@@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.
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.
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 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!
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!
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
oK , I've watched 3 videos about how Sellier and Bellot does there operation, about how they produce MILLIONS of rounds a day, about how roughly 30% are shipped to the military and the rest to civilian markets AROUND THE WORLD. They even make there own primers !! Whether or not they are a good ammo is no bearing, but I heard there ok. Today is 11/18/ 20. This is my question : WHERE IN THE HELL IS ALL THE AMMO ? Not every one is buying up the obsolete to the 9!! The majority of what they produce is 9mm. Are people gouging on EVER THING THATS OUT THERE?
At 1:25 they ingeniously flip the case to just let them fall randomly on the basket. Forgive me Mr. Vickers, I just watched Aloona's video and my sense of humor just freefall-ed.🙇😂
they still make those, mostly is plastic but some bigger 12GA shots are paper shells. I think it's more ecological too, who is reloading shotgun ammo anyway? It costs more than to buy it.
This remind anyone else of the opening scene of Lord of War? All it needs is little Buffalo Springfield playing in the background haha. Honestly though, very interesting process.
By far the best ammunition for me. Cheap, Efficient, Reliable. Support from Switzerland ✔
Hey fellow Swiss, have to agree, I've easily fired over 20k 9mm from them and did not have a single ammo related issue.
Is RUAG too pricy?
@@tommasomorandini1982 Extremely, almost double the price of S&B here. Great stuff, but too expensive
@@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
I remember Larry's fat video from god knows how long ago and now he's A LOT more skinnier. Congrats!
Larry, you have not been showing up in my feed for about 6 months.
Looks like you have been getting back into form keep up the good work my friend.
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.
@@5000rgb lol. That was good.
Need to put that warning label on government jobs as well. Like speaker of the House ECT
Democrats
🍻 to Larry Vickers for showing us around the factory
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.
Love the mullet at 3:23, dudes in Czechia know what's up
Larry you look fantastic!
The whole time i had to look at larry because i almost didn't recognize him.
Looking good man!
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.
You should do a video on how you got in shape! Congrats sir! Love your videos keep up the great work!
He kinda did.
As for how? Hardwork, I think.
Don't eat crappy food the weight comes off it's that simple.
I have the same reloading equipment in my buggout bag
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.
Looking good Larry. Love these kinds of video's, looking forward to more!
Thanks for the tour!
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!!
Fired some of their 5.56 in my new AR15 this weekend,they cycled nicely with no jams.
I appreciate the slow mo at 3:20. It really let me soak in that glorious mullet.
More BCM factory tour please! Or do a BCM torture test like you did with DD👍
Big fan from Czech Republic! :) Kalashnikov vol.1 arrived yesterday, iam so hyped! Keep it up Larry, you are the best!
Thanks Larry a Great Show As Always Brother 😎👍🏼
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!
I like these vids....how ever...longer and more detailed...i like how things are made
I used a 270win, 150gr round nose sp S&B for moose 26/09/2023, and yes the freezer is full. Very good ammo in all my rifles.
I've wondered about the jacketing process for quite some time 😎👍🇺🇸 very cool 👍
That was cool. Thanks for sharing this.
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!
Larry your channel is the best!👍
+you got the best job in world
Cool vid, Larry. I love S&B ammo, especially in my Mossberg 500.
Thumb up the S&B!
Loved the walkthrough
I love ammo.. I could watch and do this shit all day long!
They make a fantastic 7.62 x 25 round, one of the few reliable sources I can find
I bet these guys are working double triple overtime right now
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!
Enjoyed the video and have been shooting S&B for years ,No problems.
Real neat Larry!
Greetings from Czech Republic
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 have 2 spent .38SPL cases from this Brand...they pretty rare on my country on these days.😁
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.
Dang Mr.Vickers looking good brotha
Awesome ammo. The 9mm 124 grain works really well in my CZ SP01.
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.
Factory production has really improved, but it can never beat a knowledgeable hand loader.
Amazing!!! But at 3:56, how is the machine picking up the brass. Brass is not magnetic?
Just curious, are you the same guys who produced the Vickers 6 ton tank in the 1920s and 30s?
Was always curious about exact production of ammo.
Wish this was 10x longer.
I've never bought S&B. Not sure why. But this video makes me want some in a fierce way!
Best 9mm FMJ rounds.💖
I would love to start my own ammunition company in the PNW.
Rainy Day Ammo Co.^TM
I wanna start my own ammo company called Dicke & Balles.
Very cool process, lookin good LAV, I really enjoyed the beautiful mullet in the vid as well! 👍🏻👌🏻🤟🏻
You know what my aged grandmother says? You can NEVER have enough bullets!
Wow, that is amazing!
Amazing to watch how ammo is made.
Sellier & Bellot is great ammo.
Birth of a freedom seed! Sweet!
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.
my fav ammo , very good accuracy with my Yugo M48 , with SPCE bullet.
Looking to get some...
love S&B ammo. bit hard to get 9mm here in Australia at times. it sells out too fast
I didn’t think that guy was you, lost hella weight man looking great! Keep it up
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.
Larry has lost a lot of weight. Way to go, Larry!
Great!!! Question: What's up whit the red point in 9mm. JHP??? Thanks
2:23 Hey LAV or anyone else, does the "MANURHIN" logo on the bullet machine have any relation to the French arms maker???
Impressive.
Whoa!!! YT has not dumped this one yet???
Hope this content never is lost to YT, it's a shame what they are doing to creators today.
How about making 7.62x39 mm Bullet like the 7N1 Elongating the bullet given the hollow cavity would it help in at longer range and be more accurate
Love S&B! Best mil-spec ammo! reliable and affordable!
Do rounds ever go off during the manufacturing process? And if so is anyone ever hurt?
Very interested i worked on making carbide dies for bullets
Where is that proud large dude who used to run the show ?
He was funny with all that display of dominance over everything :)
Is it possible to make bullet in impact extrusion press
Holy crap, Larry lost alot of weight! Didn't notice until this video!
@Vickers Tactical for your next gun over view can you do a DP-28, DPM, and or ,RP46
Sellier Bellot makes great ammo at a great price.
I wish there was a way to scale this down to something for a persons garage while still being somewhat automated
Vicker my man, you are starting to look like Sam Fisher.
Some other people have said the same thing - I had to look that up !
Enemies of the fourth Echelon fear the dark because of Sam
Sam fears the dark because of Larry...
3:21 my man rocking the mullet!
Woa Larry you lost weight. Looking good man!
You know it's the best when you see that they are using MANURHIN machines!
I would like to see more 8x57mm and 7x57mm. This company makes good ammo.
oK , I've watched 3 videos about how Sellier and Bellot does there operation, about how they produce MILLIONS of rounds a day, about how roughly 30% are shipped to the military and the rest to civilian markets AROUND THE WORLD. They even make there own primers !! Whether or not they are a good ammo is no bearing, but I heard there ok. Today is 11/18/ 20. This is my question : WHERE IN THE HELL IS ALL THE AMMO ? Not every one is buying up the obsolete to the 9!! The majority of what they produce is 9mm. Are people gouging on EVER THING THATS OUT THERE?
At 1:25 they ingeniously flip the case to just let them fall randomly on the basket.
Forgive me Mr. Vickers, I just watched Aloona's video and my sense of humor just freefall-ed.🙇😂
Why is the host not wearing eye protection in the factory? Doesn't wear them till end of the video.
may not be required
Wow, the drums beating between scenes made me sport wood...
a long way from the S&B paper 12GA shotgun rounds i fired over 35 years ago
they still make those, mostly is plastic but some bigger 12GA shots are paper shells. I think it's more ecological too, who is reloading shotgun ammo anyway? It costs more than to buy it.
This remind anyone else of the opening scene of Lord of War? All it needs is little Buffalo Springfield playing in the background haha. Honestly though, very interesting process.
Great video! Music is.. Intense... :)
See my favorite part of S&B is how their 9x19 bullet/brass are the EXACT SAME COLOR AND SHINE. Makes them more effective rounds of course.
3:22 typical czech haircut :D Joromir Jagr 90s style :D :D :D
Look. It’s not sexy high speed, but damn interesting. I did enjoy it to the point I paused and watched some parts again.
Sincerely,
Marky
Cool
S and b. The only company that makes reasonably priced .32 auto
Blessed are the wicked who are healed by hand.
What happened to all the S&B primers??
3:20 the mullet of destiny
And here I thought they had little old Czech ladies on Dilllon presses making their ammo!