Morality of shooting Russian ammo?

[Alex V]

Man... this sucks... I was made in the Soviet Union... so should I take a moral stance against myself?

Honestly, O.P. I would not worry about it. If I have no problems buying ammo from a nation that I lived in and my parents could not wait to get the F out of, then you should not have a problem buying ammo from them either lol.

There is no morality here, at the end of the day your purchase of a few hundred or even ten thousand rounds of ammo from the Russian Federation is but a small drop in the bucket. In 2009 we imported 245,000 Barrels per day from Russia. Lets use an avarage of $75/Barrel, thwt would be $18.4Mil/day in oil from Russia. I doubt you will buy that much ammo in your entire life.

So if the US spends more money with Russia in one day than you will in your entire life, is it really worth the worry?

I doubt it.

[CarlosDJackal]

Ask yourself these questions:

(1) Are you aiding any past, present, or future enemy by purchasing ammo that is already in these United States?

(2) Will your decision not to purchase x-rounds of Wolf ammo going to make a difference on the balance of power anywhere?

(3) Would there even be a debate if our very own government trusted us enough to actually sell us surplus stocks of ammo and other items versus destroying these or giving them away to other countries (most of whom use the same supplies against us)?

Personally, I have no issue buying ammo or other items that are supposedly made in Russia. They are inexpensive and allows me to shoot more and train more. it's not like I am placing an order directly tot he factory to produce and sell me the ammo. As far as the original manufacturers are concerned, what I purchase has already been bought and paid for before they even land on out shores.

If you are going to take this type of a stance against Russian ammo, are you going to take a similar stance against Arab Oil, (cheap) Chinese products, etc.? YMMV.

[YVK]

To me, the morality of buying Saudi (or Venezuelan, for that matter) oil is much more questionable. For those who question morality of using Russian ammo: have you guys switched to non-gasoline public transport, bicycles and horses for your transportation needs?
Russian ammo to me as at about the same level of "morality" as Chinese-made slippers.

[rubberneck]

Russia is a major exporter of metals (especially precious metals) and Oil. At any given time the gas you put in your car or the oil used to lubricate it could be Russian. I don't think there is any moral implication for using Russian ammo.

IMHO the Chinese are more of a threat to our way of life than the Russian's and you can't swing a dead cat without hitting something made in China, not to mention they own billions and billions of dollars worth of our treasury bills.

[Von Rheydt]

Here's one for you.

Back when we were facing the Russian hordes etc, etc. I had official access to AK's and AMD65 - the Hungarian one with the grey plastic, nicer quality IMHO.

Anyway to be able to shoot these we needed the correct ammo. I requisitioned the ammo and received 5K. Now I had to personally go and grovel to get this ammo. During my grovelling I was told by an ammunition supply Warrant Officer type god that the British Army bought it from a well known arms dealer. He had bought it from an "intermediary" company because his own respectable company could not buy ammo from the Libyans. And, you guessed it, the Libyams had received the ammo from the Russians.

Wheels within wheels.