Interesting gun channel….

[JackBootedThug]

I spent two years as the lead man of the finishing department for a major firearms manufacturer. I never wore a suit to work. Amazing how times have changed. Funny thing is, some of that equipment is still used while with other things it’s completely automated with cnc. Many parts being cast versus filed by hand. The actual polishing has not changed any since then. Basically identical process. At least when I was involved with in the early 90’s. You had tons of guys sitting there busting out parts as fast as they could all day long. Identical equipment to what they use in the video.

 

[Monkey Man]

Moved to Hobbies to join all the other gun threads my brudda.

 

[JTyson]

There is some logic to the old ways, I see that in the reloading world. I run Redding Competition dies to make Match grade rounds, but found that the old school arbor press dies provide superior concentricity compared to the dies that fit in the current presses that are really popular, and have some other advantages too. Seating the bullet perfectly aligned all the way through the process is nearly impossible with most current thread-in dies. The result is neck tension that becomes a variable you can't get rid of. Accuracy in Match rounds is all about removing variables so each bullet is the same.
The end result is I'm buying more shit I could have gotten in the first place had I known

 

[VonBonfire]

There is some logic to the old ways, I see that in the reloading world. I run Redding Competition dies to make Match grade rounds, but found that the old school arbor press dies provide superior concentricity compared to the dies that fit in the current presses that are really popular, and have some other advantages too. Seating the bullet perfectly aligned all the way through the process is nearly impossible with most current thread-in dies. The result is neck tension that becomes a variable you can't get rid of. Accuracy in Match rounds is all about removing variables so each bullet is the same.
The end result is I'm buying more shit I could have gotten in the first place had I known

Reloading gear is a bottomless pit with which you can dump cash. Not to mention casting and lubesizing which is a whole other place to dump cash. I ditched necked rifle cases and just do straight wall pistol stuff on the ol' Lee Anniversary press. I hate case prep.

 

[JTyson]

I hate case prep too, but its a necessary evil to make good consistent rounds, and you end up with rounds far more accurate than you can buy off the shelf once you have all the data

 

[VonBonfire]

I hate case prep too, but its a necessary evil to make good consistent rounds, and you end up with rounds far more accurate than you can buy off the shelf once you have all the data

Case prepping necked cases to shoot in an auto was too much hassle so I went with cheap steel case and a combloc weapon. Then they shut off the flow of cheap russian steel case ammo. I guess I should've went with an AR but things were different in 2011-2012 in terms of pricing. I turned down a lot of $40 Spike's tactical receivers knowing that if I bought one I'd have 2k into it before I was finished.