Students prepare to burn through 1,000
rounds in a training class at Firearmz.
Larry Guarcello is having trouble locating a source of discounted ammunition. He has been attempting to make a group purchase for members of GeorgiaCarry.Org who are attending firearms classes with instructor Ken Forbus at Firearmz. These courses are not run of the mill familiarization courses where a student might expect to expend a single box of ammunition, but intensive courses requiring hundreds or even thousands of rounds. At current prices, such prodigious shooting that can add up to a noticeable sum.
Because the cost is significant, Mr. Guarcello thought he could realize a substantial savings if the students banded together to purchase their ammunition, but so far he has met with frustration. "Nobody is willing commit to price or availability at this time," he remarked. He added that he has not given up.
Many readers no doubt have experienced similar frustration recently. Mike Jones was at the Walmart sporting goods counter in Fayetteville, Georgia this evening, looking desperately through the empty shelves for ammunition to feed his .45 ACP pistol. He did not find any, and his said that this was the second store he had visited in less than a week.
The situation is poised to get worse. Larry Haynie, the owner of Georgia Arms, has completely shut down his sales of .308 (7.62 mm) and .223 (5.56 mm) ammunition due to the government reneging on its sale to him of thousands of pounds of fired brass in .223, .308, and .50 BMG. The notice on the home page of his company web site contains the email Georgia Arms received from the government contractor that auctions surplus military items:
Effective immediately DOD Surplus, LLC, will be implementing new requirements for mutilation of fired shell casings. The new DRMS requirement calls for DOD Surplus personnel to witness the mutilation of the property and sign the Certificate of Destruction. Mutilation of the property can be done at the DRMO, if permitted by the Government, or it may be mutilated at a site chosen by the buyer. Mutilation means that the property will be destroyed to the extent prevents its reuse or reconstruction. DOD Surplus personnel will determine when property has been sufficiently mutilated to meet the requirements of the Government.
Georgia Arms supplies "hundreds of thousands" of rounds to the Kentucky State Police. In addition, many law enforcement agencies in Georgia purchase ammunition from Georgia Arms. Sheriff Scott Berry, of Oconee County, confirmed that his agency is a large purchaser of Georgia Arms's .223 ammunition, which he reports functions flawlessly in the department's rifles.
Now that supply source is in doubt.
Georgia Arms is taking stock of its inventory of brass to determine what orders it can fill. Larry Haynie predicts the impact on the civilian shooting market is going to be dramatic in the very near future, and he is asking Georgians to contact their Congressmen to return the sales of used brass from military installations.
The move to stop the sales makes no economic sense for the federal government. Mr. Haynie estimates that the government receives about $2.50 per pound for its used brass, but brass that is good for nothing but scrap brings only about 45 cents per pound. In a time of reduced federal revenues, Congress should ask whether this move by the Department of Defense is prudent.
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Comments
It is extremely prudent if the intent is to make useless the second amendment and the rights of citizens.
When you see someone do something that appears to be foolish as regards their self-interest, re-examine your premise because it most certainly means they have an agenda to which they will not admit. It means they have an agenda they are pursuing that has more value to them. It does not mean they are stupid or have made a mistake.
Obama knows he will never win a second term. He really doesn't care if he can manage to ram through enough changes to remake the country into a socialistic nanny state similar to the european nations he and his fellow travellers are so fond of.
Destroying our economy is what got him elected and is what he is using to justify unconscionable profligate spending on policies that would never pass public scrutiny if we were only given time to examine them. And effectively disarming the public is simply his way to keep from having to answer to an armed lynch mob once the reality of his accomplishments sets in.
Military fired cases are a valuable feed stock critical to an industry that employs hundreds of workers, returns funds to DOD far in excess of scrap metal prices, provides affordable practice ammunition to both law enforcement and the public promoting safety, and encourages participation by the public in the shooting sports which once upon a time was considered a good thing for the nation. The only reason for this policy change, and it is just that a change to prior accepted practice, is the simple reality that our current administration fears and distrusts the public to the point that they will reject revenue rather than see us well armed.
The citizens of the United States using the peaceful power of their pens have gotten this back-door attempt at gun-control reversed. We must be vigilant and keep our pens poised to protest any incursion into our God-given and Consitutionally protected right to bear arms. Write your Congressmen often and point out the lies and subterfuges of this socialist administration.
Well, that sucks. I don't shoot that much anymore anyway, but I suppose I should stock up on a couple hundred .223 rounds before prices go up. Or if they already have, wait until Congress overturns the new policy.
I'm not sure why even an anti-gun type would care about thinning the .223 supply though. Don't see too many deaths due to assault rifle, at least not in the US.
Matt
SocratesVotes.com
P.S. Like the pic--looks like some extreme close quarters fun! I highly recommend SouthNarc's vids (Shivworks.com), as well as Jim Grover's (paladin-press.com). Well worth the $. Oh and so too is IDS's Shadowboxing with Weapons (IDSclub.com), but I may be a little biased ;)
this is interesting; check out the links
Does anyone know who the people were who were instramental in starting the DOD polacy to shred the spent ammo cartridges ? I think that it is important to know who not to vote for at the next election.
Thanks Alot,
Dave
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