Jacketed and cast projectile company

YoungGunz67

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Howdy fellow CGNer's

For those of you on here that don't know me I do hobby gunsmithing and have been working with a few fellow firearms enthusiasts to start a canadian ammunition company of some form.

Well recently we've looked into the idea of a bullet manufacturing company(small scale focusing on precision and then growing it slowly until we are making ammunition,still focusing on the main goal of precision) what we would like from you is what popular tip sizes and type of tips you would want to see always available. personally we always hated when you would go to buy projectiles for reloading and they'd never be in stock and we want to fix that. Also anyone in the Niagara area with a large amount of swagging experience please feel free to PM me as we may need help.

We are trying to make it easier for Canadians to enjoy shooting sports. After all we can't let the US have all the fun :d
 
first I'd recommend trying to make the perfect bullet jacket, then we'll talk about the bullet swaging part.........
They americans control the jacket market, until you can over come that hurdle you'll be sitting beside a swage press staring at it with nothing to do
 
If you are thinking in terms of precision rifle bullets, .224, 6mm, 6.5mm, 7mm, .30 and .338 would likely be most popular. For precision shooting, the number of weights in each caliber would not need to be particularly extensive.
As mentioned, you will need to control your supply of premium jackets.
And if you want to have credibility, avoid asking about tips.
 
unless you want tips on bullets..........or bullet making

there is little available information, but this is key, if you don't have patience you can't make bullets

say little, out load and online and just go about doing it quietly, when you have proven results then speak up in volume, if your results are less then favorable you won't be so much of a failure. Good dies take 2-3 years to get a hold of, that gives you time to work out jacket issues and pinch dies, draw dies and punches, there are people in Canada who can prove and test your jackets, be prepared for a very slow return on your investment and be sure to keep your day job as long as you can to help finance the tools and materials needed to keep you going.

F-class and benchrest shooters consume the most bullets, but they tend to be brand and name driven, and whats in the winners circle seams to influence where their money goes
 
yodave said:
unless you want tips on bullets..........or bullet making

there is little available information, but this is key, if you don't have patience you can't make bullets

say little, out load and online and just go about doing it quietly, when you have proven results then speak up in volume, if your results are less then favorable you won't be so much of a failure. Good dies take 2-3 years to get a hold of, that gives you time to work out jacket issues and pinch dies, draw dies and punches, there are people in Canada who can prove and test your jackets, be prepared for a very slow return on your investment and be sure to keep your day job as long as you can to help finance the tools and materials needed to keep you going.

F-class and benchrest shooters consume the most bullets, but they tend to be brand and name driven, and whats in the winners circle seams to influence where their money goes
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Good advice
 
its not really a market you can survive in the big names have every corner marketed you best bet think mass production .22lr cases can be made into jackets for .224" bullets and make good plinking and varmint bullets because of the thin jacket these can be sold for cheap and make you more money because people will buy more. that said if you have to ask how its done you are not ready for business
 
We got fed up with trying to find good .224 projectiles, so we are casting and swaging our own, in 35 gr, and 55 gr. for our .22 Hornets, .223, and 22/250. We are also in Southern Ontario. They work great.
 
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