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| Biden Administration Moves to Cut Off Lake City .223/5.56 Ammo From the Commercial Market |
| 2022-06-18 |
| [TruthAboutGuns] 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. |
| Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed |
| #5 If you didn't see this one coming 5-10 years ago, you may not have been paying much attention. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-06-18 12:47 |
| #4 Probably smart to save military ammo for whatever they have planned for us. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-06-18 12:34 |
| #3 Restricting production and disregarding demand seems to be a 'feature' not a 'bug' of this administration. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-06-18 10:47 |
| #2 So rather than letting the public subsidize excess capacity in the production plant they want to idle that capacity. Smart. Sheer Genius, even! It's not that wars suddenly occur... |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-06-18 09:40 |
| #1 M855 and SS109 are military grade. There are other sources for .223 and 5.56. M855 has a longer range than civilian .223. At the moment I don't see this as a big deal except it will deny civilian access to military grade ammo. The M855 comes in stripper clips in olive drab boxes of 30 rounds. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-06-18 09:21 |