MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two trailer loads of small-caliber ammunition bound for the United States were stolen by armed assailants on a highway in Mexico’s most violent state, Guanajuato, the manufacturer said Friday.
A company representative said about 98.5% of the millions of rounds of ammo stolen earlier this week were .22 caliber, which is seldom used by Mexican drug cartels.
“These will be of no use to them, given that they don’t use these weapons,” said security analyst Juan Ibarrola, who also acts as spokesman for the Tecnos Industries company
The .22 rounds are used mainly in rifles for target practice or extremely small game. Mexican cartels prefer larger, high-velocity ammunition for AK-47 and AR-15 rifles or 9 mm weapons.
The total quantity was not clear, but was estimated to be about 7 million rounds. The ammunition is sold in the United States under the Aguila brand.
Though low-powered, .22 ammunition can be lethal depending on where a person is hit, and from what range.
Mexico has also occasionally caught people selling improvised “pen” guns, single-shot devices disguised as pens that use .22 rounds.
The ammunition is made in Cuernavaca, a city just south of the capital, and was being taken north on trucks to the United States when the shipment was hijacked, The drivers were later found alive.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/millions-rounds-ammunition-stolen-mexican-222217102.html
SUPER!! that’s just dandy.. now maybe a box of shitass Mexican 22 will be 19$!! I have so much 22 i haven’t bought in a year or so. last box of 50 i got was like 4$ and some change. I bought a gallon of paint yesterday 40FUKIN7 DOLLARS!! 86$ plywood 50$ paint 113$ for 50ft of 10ga electric wire.. nevermind food prices… oughta make “induhpindents day” real interesting this year.. I’ve been saying it for 13yrs now but I really wonder how long this can go on.. i didn’t think we would make it to now but here we are.. another 13yrs of this??? i ain’t got it in me. I’m way madder and more depressed now than I was then.. the system may not pop but I’m pretty sure I will.
.22 caliber ammo…
Well ar15 ammo is 22.
Article never said .22lr or rimmed. Just 22