Handgun ammo, should I do it?????

[MrSlippyFist]

what does my grammar have anything to do how I reload? this is a forum! no one cares.

I believe that his point was that you should come off as a professional.

[1911Operator]

I believe that his point was that you should come off as a professional.

thanks clp.slippy hahahah yeah i know, but im not at work. im at home, guess u guys never heard of not taking your work home with u? its down time for me so ill have all the graimor mispelleds wordes i vant. but business is business and thats when and where i get professional!

[Ron-Solo]

what does my grammar have anything to do how I reload? this is a forum! no one cares.

I certainly would not buy reloaded ammo from someone who doesn't have the pride to do something correctly. It is not ammo that I would trust to be safe to shoot. It reflects directly toward your quality control. If you sound ignorant, you lose a level of trust and respect.

Learn to use the 'shift' key at the right time. Oh, and your anticipated production quantities are not practical in any manner. You have a lot to learn, which shows you lack good experience needed to be successful.

And, good luck getting materials, especially primers.

[1911Operator]

I certainly would not buy reloaded ammo from someone who doesn't have the pride to do something correctly. It is not ammo that I would trust to be safe to shoot. It reflects directly toward your quality control. If you sound ignorant, you lose a level of trust and respect.

Learn to use the 'shift' key at the right time. Oh, and your anticipated production quantities are not practical in any manner. You have a lot to learn, which shows you lack good experience needed to be successful.

And, good luck getting materials, especially primers.

[nn3453]

If you're going forward with this, good luck. I feel you are going to have hard lessons in the future.

I am highly critical of Adam because of some experiences a friend and some acquaintances had when dealing with him. That being said, I will acknowledge that he knows what he is talking about when is advising you. Heed these words. You are new to firearms and reloading. This is not the road you should go down, my friend. I know when you are 20 something, you are arrogant, everything seems possible and you don't want to listen to anyone, but please don't turn your life into a tale of "I told you so." You are setting yourself up for failure. You are enthusiastic, which is great, but enthusiasm without a plan and experience is worthless. You already started another thread elsewhere where I commented. The reason I am repeating myself is because it would be sad to see a young guy's life ruined. Also, good luck getting a business loan if you are in person the way you seem like when you post here.

[GSG222]

A lot of good advice here (have no idea who Adam is and what he has been going through - but man I feel your pain and hope things will turn around soon)
Meanwhile it appears that the OP has alreay pulled the trigger and there is no easy back. I want to say good luck. As with many others, I feel that your plan as is will likely fail; however, I do think there is opportunity here. We all see that ammo supply will become a problem next year; yet we don't see a solution. Maybe you can learn from your mistakes and adjust/adapt to provide a solution. The benefit of doing such a hard business is that it gives you a high entry barrier - so others cannot jump in easily and eat up your profit margin overnight. Yes, with reload you will have a hard time to win trust from your first time customers. But you can certainly build it up if your QA is solid and your pricing is right. It may not even take long if your service can truly fill in the vaccum created by the feb/2011 change of ammo regulations.

[1911Operator]

It may not even take long if your service can truly fill in the vaccum created by the feb/2011 change of ammo regulations.

VACCUME! hahaha i like that! lol, and yes I want to success because I want people to keep shooting. thats why we buy guns, its because its addicting! its kind of like buying a car and not having money for gas. looking at it isnt going to give me thrills! I have to drive it! and fast!!!!

[Super Spy]

I wish you the best of success and I recommend that you heed the advice of someone who's been down that road before. Coming off as cocky and dismissive of criticism isn't going to instill confidence in you or your product.......I don't feel too comfortable buying ammo that can blow up my gun and part of me from someone that has the attitude that only comes with youth and inexperience. You have yet to make the mistakes that you will later learn from.

I'd love to have source of reasonably priced ammo, though I doubt you will be able to produce ammo for the prices you've stated and stay in business. I'm also going to wait and hear what other people have to say about your ammo and business practices before I buy anything.

[gh916]

Don't forget liability insurance too which might be pricey for an ammo company.

Scott

+1

I'm sure liability insurance WILL be high. I was a small business owner myself & insurance was substantial -- & that was not dealing with any potentially dangerous objects. You'd also want to make sure you don't skimp on coverage because 1 bad round is one thing... if a bad batch makes it through, you're looking at potentially many accidents & possibly many lawsuits. It's nice of you to want to perpetuate the sport, but don't do it at the expense of your financial safety (ex: taking on too big a lease, or inadequately insuring yourself).

[heliopolissolutions]

I think that the only thing you need to understand right now, is that you have many other things you can and should do with your life. And this is not what you need to be doing right now.