How could ammo be made cheaper?

[evan price]

In the 80's there was a company that made all-plastic shotshell hulls- I htink they had a metal washer embedded in the rim to aid extraction. Can't remember the name right now, but I picked up a couple at the range back in the day because they looked different than the other hulls. Probably somewhere in my stuff at my folks' house.

 

[servantofinari]

NATEC makes a .223 PCA that doesn't seem to melt in the chanber and is very reliable.

 

[everallm]

The upside 40% weight reduction and a decrease in chamber heating due to the significantly worse thermal conductivity of high strength plastic versus metal.

The issue was the opposite, INCREASED chamber heating as the brass acts as a heat sink which on ejection gets rid.

 

[fireman 9731]

I think that the most expensive part of ammunition is the powder.

Cast lead bullets can be made for less than a penny a piece sometimes, Primers are just a few cents a piece, and brass can be reloaded several times....

Powder is my biggest cost as a reloader... make powder cheaper and then ammo will be cheaper.

 

[JohnKSa]

As a reloader, that's true. However, the REASON you're reloading is because it saves you the cost of the brass which is actually more than the powder.