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Title: Beware cheap ammo in North Carolina
Post by: Brad Johnson on September 19, 2022, 04:16:19 PM
Rather, beware people selling cheap ammo outta the back of a truck in North Carolina. Winchester 9mm, specifically.

https://www.wbtv.com/2022/09/17/atf-ammunition-stolen-shipping-containers-nc/

Guns & Gadgets says three containers full, but I have a feeling his info is anecdotal and the anecdotees have exercised a modicum of presumptive exaggeration. Three shipping containers full of ammo is... a lot. "Broken into and stolen from three containers" is much more believable, especially given there were only two suspect vehicles mentioned and neither was a dump truck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6ZfC80NGCI

Brad
Title: Re: Beware cheap ammo in North Carolina
Post by: HankB on September 19, 2022, 06:57:19 PM
According to the linked story, the vehicles were " . . . a gray four-door sedan and a silver SUV . . . "

Looks like they repackaged the stolen ammo so they could blend in to traffic and not arouse anyone's suspicions . . .

(https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/936918_overload2_jpgd9860df77c962c7986c1e73087d17dd1)
Title: Re: Beware cheap ammo in North Carolina
Post by: MechAg94 on September 19, 2022, 08:58:02 PM
Maybe I was imagining something that didn't happen.  Did they just break into a few shipping containers and steal some from each?  Or did they empty the shipping containers?

There are probably ways unload that amount of ammo without arousing too much suspicion, but I doubt too many thieves will be patient enough to do it that way. 
Title: Re: Beware cheap ammo in North Carolina
Post by: Cliffh on September 19, 2022, 09:02:31 PM
Stocking up for the impending civil war?   [ar15]
Title: Re: Beware cheap ammo in North Carolina
Post by: bedlamite on September 19, 2022, 09:13:08 PM
Maybe I was imagining something that didn't happen.  Did they just break into a few shipping containers and steal some from each?  Or did they empty the shipping containers?

There are probably ways unload that amount of ammo without arousing too much suspicion, but I doubt too many thieves will be patient enough to do it that way.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ammunition-north-carolina-stolen-freight-line-shipping-containers

"Large amounts" from 3 different containers, using two vehicles, a car and an SUV.

I don't think they emptied the whole container, it was probably cases in the dozens each time, and from three different locations suggests an inside job.