31Dec05

7.62X39, Soviet

A friend at a large, local gun retailer tells me that they are no longer able to get low-cost, foreign-made 7.62X39 (30 Soviet) ammunition. Kalashn ikov and SKS owners consume large quantities of the stuff "making big ro cks into small rocks" at gravel quarries on weekends, and they are sorely di sappointed. Domestically-produced ammunition is still available in quantity, but it is

much more expensive.

Gun sales, in general, continues at a brisk pace in this nervous world. Serious weapons rule! Curiously, Beretta's new PX4 pistol sells we ll. Their conventional 92 series continues to do poorly.

/John