Vista Ammunition Producers

[TimD]

follow this link and the many more that can be found on Google on this subject ...
https://www.ibtimes.com/political-ca...le-backing-gun

I wonder how much money he made? I would think firearm related stocks would go up when the anti-gun crowd causes panic buying. So why wouldn't the anti-gun rich invest millions in those companies. At the end of the day it is still all about money.

Vista's stock is up 230% over the past year according to CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/05/0...gs-report.html

[Burnt Fingers]

Something many people don't know.

Those "budget" 22 LR lines are primed by people in training. It takes a couple of years to become proficient in the process. That's why you can get ammo that doesn't go bang, it either missed being primed or was improperly primed.

Watch a video on the process. The person doing the priming is also the inspector. Ya try and keep as many people away from the priming area as possible. That stuff is sensitive.

[popper]

Primer compound for 22 is liquid, done by machine. FTF caused by shipping. Only QC on rimfire priming is done by test firing. Probably not very often.

[Burnt Fingers]

Primer compound for 22 is liquid, done by machine. FTF caused by shipping. Only QC on rimfire priming is done by test firing. Probably not very often.

I'll disagree. The liquid is the Ely method. Not all companies use it. There are videos out there showing how CCI and Federal make rimfire ammo.

[TimD]

I'll disagree. The liquid is the Ely method. Not all companies use it. There are videos out there showing how CCI and Federal make rimfire ammo.

CCI uses a method that requires drying. Not sure if it is the liquid process you are referring to...
https://youtu.be/_rCZHG_eEak?t=278

[popper]

Can be liquid or slurry primer mix. Has to be spun to get it out to the rim for rimfire. CCI makes a pellet, drops into case then spins (liquidizer added?) then dried. more accurate and safer than trying to drip a drop of mix into the case. Center fire primers probably make the same way without the spinning.
22 cases are probably made with OLD deep forming equipment, no/little PM on them. I have noticed the new cheap stuff won't fit and old 50s chamber. Guess new chambers opened up too.

[Burnt Fingers]

CCI uses a method that requires drying. Not sure if it is the liquid process you are referring to...
https://youtu.be/_rCZHG_eEak?t=278

Go back to 3:33 of that video to see how they do it. It's a pellet, of course it's wet when they work with it. Otherwise....BOOM.

[dtknowles]

Go back to 3:33 of that video to see how they do it. It's a pellet, of course it's wet when they work with it. Otherwise....BOOM.

Does not seem right to call something soft and wet a pellet. Technically I think it is a glob

glob
[ɡläb]
NOUN
informal
a lump of a semiliquid substance.