I trust the Border Patrol completely; however, I took in the possibility that they used a stock photo/s, or that the full load caught as not being displayed.
IOW, I find it difficult to believe there are 10k parts in the above picture. To even come close, each of those thirty-two, 1/2 liter sandwhich bags would need to have 312.5 parts inside and be valued at $4062.50. Nope....
I could suppose that is the full haul and each bag has 312.5 parts each and are valued at $4062.50, which would value each part at roughly $13.00/part. One could probably fit that many roll pins in a baggy, but who would pay upwards of $20.00 (markup minus s&h) for a roll pin? And how are extra-expensive roll pins a threat to our national security? Simply put, they're not.
What I also doubt is that those are DIASs, or anything closely related to stirring up shut by the Chi-Coms. Again, DIASs take milling the lower -- a lot of milling for the average individual.
Somewhere ITT it was suggested this being a local FFL or gunsmithing enthusiast gaming their customers with knockoff parts, which is far more likely an explanation.
Lastly, I was thinking St. Louis, not Louisville.
I trust the Border Patrol completely; however, I took in the possibility that they used a stock photo/s, or that the full load caught as not being displayed.
IOW, I find it difficult to believe there are 10k parts in the above picture. To even come close, each of those thirty-two, 1/2 liter sandwhich bags would need to have 312.5 parts inside and be valued at $4062.50. Nope....
I could suppose that is the full haul and each bag has 312.5 parts each and are valued at $4062.50, which would value each part at roughly $13.00/part. One could probably fit that many roll pins in a baggy, but who would pay upwards of $20.00 (markup minus s&h) for a roll pin? And how are extra-expensive roll pins a threat to our national security? Simply put, they're not.
What I also doubt is that those are DIASs, or anything closely related to stirring up shut by the Chi-Coms. Again, DIASs take milling the lower -- a lot of milling for the average individual.
Somewhere ITT it was suggested it being a local FFL or gunsmithing enthusiast gaming their customers with knockoff parts, which is far more likely an explanation.
Lastly, I was thinking St. Louis, not Louisville.