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