In high school I thought all the smart engineers worked for NASA, now I'm thinking they design this stuff. Gotta be tough to be creative while also maximizing for efficiency.
@@wheezzl RUAG has the advantage that they produce the "official" ammo for our assault rifles. The dimensions of the GP90 fpr example are very particular, not 5.56mm but 5.6mm
@@tommasomorandini1982 That's not actually true as far as I know, it's just called a 5.6, but it's the same as a 5.56, just a different load: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.56%C3%9745mm_NATO#5.6mm_Gw_Pat_90
Bought some of their 9mm and the warning label is funny because it says "Keep out of reach of children and incompetent people" have never seen a warning label say to keep away from incompetent people.
Never had an ammo failure from S&B. Not the most accurate but super reliable which I like more then accuracy because honestly for precision you should be hand loading for your specific gun which for me isn’t a priority.
S&B is the brand wich I trust the most. It`s cheap, precision is good , leaves not much dirt in the guns and the reliablity is amazing. I never had a single malefunction with this ammo (9x19, 308, 223, 357). Love you guys
@@Apolloneek www.frankonia.de/schiesssport/langwaffen/buechsen/Artikel.html?lastSelected=f_s_kategorie Here is a brief overview over the shooting sport rifle section of a rather large retailer in germany.
I love tour videos of firearms facilities. The insight of how things are made, and how different plants/factories does things slightly different is really cool. Hopefully by showing this it will entice more people to pursue work in the firearms industry which is quite shrouded compared to most other industries which require similar skills. And another bonus is the general openness it give the public and breaks this modern taboo around firearms that we've gotten more and more of. It's just skilled workers, machines and metals that makes a gun, not some evil voodoo that creates them from the shadows.
Having bought some of this ammo I cannot complain from shotgun shells to handgun rounds very satisfied with it. Awesome video Larry thank you. Love all the gun reviews and testing but especially love these types of videos where the general public gets to see this type of stuff.
I have fired a LOT of S&B ammo of differing calibers and shotshells, too, and I have NEVER suffered a single difficulty of any sort. I just wish I had the cashola to be able to shoot nothing but factory fodder. But, besides the efforts required, MY reloads work with nary a problem either. You'd make an old guy VERY happy by sending me a rail car load of each caliber you manufacture. PLEASE?!? LOL Thank you, LV and S&B for the informative tour of the plant.
Yeah, most amazing part of that whole process was recognizing Mr. Vickers. Holy shit! You've lost some weight, buddy! You're really looking younger and more fit. I know you don't do it for us but congrats!
Larry, thanks for the video, just spent the day reloading and then saw this video, karma at work. You’re looking good these days, Time to ruck up and getter done again!!
I have many antique and Curios & relic firearms, and am so pleased to have purchased, and shot, Sellier&Bellot ammunition. I consider it to be Match Grade. Especially appreciated! Thank you for this wonderful video! Some ammunition is quite rare and hard to find. Soft point for game hunting, in 7.62x54r, and 7.65x53mm Argentine Mauser, are a couple. Also, love their .303 British, which I fire in my Fazackerly Enfield No.4, Mk1/* of 5/43, in it's Walnut stock.
I used S&B while hunting in Germany and the CZ Republic for 12 years exclusively for three reasons: 1st accuracy 2d Reliability 3d Germans over charged for GECO, RWS and Norma and if you wanted to buy American made ammunition for hunting over there it was also overpriced. I shot 7x57, 7x64, 30-06, 308 Winchester 8x57JS, 8x64 and 9.3X62 All great rounds and S&B loaded them all!
The crazy part to this is for all the automated processes, the most important component (the primer) is made by hand by a guy rubbing priming compound manually into a tray of primer cups.
I tell ya, seeing all that it takes to make these rounds start to finish makes the price for ammo justifiable. There's s a lot that goes into making good quality ammo. Also, looking good Larry! Good for you!
Had a case rupture in my Rossi 357. Ejected half of the casing. Didn’t realize until we tried to load the next round and it wouldn’t load. Looked at the brass on the ground and found that half of a casing, looked in the chamber and could see the rest of it stuck in there. Never had an issue with any other 357 ammo. Sorry but I’ll never buy S&B ammo again. So far I won’t buy S&B or PMC. Had a 300Blk round in a box of 223 with the PMC. Haven’t had any issues with Federal, AE, Blazer, Winchester, Fiocchi or Armscor USA which are my main go to ammo manufacturers. By the way Larry your looking great! Keep up the good work!
I guess they don’t want to give away any trade secrets or anything. It would be more interesting to know some details. How thick the initial roll of brass sheet is, What thickness they draw down to, what the annealing process is, what temperature, etc. there is just a quick little statement about everything without much context. The show how it’s made should do,an episode.
Really cool process. I think we would all like to have a mini plant like that in our garage. They sure seem to care about the quality of their product.
I once was given a lot of Sellier Bellot primers to test here in the UK, i was skeptical as i had not heard of the brand many years ago, after testing i was delighted with them and said i would take an order for my F Class shooting, problem was they never got any more but to let you know their products seem to be top shelf
Always liked S&B's brass for .223. I'd even buy S&B milsurp, pull the bullets, do the usual benchrest additional steps, and in the end, best results of any brand. That's some tough stuff!
I use S+B ammunition in my 7x64. It's giving 20mm groups off a bipod in my Sauer Mod 90. It does a great job on driven boar days. If anyone comes across a batch in their local supplier I recommend trying some. Nice video, regards from Scotland.
Yesterday I was watching another video about how the us military has factories that has very advanced bullet making machines and each of them pumps out 1200 rounds per minute! I'll try and post the video link here soon.
Kinda wish the video went deeper the production of the other parts other than the copper jacket and the brass case. How do they make the steel and lead parts, how do they make the primers, how do they assemble, how do they ensure the same consistent assembly each time, crimping and or adhering, how do they stamp the base, that sort of geeky thing.
