> Russia being a belligerent here (and Ukraine having a decent amount of AKs and other combloc weapons) has changed the math. Actually all Russian ammo plants

> Russia being a belligerent here (and Ukraine having a decent amount of AKs and other combloc weapons) has changed the math. Actually all Russian ammo plants were sanctioned in late 2021 already, though existing import contracts were honored. So the inexpensive Russian steel cased ammo which served as the price floor for many different cartridges is likely gone forever (for understandable geopolitical reasons).