Video Shows Lake City Ammo Production Process
What’s the next best thing to a stockpile of gleaming, freshly-loaded ammo? How about a movie showing gleaming, freshly-loaded ammo being made — from start to finish? The five-minute video below shows the ammunition production process at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, a division of ATK. Lake City is the largest producer of small arms ammunition for the U.S. military, producing roughly four MILLION small-caliber rounds every day.
This promotional video does go overboard at times (too many smiling employees gushing about quality control). Still, it is fascinating to watch the process of creating cartridges — from the drawing (or extrusion) of raw brass into casings to the placement of projectiles and primers.
Quick History of Lake City Ammunition Plant
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) is a 3,935-acre government-owned, contractor-operated facility in Independence, Missouri that was established by Remington Arms in 1941 to manufacture and test small caliber ammunition for the U.S. Army. The facility has remained in continuous operation except for one 5-year period following World War II. As of July 2007, the plant produced nearly 1.4 billion rounds of ammunition per year. Remington Arms operated the plant from its inception until 1985, when operations were taken over by Olin Corporation. Since April 2001, it has been operated by Alliant Techsystems (ATK).
Credit GunsForSale.com for finding this YouTube Video.
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Tags: ammo, Ammunition, Lake City, LC brass
Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is government owned-contractor operated.
Created in 1941 and run by Remington Arms 1941-1985. 1985-2001 Olin Corporation (Winchester). 2001-present ATK(Federal).
Having worked 31 years at LCAAP, I take offense to the writer of this piece saying there was an ‘overboard’ of ‘smiling employees gushing over quality control’. Employees who took pride in their ‘quality control’, did not ‘gush’, they produced a high quality product and went to great lengths to do so. The writer obviously doesn’t know much about the tedious processes by which these bullets are made…they need to be educated.
I just wondered if LC makes the SS109 bullets the bullet itself not the loaded ammo, or if they are contracted out and loaded at lake city…Thanks..Jim
It’s always awe-inspiring watching modern Ammunition Production. Still; it’s such good fun and such a challenge handloading Precision ammunition yourself or, even better, with your like-minded reloading / shooting friends. I’m even considering a new Precision Long-Range Rifle in 6.5 Creedmore caliber. Checking out Redding Competition Dies & Accessories for same. Browsing the reloading sites & blogs. I’m busy running various load combinations through several ballistics programs. I’m in expectation of many enjoyable hours at the reloading machine bench and at the range next spring.