Primer manufacturing- Why not ?

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

On ammo prices. It's not that the factories are gouging you on the price of other than military style rifle and pistol ammo. It's the fact that making other calibres still ties up the basic somponents, ie; brass, primers, powder and the machinery to make it. When the supply of stuff like .308, .5.56 .45ACP, finaly catches up, the price on other calibres is going to drop as well.

In any case, the current price of ammo is an excellent reason to start reloading.
Lots of folks complain about the initial cost, but forget that once you have the basics, loading for other calibres is simply a matter of changing dies.

Oh by the way, if you are just dumping that 45-70 brass instead of reloading it, I would be happy to pay the postage if you want to send it to me

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[mhb]

have already been covered quite well. But there are at least two good reference books available which have more specific information useful to anyone contemplating such a venture:
"Principles and Practice of Loading Ammunition" , by Earl Naramore, and;
"Making Ammunition", which was and may still be available from the NRA Publications folks.
It is not a kitchen chemistry project. And your insurance company would certainly not be amused.
mhb - Mike