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    Quote Originally Posted by Circle_10 View Post
    With regard to 5.45, I just think there are comparatively few people who have guns chambered in that caliber. When 7N6 dried up a lot of people dumped their 74s entirely. (I kept my two 5.45s though. I still have four sealed spam cans of 7N6 left myself.)
    Nowadays if you want to get into 5.45 your options aren’t that great. Arsenal imports have mostly ceased. And PSA only just brought out their 74 clone like two weeks ago.
    I have 3 AK-74 weapons, and quite a number of sealed spam cans. But I also purchased a lot of Wolf 5.45x39 in 1000 round bundles and put them all in US 50 CAL ammo cans. I think it was kind of dumb for people to dump their AK-74's when 7N6 became unobtanium. I cared less about cheap ammo and focused on the collectible nature of the weapon, and the fact it was a reliable and robust system. I do wonder about the people who bought Smith & Wesson 5.45 M&P-15's ????
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    Wouldn't be surprised if Bushmaster/DPMS are being sold as "collector's items" nowadays

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arik View Post
    I think he means that AKs used to be cheap and everywhere and ARs were expensive and harder to get. Now a half ass AK is $700 where as ARs could be had for less (mostly pre panic but that was only a few months ago)

    Or maybe I'm wrong

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    I was referring to the direction the thread took, nothing deeper than that.

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    This *is* a good argument in favor of mild diversification, if you have a backup caliber it gives you a better chance of riding out shortages. Right now shops around here seem to have tons of 6.5 Creedmoor and .243 while bare of everything else...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamondback View Post
    This *is* a good argument in favor of mild diversification, if you have a backup caliber it gives you a better chance of riding out shortages. Right now shops around here seem to have tons of 6.5 Creedmoor and .243 while bare of everything else...
    How true - lots of odd and exotic hunting rounds seems to be what is left on the shelves. I've never been much of a gun or caliber snob. If it can send lead downrange reliably, it's a winner for me.
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    The upside of standardization is it maximizes interchangeability of parts/systems; the downside is it makes you highly dependent on a reliable supply chain. If you pick your backup right, its availability should do the reverse of your primary.

    Or just go with a 12ga or 20ga shotgun backup--Sportsman's Warehouse had pallet-loads for both of those.
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    Well, the normally small anyway stocks of .260 Remington remain untouched at the local store while 6.5 Creedmore seem to be selling well. Guess some calibers are destined to remain anonymous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Firefly View Post
    Everybody had 16 years just saying
    Not if you are a 20 year old ?

    I hear ya but many young dudes (not me I am older) did not have the time or finances etc... so still relative

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    There's no 5.45x39 or 7.62x39 ammo to be found here and it's rolling onto shelves much more slowly than 223/5.56 or 308/7.62x51. And since the 9mm/5.56mm craze has been going on for six months, the hunting ammunition never really bounced back entirely from last year and now the hunting ammo is getting sparse (general deer/elk usually starts around the middle of October here). And I suspect anything that's easy to find now will disappear eventually and once it does, it won't come back any time soon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MountainRaven View Post
    There's no 5.45x39 or 7.62x39 ammo to be found here and it's rolling onto shelves much more slowly than 223/5.56 or 308/7.62x51. And since the 9mm/5.56mm craze has been going on for six months, the hunting ammunition never really bounced back entirely from last year and now the hunting ammo is getting sparse (general deer/elk usually starts around the middle of October here). And I suspect anything that's easy to find now will disappear eventually and once it does, it won't come back any time soon.
    In the local New Mexico stores, you can still find 7.62x39. For online, SGAMMO out of Oklahoma has been carrying good supplies of both 7.62 and 5.45 -- maybe until this post is read.
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