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| Americans Bought ‘17,850 Tons' of Imported Ammo in Last 12 Months |
| 2016-12-18 |
| [Breitbart London] As gun sales have skyrocketed over the past 19 months, ammunition sales have also surged, with "17,850 tons" of imported ammunition being sold in the past 12 months. That is nearly 18,000 tons of ammo in a year’s time and approximately "2,865 tons of bullets" that were imported in November alone. CNN Money pointed to figures from research firm Panjiva, which show ammunition imports for last month were up 200% over where they were a year ago. Panjiva’s Chris Rogers said, "It’s very unusual in an import industry like this to see such a big move. It tells you that there’s a customer demand that’s not being met by U.S. manufacturers." Panjiva identifies the top foreign importer as "Poongsan Corp." of South Korea. "Fiocchi Munizioni of Italy and Prvi Partizan of Serbia" are next in line, as far as foreign ammunition importers go. I didn't buy any Russian made ammunition at all this whole calendar year. At 3,000 rounds, I felt like I didn't have to. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 I think we can buy manufactured Lead, but can't make our own because it's toxic. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-12-18 22:53 |
| #5 We could create a lot of jobs making them, rather than importing them. |
| Posted by: Sgt.D.T. 2016-12-18 17:09 |
| #4 "2,865 tons of bullets" May not be all that many rounds. Depleted Uranium is heavy stuff.  |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-12-18 05:57 |
| #3 No, by bullets they mean bullets. Lots of people here manufacture their own cartridges as well as reload their spent rounds. |
| Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040 2016-12-18 02:54 |
| #2 18,000 tons of ammo in a year’s time and approximately "2,865 tons of bullets Assuming by "bullets" they mean cartriges, that's a bit strange. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-12-18 01:18 |
| #1 Deer season. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-12-18 00:32 |