7.62 x 51 Factory Reloads?

**BlackgunCO** · January 07, 2013, 09:35

Why is no company in the US stepping into this market? Seems like there would be a demand for it. There are companies producing 5.56 x 45. Couldn't it be manufactured in fairly large quantities and the price still be reasonable? Should we get a bunch of people to e-mail some company and see if they would do a large batch or something? Maybe do a group buy for Files members? Anybody have any connections with munitions company?

**W.E.G.** · January 07, 2013, 09:59

Georgia Arms "Canned Heat."

http://georgia-arms.com/308win-1.aspx

Tuscan Raider · January 07, 2013, 10:38

Freedom Munitions might have what you need.

oddcarl · January 07, 2013, 14:13

HSM used to make tons of factory reload ammo. I don't know if they ever did it for 7.62, which they currently make new ammo for.

yovinny · January 08, 2013, 07:22

Thats how Black Hills Ammo started out, manufacturing reloads.
But I guess their too high class now to mess with that, except in 223.

evan price · January 09, 2013, 03:46

Let's face it, 308 isn't cool and sexy right now. If you owned a company making reloads, you probably have a couple Camdexes running. Changing over to make a different caliber is downtime and labor. Sure you make more money on 308s but you also can make a set amount on 223, of which there is the largest demand in the civilian, LE and military markets. So you make 223's 24-7 and take that dime profit on every round you chunk out. Same reason why after the first coronation of Obama that you could not find 380 pistol ammo- it's the same setup as 9mm, and they sold every round of 9mm they could chunk out, so why bother shutting down to make 380s?

January 07, 2013, 09:35	#1
BlackgunCO Veteran Member Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 64915 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western Slope, CO Posts: 1,542	7.62 x 51 Factory Reloads? Why is no company in the US stepping into this market? Seems like there would be a demand for it. There are companies producing 5.56 x 45. Couldn't it be manufactured in fairly large quantities and the price still be reasonable? Should we get a bunch of people to e-mail some company and see if they would do a large batch or something? Maybe do a group buy for Files members? Anybody have any connections with munitions company?

January 07, 2013, 10:38	#3
Tuscan Raider Registered FALaholic #: 19668 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 2,940	Freedom Munitions might have what you need. __________________ "An eye for an eye makes us all blind." Ghandi "We, here in America, hold in our hands the hopes of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men." Theodore Roosevelt Address at Carnegie Hall March 30, 1912

January 09, 2013, 03:46	#6
evan price Registered FALaholic #: 20480 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: THE source for Ohio CCW => http://ohioccwforums.org/ Posts: 2,122	Let's face it, 308 isn't cool and sexy right now. If you owned a company making reloads, you probably have a couple Camdexes running. Changing over to make a different caliber is downtime and labor. Sure you make more money on 308s but you also can make a set amount on 223, of which there is the largest demand in the civilian, LE and military markets. So you make 223's 24-7 and take that dime profit on every round you chunk out. Same reason why after the first coronation of Obama that you could not find 380 pistol ammo- it's the same setup as 9mm, and they sold every round of 9mm they could chunk out, so why bother shutting down to make 380s? __________________ http://www.ohioccwforums.org/ Ohio's best CCW resource!

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January 07, 2013, 14:13	#4
oddcarl Registered FALaholic #: 64180 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Oregon Posts: 512	HSM used to make tons of factory reload ammo. I don't know if they ever did it for 7.62, which they currently make new ammo for.

January 08, 2013, 07:22	#5
yovinny Registered FALaholic #: 7679 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NY transplant to central Illinois, Now in Kentucky Posts: 3,411	Thats how Black Hills Ammo started out, manufacturing reloads. But I guess their too high class now to mess with that, except in 223.