How 22.LR is made

[Kosciusko]

I don't recall seeing this before:

If you watch the video, it becomes obvious why manufacturers can't double production overnight to ease the ammo crunch we are all experiencing.

expensive precision equipment that only runs so fast and must be maintained in peak condition, coupled with skilled  people handling explosive compounds who should not, and cannot work 16 hour days.  It's   far more labor intensive than I had thought.  More so than centerfire ammo production.

part 1 is basic production

.22Long Rifle Ammunition Manufacture (Part 1 of 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvK9QlQtrKI


part 2 is specialty .22LR

.22Long Rifle Ammunition Manufacture (Part 2 of 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdNkfTS0lOQ

[Unbridled Liberty]

Very cool.  Thanks for posting.

UL

[Hinermad]

Thanks! I always wondered how they got the primer into the rim without having to stamp it later.

I think it's funny that the name of the engineer at the beginning of the first video is Olin. (Olin Corporation makes Winchester ammo.)

Dave

[JOEMORGAN]

Thanks for the post Kos....very informative 

[DEH]

After looking at that, I would say that we don't want them to speed up production.  If they speed up production, then quality control goes down.

I wonder what the lead levels of the employees are?  Lead in the bullets, lead in the brass, lead in the primer and nobody wearing masks.

[Kosciusko]

After looking at that, I would say that we don't want them to speed up production.  If they speed up production, then quality control goes down.

I wonder what the lead levels of the employees are?  Lead in the bullets, lead in the brass, lead in the primer and nobody wearing masks.

with OSHA and everything else, I'm betting they get a blood test every other week, or even on demand.    It's not something you want to mess with.

[Hinermad]

with OSHA and everything else, I'm betting they get a blood test every other week, or even on demand.    It's not something you want to mess with.

With proper ventilation systems airborne lead can be removed and controlled, and proper hand washing after leaving one's work station will remove lead from the skin. I've worked in electronics manufacturing for <mumble> decades and we've been dealing with those issues successfully for all that time. Lead is a pretty well understood hazard, and anybody who's manufacturing ammunition understands the importance of following safety procedures every time. The trap the QC inspector was firing into is probably as much to contain toxic dust as it is to catch bullets.

Dave