I might be wrong but that looks like Novx ammo.
Besides the added cost of manufacture (machining of one piece of SS and attaching a second piece in how many operations vs a stamped brass tube) and the special dies, after repeated firings and reloadings will the two parts stay together? Advertising says the two piece cases last longer than brass cases, but I have gotten 9-10 reloads out of my 9mm SD ammo brass before I lose them, or lose count...
The case heads are nickel plated aluminum and the bodies are stainless. They are held together by a extrusion of the body passing through the primer hole and locking the two together. The big difference in their dies is that the case isn't pulled out of the die by the rim but pushed out from inside pressureAre the NAS cases stainless steel? The reloading dies are a bit pricey, but if you can pick them up with a magnet and reload them more times than normal it might be worth it.
Who said the cases were machined?
Shell Shock cases are less expensive than brass cases.
https://www.shellshocktechnologies.com/product-category/cases-reloading-tools/
Well, they weren't made and assembled by hand. The bases were probably made on a machine (multi-spindle screw machine?) and the case body was probably made on a different machine (a punch type forming machine). And the two pieces were probably assembled on third machine. At least 3 production lines, three operations with inspections after each step. Sounds to me that they would be pretty expensive to make...Who said the cases were machined?
Shell Shock cases are less expensive than brass cases.
https://www.shellshocktechnologies.com/product-category/cases-reloading-tools/
Sounds to me that they would be pretty expensive to make...
Not a Business Major, but there are lots of reasons other than manufacturing to determine an item's retail price. One common method, is selling at a near loss to get something out in the market. I worked for a company manufacturing motion picture and theater lighting systems and they were barely out of the red for the first 4 years. They got their product out in the business and soon more people were familiar with the product, sales soon increased 200%. "New Idea" product? Sell cheap to flood the market and become known. Raw material costs are a big part of product costs and brass is more expensive than stainless steel. It is totally illogical to assume an item made of three pieces of a more difficult material to machine/produce is going to be less expensive than a product made from an easily formed common material of a product that has been mass produced for over 100 years.They are obviously not expensive to make, hence their low price.
Not a Business Major, but there are lots of reasons other than manufacturing to determine an item's retail price. One common method, is selling at a near loss to get something out in the market. I worked for a company manufacturing motion picture and theater lighting systems and they were barely out of the red for the first 4 years. They got their product out in the business and soon more people were familiar with the product, sales soon increased 200%. "New Idea" product? Sell cheap to flood the market and become known. Raw material costs are a big part of product costs and brass is more expensive than stainless steel. It is totally illogical to assume an item made of three pieces of a more difficult material to machine/produce is going to be less expensive than a product made from an easily formed common material of a product that has been mass produced for over 100 years.
I'm done...