How to make primers?

[CQB45ACP]

Context. To me it sounded like they have spent 100 million since they started in 2013.
I work at a cheese plant where they have spent about 2.2 billion on that place since it was built from a hole in the ground in 2006. The last expansion was 220 million.
Another company I know pretty well spent a billion getting an old closed down tire plant reopened and modernized making tires again.
Stuff is expensive, so 100 million is completely within the realm of possibility.

That’s a lot of cheese!

I read it differently. The $100 mil is mentioned in the context of and for the new venture and location. And this is no large established company.

I know things are expensive and I also know stinky cheese when I smell it.

We’ll see.

 

[N555]

The market is primed for a new primer manufacturer. If they are going to do it now is the time

 

[CQB45ACP]

The market is primed for a new primer manufacturer. If they are going to do it now is the time

Hope so. If I had $100 million, I’d buy the Argentine primer company.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Correct, I am part of a team. If you are opening a manufacturing facility, you are going to need talented team members.
This is old technology. There is nothing new and revolutionary in making primers. A lot of attention to detail in order to hit the tolerances, yes, and care in handling the explosive material, yes, but the actual processes are 150 years old.

If I were charged with putting together a manufacturing facility that made primers, I know the appropriate talented people that could do it on a first name basis. Machine operators, tool & die makers, production managers, schedulers, buyers, etc. I would need to find someone that could handle the explosive details and regulations, but those are all known and documented. This would take time and a lot of money, sure. If I won the Powerball, I still wouldn't do it. But that doesn't mean it can't be done. Time and money can solve a lot of problems people think are impossible.

And money can often solve time. Covid vaccines for example.

Not weighing in on whether you personally could or not, but I’d say for sure an Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, or Bill Gates-type could start producing primers more quickly than any of the current ammunition CEOs. The former are unencumbered by tradition the latter are bound by it.