MagnumDweeb
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Two years ago most of us wouldn't have thought that 9mm would be more than ten bucks a box of 50rds, shoot three yeards ago they were like seven bucks a box, don't see that going back down soon. I've got 4k plus 9mm reloadable brass(inspected it before tossing it into the storage tub) and got ton of powder for pistol and 5k+ primers. A bunch of buddies of mine have offered me 25 cents a round (here it retails for between 30 and forty cents a round) and to supply the brass. Of course of legal CYA I'm not going to do it, I'll show them what equipment I've got, let them watch, but not going to teach them in case they do something foolish.
But I'm an NRA certified pistol instructor at a gun shop now, and we have ammo in stock (it's gone within forty eighty hours, watched an old boy buy thirty boxes of .45 ACP at forty seven cents a round, and he didn't even flinch, and the last ten went in two purchasess), but we also got folks coming in desperate for ammo, and one got to talking with me after I told them about the classes to qualify for their CWP, and they talked about having a ton of brass and not knowing what to do with it. The owner had talked about getting into ammo manufacturing but he's resistant because of the whole, people wanting to know about the quality of your product. He's looking into getting the Ammo FFL for it, and I know a couple of servicemen desperately looking for jobs, and I can do quality control with a digital scale like I do for myself, have fired three hundred of my own in 9mm and not had single problem, granted I've loaded them light to moderate. The idea would be to get the servicemen some jobs as reloading monkeys, just working a turret press and getting between 150 and 200 rounds made per hour. Most people throw away their brass still and if they knew they could pay between 20 and 25 cents around if they brought their brass and it was reloadable, would they.
I mean most of us would rather roll our own, but I've seen laymens at Walmarts desperate for ammo and disheartened not to get any. Plus after a few quality bags of bullets, they might want to get into reloading on their own. Just some thoughts. I'm reloading .223 at twenty cents a round buying straight from retail, with the owner and some whoelsale buying I could probably get that down a bit more. Also I do .45 ACP, .44 Magnum, and .357 Magnum for myself.
Just some thoughts, how about yours.
But I'm an NRA certified pistol instructor at a gun shop now, and we have ammo in stock (it's gone within forty eighty hours, watched an old boy buy thirty boxes of .45 ACP at forty seven cents a round, and he didn't even flinch, and the last ten went in two purchasess), but we also got folks coming in desperate for ammo, and one got to talking with me after I told them about the classes to qualify for their CWP, and they talked about having a ton of brass and not knowing what to do with it. The owner had talked about getting into ammo manufacturing but he's resistant because of the whole, people wanting to know about the quality of your product. He's looking into getting the Ammo FFL for it, and I know a couple of servicemen desperately looking for jobs, and I can do quality control with a digital scale like I do for myself, have fired three hundred of my own in 9mm and not had single problem, granted I've loaded them light to moderate. The idea would be to get the servicemen some jobs as reloading monkeys, just working a turret press and getting between 150 and 200 rounds made per hour. Most people throw away their brass still and if they knew they could pay between 20 and 25 cents around if they brought their brass and it was reloadable, would they.
I mean most of us would rather roll our own, but I've seen laymens at Walmarts desperate for ammo and disheartened not to get any. Plus after a few quality bags of bullets, they might want to get into reloading on their own. Just some thoughts. I'm reloading .223 at twenty cents a round buying straight from retail, with the owner and some whoelsale buying I could probably get that down a bit more. Also I do .45 ACP, .44 Magnum, and .357 Magnum for myself.
Just some thoughts, how about yours.
