ( please note that I have 20K rounds of "anything else")
@@dbmail545 ATF has entered the chat
@@dbmail545 Weakass Tula primers don't get along with my sino-soviet SKS. Supposedly this is because some SKS throats/leades are tighter than others (higher peak pressures), and that means blown primers when using shitty ammo! Same deal with the whitebox "made in russia for hunting" HPs.
Woah woah woah, let people think the ak platform is dead. I’d love to pick up someones “useless” ak74 for a fair price.
No lie. I might be able to get a proper SBR Krink built (one that looks like it just fell off the cover of a 1987 Soldier of Fortune magazine cover) at a price i can stomach.
Might even be able to finance it by selling one spam can of 5.45x39mm from my stash...
For real, I've been watching AKs become more expensive slowly, one dollar at a time, for over a decade now. It's like Lucky Strikes and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Hipsters have made it artificially expensive. They're "niche" or "boutique" or whatever buzz-word the kids are using. Now let's see them drop in price like everything .40S&W did!
I can't wait to get a Mosin sniper for only $600.
@@nickaschenbecker9882 well 40S&W is actually useless with the advent of modern ballistics unlike an AK in 7.62x39
I'd love to pick up some "Trash" SKS's for on the Cheap. Just... let them pretend for a little while, yeah?
Thank you for clearing some of this up. All the “sky is falling” channels have overlooked very important details that need to be known to avoid unneeded panic buying. I’ve been trying to clear up some of the misinformation with little success. Apparently ppl want the sky to fall.
765 million rounds of ammo imported from Russia last year.
We just gave the Taliban 900 million rounds of American made ammo.
"nobody's going to lose their importer license trying to pull some War Dogs 2 type shit"
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
#akgnotificationsquad
Brandon: ALright, so we fly to Russia, buy a bunch of ammo, fly to Mexico and drive it over the border
Start ripping those “manufactured in Russia” labels off boys
Except the guy who was selling Chinese ammo to the military.
Norinco has entered the chat
Without the massive infrastructure of formerly state owned russian ammo plants, I’ll be honest this may be the end of x39 as the “cheaper” round.
The prices will come down of course but they’re gonna look a lot more like .223 prices going into the future unfortunately
I love the Lord of War reference when you were talking about importing.
Me too. I'm from Ukraine and laughed wildly at this moment)))
Turns out the .50 AK was an idea truly ahead of it's time.
#akgnotificationsquad
I know it's brass cased, but I've had good experience with PPU, and it's significantly cheaper than us made 7.62x39mm
Yep, their 54r is good too.
It's not bad at all.. Their QC improved over the years..
PPU tokarev ammo is good also
I run nothing but PPU in my (yes) AR. Or reloaded PPU brass. Nothing but good results, and it's pretty affordable here in Europe.
Meanwhile though, the local gunshop is complaining that the 'Muricans are making off with our 9mm, suddenly it's in short supply.
40 round of 7.62 is like toilet paper in the start of 2020
7.63 Mauser subs well for 7.62x25 and can be reloaded though it's weak in comparison.
Between Scott 500 round of 9mm and 40 round of 7.62 of Brandon... I've just watched the two most expensive youtube video ever!
They’re Russians, they’re smart they’ll just open their own loading facilities in Ukraine or Serbia and ship them here.
Or they’ll just put “made in Ukraine” on the tula box. Russians aren’t known for following the rules lol.
Then why haven't they shipped us Makarovs and Dragunovs? That's right they don't screw with American gun sanctions and never will. The last time they even innocently tried through Molot they got effed.
@@OriginalBongoliath I mean, it’s a lot harder to discreet where a rifle is made versus ammo. Firearms can usually be traced back to where they were made. It’s a lot harder to find where ammo is made.
That worked well for veprs right?
this just sounds like a cope ngl
Whoever has the most up to date permits will still be able to export to the US. A lot of the Russian stuff is also done by other ammo makers in Europe. Don't panic and don't panic buy FUCKO!!!
Too late.
Lol, if you have to say "don't panic buy" it's already being done. I'd recommend heading on up to the store.
I panic bought before it was cool.
I've been panic buying since 2008.
It's going to be gone for a while. I just spoke with owner of a local gun store, his distributors said all shipping containers sitting on the docks with Russian ammo in them have been sent back :(
I remember a year and a half ago when 556 prices were going through the roof I was taking notice that steel case 762x39 was still fairly priced so I bought an AK-47. Now they are equal in price just grab the case of 7.60x39 for $433 delivered from cheaper than dirt of all people. Who would have thought the gouger would have the best price on 762
Brandon *CAN* read he just prefers DeLance to read to him, with his soothing voice.
All this is going to do is make more people buy "full semi-auto" assault rifles
Lmfao
That’s what I’m looking at I have my AK and some ammo but I’m looking at an AR with the military going to 6.8 we will see some military surplus of 5.56 🙏 hopefully.
The assault rifle 15
I am sorry, I cringe every time I think about this.
Holy Christ, Serenity was such an underrated movie.
Firefly was before its time!
Serenity was a shit movie. The series, though, was amazing.
YESSSSSSS
@@CZProtton, correction: Joss Weedon is a shit person. The TV series, subsequent movie and comic series that followed were all amazeballs.
Ukraine is at war with Russia, buying ammunition from Russia you are financing the war against Ukraine
EASTERN BLOC AMMO STILL PLENTIFUL IN TEXAS..LUCKILY I BROUGHT HOME 2 CASES OF 7.62X39...SCAVENGED FROM A CARTEL AMMO DUMP WAY DOWN SOUTH..
I feel ya'. My concealed carry is a CZ82, which shoots 9mm Makarov. I was about to get a Tokarev, so that bites too!
Time to get a case trimmer and convert 9mm.
Lucky for you I believe 9x18 its domestic manufactured and serbs import the Tok i might of even seen a Winchester box of it too one time
“Ukraine, I was young, but I remember” had to rewind to make sure my eyes weren’t deceiving me there 😂
I don’t blame you for not reloading. My grandpa had a friend who’d reload and one day he was just sitting there reloading when he took a call, after that call, he went back to reloading. Well when we went to fire those rounds, turns out he double loaded a shell with power so he had the gun blow up on him. So he now locks the door and reloads by himself with no phone and no distraction
Back in the 80's and into the 90's Chinese ammo was being imported. I remember that there was 7.62X39, 5.56 (actually brass case 5.56 that was pretty decent and still cheap!)7.62X25, 9X18, 7.62 NATO. I think I still have some 5.56 and maybe 7.62 NATO.
Promise you this’ll bring a bunch of injuries, due to people who shouldn’t be making amo at home. Big props from Fayetteville bro, keep it going!
Fayettenam
Ak Community: No! Our ammo!
Me, with a PKM: You're gonna have to starve, Sasha.
Everyone is fucked on this even the AR fudds. Lots of them shot Russian .223 and 9mm. for cheap, now it is bye bye!!
@@OriginalBongoliath yea.
@@OriginalBongoliath if it can’t eat the steel, it doesn’t deserve the brass.
Oh my god, who touched Sasha!?
@@OriginalBongoliath All I buy is Federal, Armscor and Blazer...
"Government never has any unintended consequences"...
The battle of Athens enters the chat...
Athens Tennessee 1940's
I'm from Athens, TN I appreciate the reference.
Hmm by chance Did you watch a certain Scottish pug trainer.
@@kungflumaster5495 yes I did and I'm trying to put that out there. I an Arkansan roughly knew of the incident but not all the details that was one of the best mad lads ever
@@jolierouge1215 agreed defo a good madlads
A man of culture I see
In the last 40 years, in every ban , I was able to find over 90% of everything that I wanted. All these bans have so many exceptions that the ban is really only a political ploy. Brandon, please sequence the ban as it happens and dispell the myths and worries, as it goes.
-Brandon: bought an automatic RPK
-Biden: let's ban the import of Russian cartridges!
-Brandon: 🤦🏻♂️
I looked in to making everything from scratch in my personal shop and it really opened my eyes to why the ammo situation is what it is, especially in regards to primers.
I work at a nuclear plant and I know a lot of good machinists as well as some pretty damn good engineers. There are some materials science challenges, but comparatively, they are not too difficult to solve. Getting good dies and tooling made would be very easy for me and fabricating a tank to plate bullets and precisely control the temperature of the solution is something I probably will still do because it is useful for other things like anodizing as well. The real hiccup is non-corrosive primer manufacturing.
Primers are the hardest part. Mixing the compounds for the primers can be a very hazardous job and one way you have to mitigate risk is to not have a lot of the compounds in the same room at a time. You also have to do it in a blast resistant area in case something does go wrong. Therefore making non-corrosive primers can only be done safely in relatively small batches. The batches are usually mixed wet and then have to dry before you package them or send them down the line to continue manufacturing cartridges. Manufacturers may have some clever solutions to speed up the process, but to me it looks like each primer compound mixing area can only produce a small quantity at a time and the area will be unavailable for further production until the compounds dry. This means if you want to increase primer production, you have to build more blast resistant rooms/areas for the process to be done safely, which I would guess makes these areas the least productive square footage in an ammo factory.
It makes sense to me that primers are the only reloading item I am not really seeing coming back in stock. I also would not blame Brandon or anybody else who knows what is involved in making primers for not wanting to manufacture them. I still am curious about being able to make them in case shit hits the fan. It is probably something I will get tooling for and maybe do once, sometime not in the near future, under close supervision and guidance from the people I know with way more chemistry knowledge and lab experience than I have. Otherwise, I am more than happy to not have anything to do with that process when stocks come back to shelves.
Thanks for sharing that knowledge of the process.
just look up lake city accidents a guy had his upper torso blown off a few years ago in a primer mixing accident.
I Mixed Rocket Propellants For Space Motors As Well As Ballistic Missiles...
I'm All In...
@@BadActor- Well......looks like we are starting an ammo company then. 😆
@@BadActor-
I recommend mixing MDMA & psilocybin mushrooms...
TRUE Rocket Fuel for Rocket Surgeons..;)
I remember when I got to help my grandpa with reloading cartridges. It was a nice time. Glad that can come in handy today
Sounds like a great business opportunity for any aspiring ammo manufacturers. We needed more ammo manufacturers anyways. I hope we see some new ammo companies start up.
Me: turns 18 in 2 months and can finally buy ak
Biden: bans Russian ammo
Me: visible sadness
F
NATO AK for the win
@@donovanchilton5817 “the weight of your heresy will stay your feet.” Though a Beryl would be pretty sweet, actually….
Dude I am so sorry, I turned 18 when you could buy freedom boxed of .223 at sportsman's
@@yorecf9641 Right? Beryl are awesome. Some good Arsenal rifles in 5.56 as well. I feel your pain, though.
Glad I snagged a case of Red Army 5.45 from Classic Firearms for .40 a round. It was literally a day after the ban was announced.
Yeah I got a couple at .40 c as well wish I could have nabbed a few more. I've been watching 7n6 on gunbroker and it was finally getting down to 350 and the cheaper listing doubled over night. Crazy
I a wise man once said “ if you have an international disaster, hurt the gun community”
It's more of an international embarrassment than disaster. But they need scapegoats. Look at shootings and video games. Same thing.
“Brando’s Ammo: Russian roulette with a full cylinder”
America - bans Russian ammo. - Brandon. - My Time has come.
I like how the ak in .50 Beowulf is still behind him.
He was probably like: yes I hate it, but I'm proud of it too
God damnit, I didn't want to admit it at first, but the ak guy reflex is in fact a real condition.
What's that
Пришел с переведенного на русский ролика поставить Брендону заслуженный лайк - ты ещё и аналитик :).
Аналогично! Не думал что наши оружейные заводы снабжают америку))))
Это любопытно!
@@SSSS-gq5oh всё, что имеет спрос, продаётся
Ukraine is at war with Russia, buying ammunition from Russia you are financing the war against Ukraine
@@Buka-Zluka Смешные вы)
@@Buka-Zluka Какие ваши доказательства?!
There are conditions on the sanctions being lifted at the end of a year. Russia has to apologize, give up chemical weapons capability, allow in inspectors, and pay restitution to the victims. Do you see Russia debasing itself like that?
Nope. Nor should they or any country.
Exactly what ibhave been saying to everyone who says, "It's only for 12 months!" or, "The next administration can just lift the sanctions!"
No, the way the statute is written, *once the sanctions are imposed* , the requirements to lift them are *nondiscretionary* and *require* that the targeted nation take *specific and objective actions* . There is no mechanism in the statute to allow the President (whether the one who imposed the sanctions or a later one) to just "undo" the sanctions, absent 100% compliance by the targeted nation with the demands laid out in the statute.
This law was written to enforce the 1991 Gulf War ceasefire provisions on Iraq, only Congress didn't want to limit the potential application to only Iraq, in case a similar issue popped up with another nation such as Syria or Iran. Ultimatums that could be imposed on a small, weak country (who only has a limited number of sites that would be subject to inspection, and no credible capability to repel a forced compliance inspection backed with the threat of troops) simply cannot be imposed on a major power such as Russia.
And, even though I think the Russian government certainly qualifies as a government hostile to freedom and Western interests, and (understandably) sees itself as a peer competitor with the US specifically, I *also* understand that Russia *cannot permit* the level of interference with their actual national security that the sanctions compliance enforcement of this statute require. They'd literally have to permit the US to freely inspect pretty much every single chemical or munitions factory and every single place munitions could be stored (whether a secret facility or not). *Not going to happen* .
@@geodkyt yes the next President could act via Executive Order. However the press would play that a the result of collusion. Now one more level of chess to this. Biden has said he wants the PLCA repealed or have the courts strike it down. That would lead to ammo makers being sued if somebody uses their product. What happens to the supply of ammo then?
@@dorzak975 the President *cannot* change statutory language via Executive Order. And once a President declares these sanctions in effect, it is *statute* , not *executive decision* , that states when they can be lifted - *Russia* is required to "prove their innocence" before the law allows the sanctions to be lifted. POTUS *cannot* just issue an executive order that says, "Well, despite the *law* saying certain conditions have to be met to end these sanctions, I've decided just to ignore the law and declare Russia doesn't have to meet those statutory requirements."
It wasn't legal.or Constitutional when Obama did it with Iran, and it wouldn't be any more Constitutional or legal for a future President to do it with regar to Russia.
What *could* ( and *should* ) be done is for Congress to amend the law to require that sanctions *must* have a tangible and credible nexus to the entity wee trying to pressure, *amd* provide an option to challenge specific sanctions as failing that test (either categorically or "as applied") .
That would both provide a President an easy (and Constituiomal and legal) method to terminate inappropriate sanctions, and give US entities a viable pathway to challenge them even against a hostile Administration.
Congress could go even farther and allow the President to certify to Congress that the sanctions are no longer appropriate, *even if* the sanctioned entity failed to do *anything* the statute requires - that would return some flexibility in foreign affairs for the President to engage in some logrolling Realpolitik - say, lifting sanctions in exchange for something really valuable, such as bilateral pressure on an even *worse* actor, or some, more widely reaching, human rights issue). (Note this last option *would* have made Obama's midnight cash deal with Iran entirely legal had it applied to those sanctions at that time. Such is the nature of legislation - never give *your* guy a tool you are afraid the other side could use against *your* interests when *they're* in power.)
@@geodkyt while you may be technically correct, all one has to do is look at the border situation to realize President's do have the ability to simply "not enforce" some laws, not saying it's right but they can simply ignore it. Anybody right of Lenin trying it will be crucified for it though.
8:19 We really need to talk about getting "phrasing" back in the rotation
In time for Season 12 of Archer to come out!
As an AK manufacturer and licensed business, do you also happen to have your ammo license? Have you filled out your Form 6 to import as much as possible?
I really wanted a 74 in 545 to add to the collection of akm's. I guess I'm gonna have to settle for ak variant in 556 now 😓
5.56 aks are garbage.
@@robertsims9201 obviously
You don’t own one
@@alanbud5181 I don't because they're garbage. It's like buying a brand new Camaro with a V6. Yeah, no thanks buddy.
"Nobody is going to lose their importer license trying to pull some War Dogs 2 type of shit."
I dunno about that Brandon.
some people might *get* an importer license just to try it cause you can easily make some 20c/round in profit. Sneak 5M rounds into the US and you are a millionaire.
There's people that definitely believe manufacturing ammo follows Fallout 4 logic where you just toss in some steel bars, hunks of lead and piles of fertiliser for a propellant into a machine, and proof, pristine bullets come out.
You atlast knew chemistry .PhD in chemistry ia better
You can make ammo in Fallout?
Oh Shit - that Photo when "Ukraine" was mentioned cracked me up xD
Just like young Orlov would have been 3:)
"What the fuck is that?"
_"IT'S UkRAINE! I STILL remember it!"_
@@moritamikamikara3879 "You will be dead before yo fuckin' reach kiev"
My favorite part of the video was Brandon trying to convince us that he can read, lol.
Love you buddy, keep up the great work! 👊
Did you seriously open with a Firefly clip???
Fucking fuck yes AK-Man!
I've heard Wolf & Tula's current form 6's are good until 4th qtr 2023.
well, TulAmmo jammed up my S&W revolver (quality brand) with their steel shells not extracting and jamming up my cylinder. Ban it! It was made my fault for buying the cheapest brand
@@Defender78 sounds more like an owner problem, than an ammo problem. Properly clean your piece.
Well, with reloadable brass 5.45x39 going for $1.20 per round, I certainly hope so. Would ❤ to see more of the 65gr Barnaul that Wolf was importing.
@@Defender78 That's normal for steal cased ammo in a revolver.
@@Defender78 It isn't Tulammo, it's your piece of shit gun.
I've never really taken a good look at the Ukrainian flag before, but it looks pretty dope.