Hope y'all stocked up on the 5.45x39 the cheap surplus is gone.

That's sucks man, you can still find it pretty damn cheap. I'm paying $400 for 1000 5.56.

Almost three years ago it was still $160-180, I have had my 74 for at least that long and never paid less than that.

There are still tins for .20/rd on gunbot right now for those wanting to flip some

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Whew, glad I didn't buy that AK74 I wanted

Click the link and buy now then.

frick it. I can't get into that Russian shite anyway.

Oh well, now you wont shoot corrosive ammo out of your AK. And you will only pay around .05-.10/rd more for it.

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FYI. The law restricts what the ATF considers armor piercing ammo in pistols. The law specifically excludes m855/ss109 and m2ap, because once upon a time the US gov used to sell surplus.

Now, why a company would develop a sole 5.45 pistol makes no sense as they would essentially destroy their own market as people really only shoot that caliber because of the cheap import.

The 5.45 is basically all steel and copper coated. The steel is malleable and mild, of course this is a ridiculous law but thats how a unfriendly gov and ATF operate.

If you want the similar to better performance in a cartridge stick to 5.56. If you like shooting that ak74 just wait for the manufactures to produce more new brass/lead ammunition. A lot of folks saw the writing on the wall when all that cheap norinco 7.62x39 was banned for import for the same reason.

all they have to do is make this a lead core bullet and its ok, from my understanding its the steel core that makes this armor piercing and must be the velocity of the round because surplus ammo is mostly steel core

if you have a 74 buy ammo today just to be safe

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$0.25/ round is more expensive than 7.62x39

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Yes it is, but at least I also have 3 other rifles chambered in 7.62x39. Just sucks because I just picked up the ak-74 and now I'm going to be reluctant to shoot it much until the ammo situation calms down.