Has anyone ever used....

[BJPZOO]

one of these????
http://www.ammoload.com/

And if so are they expensive of difficult to use or change over to different calibers. Would this machine produce ammo good enough to sell?

Thanks for any info.

 

[Hazzard]

Are you planning on setting up a commercial reloading company? 5000 rnds/hr is plenty for that. For personal use, on the question of expensive, I'd say it would be way too expensive for personal use. They don't list prices that I found, but I'd say that 6-10k is not outrageous for the equipment shown. I'm kind of guessing here.

 

[ReloaderFred]

When I was rangemaster for our department in the late 1970's, I loaded about 60,000 rounds per year on an AmmoLoad machine. It's a good machine, but not suited to the individual reloader. I would imagine that today's price is probably closer to $20,000, since they were around $5,000+ then.

The changeover from one caliber to another would probably cost a couple hundred dollars, since it uses more than a 3 die set for each caliber, plus the other parts, like the shell slide bar, powder bushing, etc.

The company has changed hands several times since I used the machine. At that time, it was in the back of a boat shop in Newport Beach, CA.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[Sunray]

"...produce ammo good enough to sell?..." Yep, but you'd be looking at manufacturing licences, assorted local permits, etc, etc.

 

[BJPZOO]

Thanks for the input.