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U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On 20 August 2021, the U.S. Department of State released a fact sheet announcing Russian firearms and ammunition importation will be banned for a minimum of 12 months starting 7 September 2021. From state.gov:
New sanctions imposed today under the CBW Act include:
- Restrictions on the permanent imports of certain Russian firearms. New and pending permit applications for the permanent importation of firearms and ammunition manufactured or located in Russia will be subject to a policy of denial.
The ban is listed as a sanction pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW) Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991, over the supposed Russian use of the “Novichok” chemical agent to poison Aleksey Navainy.
Navainy was poisoned in August of 2020. He has been critical of the Putin regime in Russia. This is the second round of sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States over the Aleksey Navainy incident. The first round of sanctions did not ban the importation of Russian ammunition or firearms.
The Department of State announcement says “New and pending permit applications” … “will be subject to a policy of denial”. The implication is applications that have already been approved will not be revoked.
If that is correct, shipments of ammunition and firearms from Russia which have already been approved will be allowed to enter the United States and be sold.
It is unclear how long supplies in the pipeline will last.
The announcement is likely to rekindle the ammunition bubble for calibers commonly imported from Russia, such as 7.62×54, 7.62×39, 5.45×39, 5.56×45, and even match grade .22 ammunition.
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About Dean Weingarten:
Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a military officer, was on the University of Wisconsin Pistol Team for four years, and was first certified to teach firearms safety in 1973. He taught the Arizona concealed carry course for fifteen years until the goal of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has degrees in meteorology and mining engineering, and retired from the Department of Defense after a 30 year career in Army Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation.
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Now the story that I was told about this rifle is this. It seems that the Germans and The British figured out that if you took your average Recruit and took him out to the Range during Basic Training. Then had him try to qualify on your average service rifle with a 30 caliber round.
That he was not going to be able to become very good at hitting the target. So some bright Officer and I am sire a bunch of good NCO’s came up with a great idea. That the Generals actually bought into. To wit you build aa scaled down version of the General Service rifle in the new caliber of 22 Long Rifle. Which had just been invented just before the 1st Boer War.
The advantages were many. For examples, a higher level of marksmanship was being gotten after the recruit was taught using the scaled down caliber. Who then could graduate to the larger service caliber with his basic skill acquired to adapt to the larger caliber.
Plus 22 ammo was vastly cheaper than say a 8mm Mauser round. Also you could also set up an indoor range in the Basement of the barracks. Which is handy if the barracks was in a Town like say London for the Guards. Which then allows for the troops to have more time for rifle practice.
Making it all in all a great practicable solution in my humble opinion. So in closing. If one wanted a great rifle with a good story behind it. This just might be the ticket for it! Grumpy