Reloading your own ammo can be a very rewarding hobby. For accuracy, properly hand-loaded ammo will usually perform better than most commercially available match-grade ammo. Sometimes, it’s even cheaper to reload. However, it isn’t really a skill/trade to hang your family’s survival on.
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Is there anyone who makes their own ammo? Not just reload but make every component?
Does anyone know how Jstark made his 9mm ammo in his house in Germany? He helped design the FGC 3D plastic printed gun that citizen turned insurgence freedom fighters are using in Myanmar. There using the FGC to help them at least supply a pistol carbine to those that would otherwise not have any weapon to fight back against the government during the ongoing post coup civil war over there.
There was a documentary put out shortly before Kstark passed away, and they mentioned in the documentary that he makes ammo in his house, but they did not go into great detail as to how.
I think it would be interesting to also understand how they are producing ammo in Myanmar. I hope they figured out a home grown solution and are not having to rely on imported supplies. Could be some valuable lesson learned from this conflict.
Thanks
I buy ammo and I reload, best of both worlds.
First, your contempt for "preppers" is very evident. Why don't you just say you think they're ridiculous?
You're ignorant, and that makes you short sighted. You're too selfassured in your own (flawed) knowledge, and that makes you confident in your ignorance. This is a dangerous combination. Maybe not in regard to reloading but in general this will eventually hurt you.
I can (and have) made black powder from scratch. I can and have "reloaded" primers (it's not hard). I can make #10 and #11 precussion caps from scratch. I have a shotgun and an adapter that will allow me to reload it indefinately (with black powder). Reloading smokelss powder isn't very different, the only hurdle is making the smokeless powder (which I haven't done…yet).
Point 1: Reloading commercial ammo is like step 1 in the process of learning to be self-sufficient in reloading commercial smokeless ammo (not that I intend to do that). But here's the rub…
Point 2: If I reload (and I'm pretty good at it and store the appropriate supplies) I have 3 times the ammo I have stored at a minimum.
Point 3: There is no downside to learning a new skill.
I've invested in 5.56 and havent shot much yet. Should I sell it all and switch to 308?
The SHTF theory doesnt really hold up, after a gun fight are you really going to stick around to pick up brass? No I'd even be hesitent to loot the dead after a gun fight. I would fight and dip. I am learning to reload for the fun of learning and what I shoot the range ammo os cheaper to buy then it is to reload but hunting/varmit ammo is cheaper to assemble your self so what I reload is for hunting and if it is cheaper to assemble plinking ammo I will start buying my plinking projectiles.
I need to get me one of these football guns…
Hahaha sissy 556 he says that's a badass round
You're making it sound like the Zombie thing is a thing where zombies are running around. Unfortunately, you are definitely not looking at the disgusting way the elite work. There will be civil unrest throughout the world. There will be no ammunition available to purchase. Then making your own rounds will be impossible.
If you don't believe in fate, that's fine but if you believe in the movie called "The Road" that is the Zombie Apocalypse you mistook as a senseless
What are the dangers of shooting a bullet made incorrectly? Could it explode on you ?
An even more logical thing to do is to stockpile .22 blanks from home depot (100 for $22) and load em with ball bearings or pellets. Those suckers bang louder than the ones with a bullet. Idk if that means anything but id assume blanks wouldnt sound as loud as nons. In a "survival" scenario, they will do the job. Just because its a smaller cal doesnt mean its non lethal. Just make sure your headshot game is on point otherwise it might take another few shots to take down your neighbor Jeff for trying to fvck your wife. Not to mention the fact that you can store MUCH more ammo than you can if you have 4 times the space of it in the form of unassembled bullet parts and even purchased and ready bullets.
ay man wtf, leave my 5.56 alone lmao it's my first gun
Get on my level: I'm hand-loading ammo because I can't buy it legally.
This guy read my mind because the reason I’m here is to figure out how to make ammo for the apocalypse.
Actually making bullets in a post apocalypse era is very realistic. It comes down to acquiring sulfur since sulfur comes from volcanoes. You can also make sulfur in a lesser form but to say it is not realistic is just not really realistic. Why did the people of the past fight so hard to obtain black powder?
Ohh I got u, it's cheaper to buy
is he an oregon guy? i see that nosller
In a survival situation, you want to make sure to loot the dead
Makes a lot more sense for post SHTF Prepping
If you got a forge make your own bullet tips less money spent
Too much talking not enough doing
The best idea is buying and stockpiling ammo. keep 100 boxes of 100 for each weapon size in a cool dry place preferably not known to anyone. If you have 2 or 3 different weapons it will last you well into the Apocalypse.
Gonna start reloading in November 2022?
That first round will cost most of a thousand dollars. And the rounds after that close to retail. And it will take you about 3 thousand rounds to break even on initial expense.
The time reloading is just part of the time investment. Ask someone who reloads how long they looked for primers in the past 2 years.
And then there are the people that can't follow instructions or read a manual. Hey, if they want to blow up a gun right in front of their face that's fine with me.
misleading title.
You are a good guy. Thanks for the video. End to end the survivalists are talking about the entire engineering process. Also worthwhile adventures are complex and hard. You are right you are just an assembler but that is not the point they made. It does hold water.
I'm new to this, but I found the shade against 5.56 right off the bat funny. That's all I know. haha
Thanks Ranger Buddy! This was Hella Helpful, and thank you for your honest advice on the absolute need to reload vs buy… you're right, knowledge is power!
The problem I have when I clean the brass, is that there is always some corn cob stuck in the flash hole. How do you deal with that problem? Why don’t you do a video about what happens when you reload a rifle round and tumbling media remains/lodged in the brass. How it effects pressure, accuracy, and how likely it is to blow up the gun. You make awesome videos and I'm most grateful for all the work you do.
Very good point bringing up assembling ammunition vs making it from scratch. The hardest part is going to be making the casings from melted brass and steel above all.
But none of this is rocket science. Learn how to smelt, learn how to metal mold/copycat brass etc. learn how to make primary and secondary explosives. Improvising with stuff like tinfoil for blasting caps does work. There are plenty of videos online on how to do this. Black powder does work. Not the best but it's easy to make.
But this is why I like the shotgun… Much easier to work with…
i really wanna learn how to make my own ammo, so i can protect my family and the farm im gonna created, cause when SHTF ya gonna need all the protection you need
its best to start now before congress makes things worst
This guy just saved me SO MUCH MONEY
Thank you for helping me save my money and, even more importantly, my time. I will stick with store-bought for now.
Something tells me you are telling us this so that you end up being the only post-apocalypse ammo merchant. lol
how about, reloading in a scarce of bullets situation lol.
for the survival argument you can manufacture your own primers and bullets and even powder you would move off smokeless to black powder for cost and ease but a part of reason of manfacturing anything is taking less tecnicall larger raw materials and converting it to smaller advanced materials thats why a table costs more then the boards to make the table
I reload and I have stashed a lot of ammo for my firearms. I think it is a good thing to learn my 2cents
I rather go fishing than reload ammo. Fishing is the cheapest hobby you can ever have.