Posted on 03/25/2010 4:48:38 AM PDT by marktwain
Oh yeah man, all that reloaded brass has really been a problem. Haven't you noticed?
)Oh, that's something new. I didn't know you had to be authorized to reload ammo.
Get that?
They want to make sure this brass is never used against a government agent.
Moreover,
They want to make sure that no citizen is able to defend themselves against a government agent.
ATK are a bunch of government-sucking, anti-competitive a$$****s who are selling out gun owners. They should be boycotted.
That means to AVOID BUYING “FEDERAL”-branded cartridges.
Unauthorized users? UNAUTHORIZED USERS?? We owned the damn stuff while we were letting THEM use it!
I load 19 different rounds/calibers.
Something about this story doesn’t compute.
Isn’t there an ammo manufacturer in Georgia that is a heavy user of cartidge cases?
We should chekc with them.
I think that company is called Georgia Arms.
Waaaay too many for me.
I’ve reloaded about twelve different cartridges over the years, but now I’m back to the basics.
I finally ditches 357SIG (poorly designed cartridge) and I no longer reload .30-30 or .270 Win for hunting.
Now, it’s just 9mm, .40SW, .45ACP and 5.56mm.
Although, I might buy another .357 magnum and return to handloading for it.
And my Dillon XL650 makes 500rnds in about 2 hours, including setup and prep ;)
Black Hills?
I’ve been loading over 30yrs, still using single stage. I’d find a gun with a good price, in a caliber I didn’t have, then get it just to experiment with the round. The only one I’m not to crazy about is the .32mag. The .32-20 will do everything it will do and then some, but it’s still fun.
“ATK produces a number of “civilian” ammunition products (Blazer, CCI, Federal, Speer, etc.). Perhaps we should help those subsidiaries to become less profitable.”
They also own RCBS - one of the largest RELOADING supply companies. On hold with them now over this.
Yep, scratch RCBS off the shopping list until/unless this is resolved.
“Yep, scratch RCBS off the shopping list until/unless this is resolved.”
RCBS was just made aware this morning. I was told their GM was very interested in it.
“RCBS was just made aware this morning. I was told their GM was very interested in it.”
Calling Alliant Powder now.
Hasn't been for some time.
I prefer the first solution, it keeps the money "at home" as it were, rather than allowing it to be spent on health care for Welfare Queens.
The article says it goes back to the foundries were ATK buys their metal from. Presumably it in effect gets turned into brand new cases.
What I can't figure out is why the military doesn't have it reloaded and the marked as "Training only". Most of it is generated that way in the first place. That way the military would get the benefit of reloading savings. They need all the budget help they can get these days.
Only if it is 20mm or larger. :)
I guess you'd have to be authorized for the Russian 14.5 mm too, since that is over .50 caliber too.
The Ft. Irwin document is dated July 2008. No date that I could find on the other one. Is it possible that these are from the "must demill" period?
One statement makes me think it might be. In the "ATK Overview of Brass Solicitation" they talk about DOD416021M1 requiring the demilling of ammo. But we know that requirement was changed (by changing the categorizatoin of fired cases to one not requiring demilling. Still, even if it was, I'm none too happy about the "authorized users" and "non-military purposes"
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