Restrictions on Brass purchase?
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Restrictions on Brass purchase?
Wife just walked in and said one of her friends said something to the effect that
the government is restricting the purchase of brass.
Urban rumor?
the government is restricting the purchase of brass.
Urban rumor?
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
This is the only-ist thing I ever heard of, and I'm not sure of it's status these days. It was that DoD was going to curtail the selling of spent brass to ammo makers.....
Snopes, so who knows?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/casings.asp
Snopes, so who knows?
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/casings.asp
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
I had a friend call me last week about a rumor he'd heard that ammo manufacturers we being forced to not use any "preservatives" in their powders.
What Blaine posted is the onlyiest time I heard of brass sales being curtailed. Supplies are still short, and in some cartridges, non-existant, but only from a supply issue, not due to any dot-gov restriction.
What Blaine posted is the onlyiest time I heard of brass sales being curtailed. Supplies are still short, and in some cartridges, non-existant, but only from a supply issue, not due to any dot-gov restriction.
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
We have enough real problems to fight without these "the sky is falling" silly rumors from people who believe everything they see on the internet and every backalley rumor.
Please, enough already!!
Please, enough already!!
Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
Well, for a brief time period it was true. I daresay, after looking into this, that the "truth" probably only last a short time. DoD quickly changed it's mind after a lot of pressure.Griff wrote:I had a friend call me last week about a rumor he'd heard that ammo manufacturers we being forced to not use any "preservatives" in their powders.
What Blaine posted is the onlyiest time I heard of brass sales being curtailed. Supplies are still short, and in some cartridges, non-existant, but only from a supply issue, not due to any dot-gov restriction.
Here here's the Georgia Arms side of the story.
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/06/georgia-arms/
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
Come on now !! I'm asking on the forum to get information not "spread" rumors.jnyork wrote:We have enough real problems to fight without these "the sky is falling" silly rumors from people who believe everything they see on the internet and every backalley rumor.
Please, enough already!!
Cut me a little slack please.
If I can't ask friends,whom would you suggest I ask.
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
For a very brief time, the Dept. of Defense stopped sales of once-fired military brass, requiring the services to instead sell them all for scrap. Didn't last long, and never had anything to do with sales in the civilian market.Griff wrote:I had a friend call me last week about a rumor he'd heard that ammo manufacturers we being forced to not use any "preservatives" in their powders.
What Blaine posted is the onlyiest time I heard of brass sales being curtailed. Supplies are still short, and in some cartridges, non-existant, but only from a supply issue, not due to any dot-gov restriction.
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
Thank you both for your polite response.Pisgah wrote:For a very brief time, the Dept. of Defense stopped sales of once-fired military brass, requiring the services to instead sell them all for scrap. Didn't last long, and never had anything to do with sales in the civilian market.Griff wrote:I had a friend call me last week about a rumor he'd heard that ammo manufacturers we being forced to not use any "preservatives" in their powders.
What Blaine posted is the onlyiest time I heard of brass sales being curtailed. Supplies are still short, and in some cartridges, non-existant, but only from a supply issue, not due to any dot-gov restriction.
"Any man who covers his face and packs a gun is a legitimate target for any decent citizen"
Jeff Cooper
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
"If I can't ask friends,whom would you suggest I ask."
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Maybe check with the NRA??
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
I'd say it's a rumor.
I don't know how many of you might remember back in the 1970's when Johnny Carson as part of his opening monologue told a joke saying there was going to be a toilet paper shortage. Well it was a joke.
BUT, since people had heard it they started to fear it so they started buying toilet paper to stock up. Before long there really was a shortage.
I don't know how many of you might remember back in the 1970's when Johnny Carson as part of his opening monologue told a joke saying there was going to be a toilet paper shortage. Well it was a joke.
BUT, since people had heard it they started to fear it so they started buying toilet paper to stock up. Before long there really was a shortage.
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Re: Restrictions on Brass purchase?
Thanks, but two gentlemen answered politely without being snarky.Ray Newman wrote:"If I can't ask friends,whom would you suggest I ask."
-Bullard4570
Maybe check with the NRA??
"Any man who covers his face and packs a gun is a legitimate target for any decent citizen"
Jeff Cooper
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