Reply #14: pre-68 bring backs

[one-eyed fat man]

Any of the 7.62x39 caliber weapons brought back from Viet Nam had an ammunition problem until the late 70's and early 80's. Ammunition was pretty much not available on the civilian market, either foreign MILSURP or domestic manufacture. It took the initial flood of Norinco AK clones and ammo to change that.

Lake City arsenal, did produce ammo for the DoD prior to that, but unless you were on active duty and had a need to familiarize or qualify with Combloc weapons you likely never saw it.