What Russian sanctions mean for Russian Ammo

[xtriggerman]

In this article the guy explains exactly how the wholesalers of extra large ammo consignment purchases get shafted with sanction rules along with indirect manufacturers. Its an interesting read.

http://www.the-armory.com/blog/?p=57

[JohnC]

That's an interesting read.

BTW... I thought Kalashnikov USA were bringing some new US Built weapons out, but their website has no firearms on it anymore. Is that because of the sanctions, or are they just retooling and getting things setup for the new lineup? 

http://www.kalashnikov-usa.com/firearms

[Dolomite_supafly]

13 hours ago, JohnC said:

That's an interesting read.

BTW... I thought Kalashnikov USA were bringing some new US Built weapons out, but their website has no firearms on it anymore. Is that because of the sanctions, or are they just retooling and getting things setup for the new lineup? 

http://www.kalashnikov-usa.com/firearms

I bet the sanctions WE imposed on Russia has forced them to choose between the US and mother Russia. Kalashnikov is still a Russian weapons manufacturer so perhaps the Russian government told them to quit producing guns for the US market, or else.

[mike_f]

My info is from 2015 so it may be outdated, but at that time Kalashnikov USA had no connection to the Russian Kalashnikov Concern. So sanctions shouldn't have any effect on Kalashnikov USA.  At that time they were a US company seeking to manufacture AK rifles here. 

Their marketing material "Russian Heritage — American Innovation" implies a connection with the Russian, but as I understand it Kalashnikov USA has no ties to the Russian factory, technical info, or engineers.  People more knowledgeable than me that looked at the firearms Kalashnikov USA displayed at past SHOT shows, say the firearms were converted Russian-made Saigas, not the US made firearms.

Maybe Kalashnikov USA will have a SHOT Show 2017 display and we'll get some updated info.

 

[xtriggerman]

I read somewhere that the run of USA made guns were flooding back to CS for quite a lot of issues. Maybe that did them in.