20nickels
01-18-2012, 04:16 PM
We all know about their reloading equipment but I was most interested in the heavy bullet making machinery and the process they used. If you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them. I recommend it if you are ever in the area.
It was quite the process from casting 300# ingots and then churning out lead wire at the needed diameter in a 700 ton press. The wire squirts out very hot. Jackets are cupped from large spooled sheets of copper and then sent to the rows and rows of large presses along with the cores cut from the spools of lead wire.
Big game mounts from all around the globe fill the main lobby and offices. Final stop takes you past Steve H's office where a .50 Cal. Browning rests on a tripod as a reminder to get back to work! My father enjoyed it as well.
It was quite the process from casting 300# ingots and then churning out lead wire at the needed diameter in a 700 ton press. The wire squirts out very hot. Jackets are cupped from large spooled sheets of copper and then sent to the rows and rows of large presses along with the cores cut from the spools of lead wire.
Big game mounts from all around the globe fill the main lobby and offices. Final stop takes you past Steve H's office where a .50 Cal. Browning rests on a tripod as a reminder to get back to work! My father enjoyed it as well.