I am looking into forming an ammo manufacturing company. $ requirements?

[Iftikhar]

Can help in manufacturing

Hi there,
I have more than 22 years ofsmall arms ammunition manufacturing experience. Have visited numerous production facilities and even have access to technical know how to manufacture small arms ammunition. Please contact ASAP.

 

[hang fire]

And by "manufacturing" I mean not buying components and assembling them, I mean making the cases and bullets themselves, from base metal components.

This means a need for serious heavy equipment.

What kind of $ investment are we talking about here?

Investors may be involved.

The only place that I've found with a real equipment list for this is Prvi Partisan, and I've emailed them for more details.

http://www.prvipartizan.com/machines.php

PPA - 031 Machine for cartridge case drawing
PPA - 051 Machine for cartridge case trimming
PPA - 061 Machine for case indenting and heading
PPA - 091 Machine for firing holes piercing
PPA - 081 Horizontal press for necking
PPA - 381 Machine for visual inspection of cartridge case
PPA - 101 Machine for grooving and cutting
PPA - 111 Machine for dimensional inspection of cartridge case
PPA - 431 Machine for induction annealing of cartridge case mouth
PPA - 461 Machine for visual inspection and varnishing of case
PPA - 131 Machine for priming and varnishing
PPA - 332 Machine for lead core manufacturing
PPA - 521 Machine for bullet assembling
PPA - 351 Machine for bullet grooving
PPA - 361 Machine for bullet size control
PPA - 371 Machine for bullet weight control
PPA - 511 Polishing drum
PPA - 541 Machine for cartridge assembling
PPA - 531 Machine for visual inspection of cartridge
PPA - 671 Machine for weight control of micro packing

One word will come to have great meaning as to costs: insurance.

 

[MetalMan52]

ammo

I do not think that you fully understand the task you are inquiring about. All you have listed is machinery. Each piece of machinery will require tooling such as punches and dies and in many cases multiple sets of dies and punches as cartridge cases and bullet jackets are not formed in one operation. Drawing operations require lubrication, collection systems, testing equipment, ect, ect.
All of that tooling has to be duplicated for each caliber or in the case of bullets each bullet weight.
I also don't see any wages or benefits for the considerable staff that you will need to operate this facility.
Best of luck to you but make sure you fully understand what you are getting into

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I do not think that you fully understand the task you are inquiring about. All you have listed is machinery. Each piece of machinery will require tooling such as punches and dies and in many cases multiple sets of dies and punches as cartridge cases and bullet jackets are not formed in one operation. Drawing operations require lubrication, collection systems, testing equipment, ect, ect.
All of that tooling has to be duplicated for each caliber or in the case of bullets each bullet weight.
I also don't see any wages or benefits for the considerable staff that you will need to operate this facility.
Best of luck to you but make sure you fully understand what you are getting into

Yes, there is a ton to consider, that's why back in Post #15 I said:

You should be talking to lawyers, investment bankers and people who are currently in manufacturing, not people on a shooting forum. All you will get here is speculation from people who thing they have an idea of what's involved in starting a multimillion dollar ammunition manufacturing company.

You have gotten some good advice here but nothing compared to what the people who are in the business can tell you and where they can lead you.

 

[medalguy]

I was in a non-gun related manufacturing business for over 25 years. One statement I heard one time regarding a hopeful competitor comes to mind: Just because you own presses doesn't mean you're a press operator.

One important thing to keep in mind is finding experienced employees in your chosen field. You can't just hire a couple of guys and expect them to operate, let alone maintain, complex manufacturing equipment. You would require people who are intimately familiar with the equipment and know exactly how it operates, and they should have experience with the exact kind of tooling you will be running in that equipment.

Good luck.