Originally Posted by
Tom Myers
Tim,
Many years ago, when I driving an over the road semi, I hauled a load of copper coils into the Hornady Plant near Grand Island, Nebraska. At that time I was working for a small company that would occasionally have a hard time finding a return load form me so I was kept a portable reloading kit in my truck to pass the down time.
After the coils were unloaded, I asked the dock forman if I could look around a little. I really didn't think they would let someone just wander around and was surprised when he said "Wait a minute and I'll get someone to show you around the plant".
After a short wait, a pleasant young gentleman came down to the dock and offered to take me on a short tour of the plant floor. At that time I believe they were only just manufacturing bullets as all that I observed were the units swaging cores, drawing brass, swagging bullets, polishing and packing the finished product.
Needless to say, I was facinated and made the comment that I had, in the past, used Hornady bullets to reload my Dad's 270 Remington 700 and carried a reloading kit in my truck. My guide responded "Would you like a sample of what we are producing now?". After an enthusistic "Yes!", We moved on to the packaging section and he picked up a box of 130 gr 270 and a box of 150 gr RN 270 bullets, handed them to me and said something to the effect that "These are working well for everyone".
Although I do not recall if the young gentleman introduced himself, the deference shown to him by the employes on the plant floor, led me to beleive that he was the Son of Joyce Hornady???
That was one of the highlights of my 30 odd years of trucking and, to this day, I still have a partial box of 150 gr RN bullets with the "Hornady" lable.
So yes, I believe that Hornady does manufacture, at least the majority, of the products they sell.