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By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

An update to last week's column: The Executive Order signed last week does include demilled rifle kits from Kalashnikov Concern in Russia, and probably from other Russian firms as well. As I wrote last week, demilled kits from East Germany, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary are still available, and the ban has not affected Russian-made ammunition.

What We face

Three weeks ago, Chicago Police found a fully loaded semiautomatic gun in a sniper's nest near the soccer field at Kings College. The headline in the original article, to be found here, noted the weapon found was a Mac10 Bullpup. One blogger had an amusing take on the incident.

We get good guffaws from the abject stupidity of the paid press when it comes to firearms and their uses, but something ugly lurks beneath all that silliness, and that is a willingness to lie and obfuscate about guns.

Last week US Border Patrol Agents were fired on by an unidentified shooter using, it was said, a .50 Caliber Rifle, similar to the Barrett .50 Caliber rifle. The incident took place across the Rio Grande River from Reynosa, Tamaulipas in Mexico, which is, as far as I last heard, a Gulf Cartel-held city.

If you read the news article about the incident,
you get the idea that the agents knew it was a .50 caliber gun from its distinct sound. If you have ever heard a .50 Caliber M2 machine gun, which fires the same round as the Barrett, you'll never forget the thump thump thumping of the gun as it discharges rounds.

Never one to waste a good news story, a writer for the leftist Media Matters twisted the story to include the term "machine gun" in referring to Barrett, turning the story into one in which Border Agents were fired on by .50 caliber machine guns.

As the original story indicated, this is the first time Border agents have been fired on from across the border. Usually, once boats carrying contraband reach the other side, Border agents must wait until whatever or whomever is off the boat and on US soil before they can legally take action.

There is little question, assuming the agents were fired on with a Barrett, that the shooter was using a weapon of war. It would have been a weapon of war had the shooter been firing the 7.62x51 NATO round or the 5.56x45mm AR round. The original article goes on to state that Border agents do not have the body armor to stop the .50 BMG, but what is not said is that neither do they have the armor to stop the 7.62mm round, and at some ranges most modern rifles, including the AR.

Our very own militarized security forces, the police use 7.62x51 rounds in the rifle they use as a sniper rifle, and their shooters who go after unarmed citizens in their homes use 5.56x45mm rounds. They are all weapons of war, and being used in a war against citizens. The only defense citizens have against police forces using military weapons and tactics is to do the same thing.

A sniper is a sniper and self defense is self defense. Police have no more a perfected right to be one than citizens do to do the other.

I write all this as a response to leftists who hate guns so much, they want to direct those forces against citizen to enable those police forces to steal Constitutionally protected property from citizens. If there is no greater justification to be armed and to learn sniper tactics, I don't know what is.

Housekeeping Note: I am planning to attend at least one cookout- shoot in Oklahoma, sponsored by the Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association. There are four, but two also include machine gun shoots. The cookout costs $10, and $15 is required to buy one magazine for the machine gun shoot. If anyone from Rantburg wants to meet to go together, or just meet let me know before next weekend, and decide which one. I set an August 2 deadline coz I want to attend the Seiling event August 9th, but if enough respond, I can wait until August 23 at Stillwater. You can contact me at the email below. I won't be bringing the Mosin, and if no one responds or waits until after August 2nd, I will be out of communication, i.e. leaving the cell at home.

Lemme know!

Loads.

Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:

Prices for rifle ammunition were mostly higher, while prices for pistol ammunition were mostly lower. Prices for used rifles and used pistols were mixed.

Pistol Ammo

.45 Caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds: O.D. Green Supply, Tulammo, steel cased, .29 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, steel cased, .29 per round (From last week: Unchanged)

.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Store brand, RNFP, reloaded .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Store Brand, reloaded, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))

9mm Parabellum, 115 grain From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds (Limit 2 Boxes): O.D. Green Supply, Tulammo, Steel cased, FMJ, .19 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Store Brand, FMJ, Reloads, .19 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each)

.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Rare Ammo, Geco, FMJ, .39 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 250: LAX Ammunition, Store Brand, Reloaded, .34 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged after -.06 Each over Two Weeks)

Rifle Ammunition

.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each

Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire USA, Tulammo, steel cased, .23 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Munire USA, Tulammo, steel cased, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged after -.04 Each over Two Weeks)

.308 NATO 145 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Barnaul, steel cased, .41 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Silver Bear, steel cased, .45 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks))

7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each After Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Depot, Wolf, steel case, .21 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,080 rounds: SG Ammo, Red Army Standard, steel case, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))

.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds (2 box limit): O.D. Green Supply, CCI Blazer, .08 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 325 rounds: Trop Gun Shop, Federal Champion, .09 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each after Unchanged (3 Weeks))

Guns for Private Sale
Rifles


.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $610 Last Week Avg: $570 (+)
California (211, 209): Mixed Build: $600
Texas (302, 297): Mixed Build: $575 (Same Gun) (!)
Pennsylvania (160, 154): DPMS Sportical: $600
Virgina (212, 212): MMC: $625 (Same Gun)
Florida (419, 415): Diamondback DB-15: $650

.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $1,050 Last Week Avg: $1,080 (-)
California (48, 47): DPMS: $950 (!)
Texas (56, 56): DPMS Oracle: $900 (Same Gun)
Pennsylvania (21, 23): Bushmaster: $1,200 (Prolly Same Gun)
Virginia (44, 47): DPMS Oracle: $1,100 (!) (Same Gun)
Florida (87, 81): DPMS: $1,100

7.62x39mm (AK Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $565 Last Week Avg: $520 (+)
California (39, 36): M+M M10-762 : $650 (Same Gun)
Texas (61, 62): WASR: $625
Pennsylvania (54, 51): Zastava: $450 (!)
Virginia (78, 77): Czech Vz2008: $525
Florida (142, 141): WASR Romak : $575

7.62x54mm (Dragunov Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $1,000 Last Week Avg: $1,000 ()
California (0): None Available
Texas (0): None Available
Pennsylvania (0): None Available
Virginia (1, 1): Romak PSL: $1,200 (Same Gun)
Florida (7, 7): Romak PSL: $800 (Same Gun) (!)

Pistols

.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $402 Last Week Avg: $395 (+)
California (149, 156): Rock Island Armory: $460
Texas (226, 232): Rock Island Armory: $350
Pennsylvania (184, 189): Century International Arms: $400
Virginia (192, 190): Tisas: $350 (Same Gun) (!)
Florida (386, 380): Umerex Regent R100: $450

9mm (Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic) Average Price: $436 Last Week Avg: $439 (-)
California (155, 152): Glock 19 : $450
Texas (327, 336): Glock 19: $460
Pennsylvania (196, 198): Glock 19: $399 (!)
Virginia (237, 228): IMI Baby Desert Eagle: $450
Florida (484, 469): Heckler & Koch VP 70 Z: $420

.40 caliber S&W (Glock and other semiautomatic) Average Price: $438 Last Week Avg: $426 (+)
California (95, 94): Sig Sauer SP2022: $450
Texas (146, 136): Glock 22: $450
Pennsylvania (121, 116): Glock 23: $425
Virginia (130, 122): Ruger SR40: $440
Florida (234, 231): Glock 23: $425 (Same Gun)

Used Gun of the Week: (Kentucky)

Desert Eagle 44 Chambered in .44 Magnum

Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com



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