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Hornady Expanding - jasper2408 - 09-11-2021
https://theindependent.com/news/local/hornady-manufacturing-planning-to-expand-facility-starting-this-year/article_02b1916e-1120-11ec-8a3e-ab960828a2c6.html?fbclid=IwAR0M2ot4eS75ThBGPuQgHXgaJ8pXv0kMpYoDy8Jnlw-olAMlKg0G7PHSpoI
Hornady Expanding - Stugotz - 09-11-2021
Since Biden banned Russian ammo imports and Russian ammo is approximately 40% of the ammo purchased in the USA every year the American ammo companies need to scale up FAST!
Hornady Expanding - Double Naught Spy - 09-12-2021
Given that they are talking about starting on the parking lot this year and then work on a wing to expand manufacturing, I don't think they will be scaling up terribly fast. Depending on how much they are expanding and what it is going to take to get it operational, it could easily be 6-12 months before we might see new production from it, keeping in mind that there are all sorts of building materials shortages and labor shortages at this time.
Hornady Expanding - Fess - 09-12-2021
I wonder if they have already placed orders for the equipment. It is a while since I worked in manufacturing, but it was not uncommon to wait two years for new assembly equipment.
Hornady Expanding - LR1955 - 09-12-2021
Stugotz Wrote:Since Biden banned Russian ammo imports and Russian ammo is approximately 40% of the ammo purchased in the USA every year the American ammo companies need to scale up FAST!
SG:
I think the real numbers on Russian Ammo being imported is 5%, not 40%.
And the places that have the import licenses and permits are able to get Russian ammo until their permits expire.
So, it ought to be a good year or two before all Russian ammo is no longer available. Which gives their competitors time to ramp up production.
LR55
Hornady Expanding - Double Naught Spy - 09-13-2021
LR1955 Wrote:So, it ought to be a good year or two before all Russian ammo is no longer available. Which gives their competitors time to ramp up production.
LR55
Excellent.
Hornady Expanding - BVickery1974 - 09-13-2021
Yeah, the 40% is actually of all imported ammo, not total ammo.
Hornady Expanding - Bjorn - 09-13-2021
Hornady ramping up production is great news. It's a good time to be in the ammunition business. And, it doesn't look like the demand is going down any time soon. I got into the Grendel at the wrong time. The ammo feeding frenzy was already in full force when I became a member of the Horde.