Saturday Movies: An Inside Look at Modern Ammunition Factories

March 4, 2023Saturday Movies – Inside Look at Modern Ammunition Factories. While many AccurateShooter.com users load their own ammunition for competition centerfire rifles, we still need factory ammunition for our rimfire rifles, in.17 or.22 calibers. Today’s video collection shows the state-of-the art ammunition factories in Europe as well as the United States. This is how most of the 60 million American handgun owners rely. These videos show the production of Lapua.22 LR ammunition. You also get to see excellent centerfire ammunition made by Norma Remington, Sellier & Bellot, and other makers. You can see primers being made, brass being annealed and bullets being jacketed. Tips being inserted. This video covers every stage of production. You can also see the testing and weighing procedures. This 11.5-minute video shows modern ammunition production in multiple facilities in Europe. You can see bullets being produced from start-to-finish, starting with lead smelting. Next, watch as rifle and pistol cartridges are manufactured on modern, computer-controlled assembly line. You can watch the entire process from start to finish. Here are some highlights:00:10 — Billet Caster and Lead Melting Pots
01:20 — Lead is made into strings, then into bullets

01:50 — Machine feeds brass alloy sheets into the machine, which is then punched (2.10-2.35).

03:35 — Lead pistol cores being produced

04:15 — Pistol ammo being packaged

06:15 — Ammo loaded onto belts

07:15 — Primers are being loaded into brass (second factory)

07:20 — Bullets are being seated into rifle ammunition

07:32 — Cartridge case neck treatment

07:42 — Robot arm loads cartridges into boxes

08:04 — Cups being press (Third Factory S&B).

08:45 — Cartridge case draw

09:06 — Priming pistol cases

09:20 — Bullet production & weight control (10:02).

10:08 — Cartridge assembly, cartridge sealing (10:38).

11:00 — Pistol ammo packagingLapua Rimfire Ammunition Production in Germany This video shows Lapua rimfire ammo production in Sch?nebeck, Germany. The video shows the production and packaging of the excellent X-ACT.22 LR ammunition. The video begins at 1:06 and shows the ammo being checked with advanced scanning machines. At the 1:16 mark, you can see the ammunition accuracy-tested in a tunnel. The results are displayed on a computer screen (1/27).Norma Ammunition Production, Sweden. In this video, EIC Iain Harrison, a RecoilTV team, travels to Sweden to visit the Norma ammunition manufacturing plant in Huvudentr?. The demand for Norma ammunition has increased dramatically. A Norma marketing manager points out that production has increased by two-thirds in the past three years. This second Norma ammunition video shows close-ups and machinery used to produce centerfire ammo. This video was shot at the Norma factory, in?motfors (Sweden), which has been continuously operating for more than 120 years. One of the highlights is a sequence that shows how polymer bullet tips can be inserted. See the 6:50 time mark. Sellier & Bellot Ammunition Factory, Czech Republic Larry Vickers from Vickers Tactical takes a tour of a Sellier & Bellot ammunition factory in the Czech Republic. This video shows details of primer production as well as bullet-making, brass-making, and production-line cartridge manufacturing.Remington Ammunition Plant Re-Opened by Vista Outdoors This video shows ammo production at the re-opened Remington ammunition plant in Lonoke, Arkansas. Mark Keefe is the NRA Publications editorial Director. He said, “This is one the largest ammunition manufacturing facilities in the world.” It was established by DuPont, Remington’s owner at the time. They do it all here. They have cases, bullets and centerfire rifles, centerfire pistols, rimfires, shotshells, and centerfire rifles. It was great to see the plant back in production after Remington Ammunition filed bankruptcy in 2020. The assets of Remington Conglomerate were also auctioned. Vista Outdoor, the owner of Federal, CCI, and Speer, bought Remington Ammunition’s assets and made the Lonoke plant run again.

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