Hornady Plant Tour - Fred Eichler

[@lueallan2210]

Many years ago I got the chance to be down in that testing tunnel. I installed fire sprinklers at the time and were doing some work there.

[@williamphillip9749]

I bought a thousand rounds of Hornady 556 before the pandemic and glad I did. At the time I had multiple choices of manufacturers and always pick hornady.

[@TheDWZemke]

I was the stats guy for my wife's PhD and a manufacturing engineer a MSMS . After reviewing this video I'm thinking of a career change. AWASOME video.

[@garyhightower8105]

Thank you HORNADY AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ❤ I'm a coyote hunter in southwestern Kentucky I can PROMISE YOU NO OTHER AMMO WITH EVER BE LOADED INTO MY REMINGTON 22-250 EVER ! I USE THE HORNADY V-MAX 50 GRAIN ITS AWESOME MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT FROM KENTUCKY THANK YOU ALL AGAIN ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@EnriqueOchoaMaldonado-uc8kl]

La fábrica Hornady es una excelente fabrica de cartuchos y equipos para recargar cartuchos, me gusta esa marca..!! Es una fábrica grande y tiene mucha y muy buena maquinaria para la manufactura de cartuchos, y todos los departamentos son estrictos para que se fabrique un producto con esmero y calidad..! Muy buena explicación..!! Excelente video ..!!

[@raymclaughlin2032]

Excellent start to finish plan to manufacture ammo no outsourcing no bottleneck of supply , wonderful planning by management...

[@lovethehuntOutdoors]

Fred, I use the Hornady "Precision" Hunter 162 grain ELD-X bullets in my Savage 110 7mm Magnum setup for Elk and they shoot with unmatched precision and accuracy! Hornady Custom 154 grain Interlock SP rounds in .277 Winchester for White tail deer in My Ruger No 1. With good accuracy and it delivers. The Hornady Custom Lites 120 grain SST for 41% reduced recoil for my oldest Grandson in the Weatherby Vanguard rifle. Hornady is at the top of the list for quality and bullet design I my book. Great video about a Outstanding company!

[@TerminalM193]

Man, I would LOVE to work at a place like this! I bet you can move up fast through the company if you show that you want to do something like that.

[@briancarpenter1255]

Thanks alot for sharing this experience with us and reminding me why I love to shoot and especially why I love Hornady.

[@larrysfarris]

Less “face time” for the talking heads and more camera time showing the actual manufacturing and assembly process.

[@MrSloika]

Manufacturers don't want the competitors to get detailed info about their operation.

[@manlystyleunder50]

@@MrSloika have you had a micropenis your whole life? or did you massage it into something smaller?

[@YamanTaka-vw9vn]

Stay Safe and Healthy Hornady Employees !!! America Needs you more than Ever !!

[@Erik-rc7iy]

Watching this in late 2020, wonder how full that warehouse looks right now???

[@yhird]

Great tour. Great video.

[@lesterhersh7184]

So why is there a shortage if everything is automated

[@MrHuntermikey]

Excellent video Thanks for posting it. I agree Hornady bullets and ammo are number 1

[@mikeburch2998]

Working in that plant is a dream job for me. Greetings from Arizona.

[@Rspri10104]

Very cool tour. Hornady my factory ammo of choice.

[@TheJagjr4450]

FULL AUTO FRIDAYS.... love it!!!

[@justineguzinski8624]

I've been to the company picnics....definitely fun. Held at our local shooting park. Free shooting all day for friends and family. Those automatics just zip off ....eye opening for those first timers.

[@hphillips7425]

Good video. Fred I like your show and have had good luck with Hornady

[@CHIBA280CRV]

Didn’t find shooting the coyotes so interesting !! But the tour of the factory was cool to watch..

[@long-dongvonbraun501]

JOGO would you rather see a coyote attacking a defenseless black angus calf?

[@cameronhavey344]

Makes me wish I lived nearby. So that I could start a career in a place like this.

[@hornady]

Come on out to Nebraska.

[@manlystyleunder50]

Cameron Havey you are very stupid and ignorant; why would you want to finish your career in a place like this producing god-tier ammo

[@dangerouseducation40]

I'm sure it gets boring after a week or two, but can't say I wouldn't enjoy working at an ammo.plant too

[@gscotty311]

@@hornady Come on out to Utah for your much needed expansion due to a massive amount of new gunowners and I will gladly sign up to work for ya! Thank you for staying an all American busines!

[@rogerwalkersr7380]

Trust me Cameron they are hiring

[@danmcintyre4279]

Very cool!

[@johnb.rempel7873]

I had excellent customer service dealing with the boys. I will recommend Hornady to all my friends.

[@MrSloika]

I have a Pro-7...not a Projector...progressive, made in the 80s. It still works but I can't get shell plates for it anymore, or any other parts for that matter. I remember when Hornady offered a trade in allowance for the older progressive presses if a person bought a new Lock 'n Load. Does anyone know if Horanday still offers a deal like that?

[@cosmiccharlie8294]

Hope you can keep your production going during this pandemic.

[@davevincent5024]

How can they not keep it going? I don't think they are located in one of the lunatic crazy train hot spots of the country, ammunition is a hot commodity right now, it's easier to buy toilet paper than it is to find and purchase ammo, if anything this whole situation should help the firearms and ammunition industry

[@thomasrehder9608]

Funny cause they are in,grand island Nebraska and we just made msnbc news but as far as I no they are still up and running

[@hornady]

@@davevincent5024 We are running right now. Our county is one of the hottest spots in the country though so we are working a little differently than normal.

[@minutesandmils3466]

LOVE Hornady!

[@AA-fg3wj]

Thanks for sharing! I liked the ballistic gel test. I would like to see the same test with a 16" barrel 300 Black out using 110 grain Vmax ammo!

[@hornady]

I will tell you that all the Vmax bullet tests look very similar. Rapid expansion with that bullet.

[@gunleak2290]

I like Horandy Bullets .. they are the best

[@silaslongshot941]

As a reloader I know Hornady brass is good stuff. BUT, I wonder why their .357 magnum cases are just a smidge shorter (about .002 / .003 inch) than 'standard' other brand cases? Just enough shorter to mess up your crimp zone when loading the bullet. So, I cull all my Hornady cases & when I've got a couple hundred stashed, then I readjust my dies to make the short brass work.

[@Coopdeville0624]

I have the fueled by hornady sticker on the upper receiver lol.

[@tonymendez731]

I worked in bullet company each process is separeted and we dont allow to go to other department as if now I dont know the entire procese from start to finish.

[@billpeirce7127]

Love horanady ammo. Jst can't find any in Colorado of the main hunting rounds. It's already 3rd season. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😥😥😥

[@newera3757]

Do they do 9mm? I can't find it anywhere.

[@olered1523]

^--- Wants a day pass for Full-Auto Friday! Wonderful bullets! Hornady is what I use for the majority of my reloading.

[@hornady]

Full Auto Friday is fun. Thanks for your support!

[@davesawkey6777]

How come nobody makes 32 rim fire shells I am in Canada and there are very hard to find , i have a 32 steven crack shot .there are lots of these guns around.

[@roberttompkins9991]

I have Hornandy self defense rounds loaded in my .380 carry. Gonna change it out because it’s the only round that jams in my Walther. It’s the serrated bullet that causes it. So I’m switching to ball rounds for my self defense round. They have better penetration anyway. But other than that. hornandy is great quality ammo

[@SF-ku2hp]

They had the XTP sabots at the end I use in my in-line they drop doe in their tracks

[@celebmrk9]

What's an average price for the hides?

[@MrBdb402]

We have a lot of issues with Hornady primers. The most with 243 there primers are set to deep i have a Savage access and ruger M77 And a browing auto that all have issues with there primers. So no I just shoot Core lock no issues

[@brc1945]

They should be hiring RIGHT NOW!!

[@TerminalM193]

LMFAO! The smack on the ass of the gel block! I actually lol'd at that because I wouldn't be able to help myself.... I'd give er a good ol smack too.

[@jrdeckard3317]

In my CZ-527, 22 Hornet, the Hornady 35-gr VMax factory round, will shoot 3/8" groups all day long. I only wish they would provide it to hand loaders with the cannelure, as the factory loaded round has one. I pulled apart a factory cartridge and found 11.2 grains of what is either H-110 or W-296. My load is the same, but my bullet is smooth sided, and shoots 1/2 inch groups. That's good, I know, but it's not 3/8". Must be that darn cannelure.

[@paulhayes5684]

Seeing those piles of bullets😩

[@gshock3092]

American made quality something u won't see at Harley Davidson !

[@1Barsamian]

You will at Toyota USA factories

[@elmerfudd7674]

Where does the brother in law to the owner of Lower Than Dirt work?? Where is his office??

[@cazador426]

En España no conseguimos munición hornady en calibre 300 waterby Magnum

[@joshuabohn9429]

Hornady is my favorite ammo company

[@aaronfox5559]

Where do I get a sticker that says fueled by Hornady

[@drubradley8821]

I realize this is an older video, but beings I just now found it. Please allow me to give my 1.5 cents worth of input, not that anybody asked or cares.. But, over the past 31 years, I have sent close to 50,000 to 51,000 Hornady brand ammo in either hunting or screwing around at the ranges, or heck, knocking bottle and soda cans off of fence posts in my back yard. I have yet to ever experience a Hornady round that had an issue, like failure to fire or a dead fire, or a squib issue or over charged double shot filled cartridge, NOT ONCE. I have had issues with a few firearms, either in a pistol or rifle format that caused the ammo to have an issue, but that is not on the ammo shoulders, rather, just my equipment. Even the Hornady rounds that didn't pop off, due from the machine failure, that ammo as clean as it is, always assisted in honing in on the mechanical issue so much easier and faster, by seeing odd scratches, or no firing pin indentation on the primer, or lite primer strike, again, failure of the machine and not the ammo. When I need to be serious, as per, hunting, I grab the Hunting series Hornady stuff or if I am playing with a new machine, and desire to get it dialed in, I grab the Match series ammo. I even trust Hornady over my loaded / reloaded stuff from raw building materials, which doesn't say much about my reloading confidence, (smiley face). Now, I am not saying that somebody else has never had an issue with Hornady's ammo product lines, but, I am just saying, that I have yet to have any or ever an issue. With that stated, other brands of ammo, and the list is long, form the few name branded ammo manufacturers, that are made in my beloved United States of America, and not to exclude the 20 to 30 foreign ammo manufacturers from all over the world, that I have either tried or currently still use, but all of those, I have had uncountable issues. To add to the numbers game show I am explaining, of the other brands, foreign and domestic ammo brands, (the last I documented that I remember from a few months ago), I have shoot approx 140,500 rounds of other brands of ammo in that 31. That does not include reloaded ammo, by me or other private loaders / reloaders which are vet'd and trusted by me. My data base has segregated all rim fire sent ammo, it is counted, but not for this example I am explaining. The .22 rim fire numbers is just a count, and not really any point in going nuts over, so I never added them to the primary database, this is only for center fire cartridges that I have sent only. PLEASE NOTE. unless you know the person doing loading/reloading, it is highly recommended that you do not do that. Especially if you do not know that person. It is dangerous, and costly if things go left on you, so do not do that. But, I have two buddy's, who load and reload, with a measure of OCD 5 times what I have and I have worked side by side with them while loading/reloading for 20 years, so, my example is the exception to the rules, out side of the normal. DO NOT USE SOMEBODY ELSE'S SELF LOADED or RELOADED AMMO, unless you are factually/highly certain they are secure and confident in their skill set and attention to detail and love you enough to never slack off a second or ever doubt that their knowledge and skill set is on point. Please be careful. Also, Please note, I am not talking bad about those other ammo manufactures at all, as I fully understand and highly respect that it is just how things go, or rather, to say: "IT HAPPENS" and not a huge deal to me. I keep the failed round(s) and when I get a five gallon bucket full of failed to fire rounds, I will sort, disassemble each caliber as groups, by size, brand, etc., then analyze each group, by blue printing every aspect dimensionally upon the shell case, projectile type & gr weight, powder type, and many other reasons. I do that just to look for a pattern or issue of the construction process. May sound time consuming, but, I find it relaxing and peaceful to do that, plus, I do it on a spread sheet, entering all the data collected. Can then graph out charts... blah..blah..blah.. you get the point, just a touch of OCD. I run the powder through my mass spectrometer and do a few burn off metering, gasification collection onto a scrubber, while other measuring tools are checking the temp during the testing. Some day, I would enjoy the use of one of those super duper high speed video camera that does something like a few million frames per second to add to the database, (more OCD). Then I rebuild that group with often times with the same building parts that came apart, other then the primer. Now, all of that, and the only Hornady in the database is of the loaded cartridges from new raw building components or reloaded shells with new parts. But none of the "failure to fire" database has any info from the Hornady brand.. For a guy with a case of OCD issues, that is kind of a "double edged sward sward". No, I don't want any of Hornady's ammo product lines in my database of "failure to fire", but my list/database is missing that information.. LOL. Okay, now that I just showed the world my silliness and OCD issues, I will leave you all to it. Enjoy your 2nd Amendment, and practice being safe, ALL the time. Do your best to learn something new at least once a day.

[@jamesdonovan5165]

Great video! Only wish the camera operator stayed focused on things a second or two more. Love my Hornady Lock n Load! Their bullets are the best! Thanks for sharing this video and good shooting.

[@joeellis2692]

Like to see 35 Remington more on shelves. That caliber is making a comeback problem is the round is scarce. The one caliber I haven't seen since Covid is 30/40 Kreg. 35 Remington I've seen twice.

[@DemonratsRevil]

4:38 yea and that’s why I buy about 2 boxes from hornady per year lol

[@bosco358]

Did the guy at HORNADY give you any ammo to take home as a parting gift 🎁 ?

[@barneybrown7543]

Then where is it all going straight to gunbroker? Or to a government warehouse cause it ain't going to vendors

[@lsoutdoors2354]

We got a riffle all it well shoot is hornday match hp 79gr 223 love there bullets

[@alexyoung1331]

I've tested every weight of Hornady 223 in my 1:7 twist 20" barrels (Ruger Precision and Kel-Tec RDB) and the 53gr wins hands down at 100yd. I've heard the 53gr projectile is long for its weight and maybe that's why it doesn't over stabilize in a 1:7.

[@americanball_2841]

Have you ever tried mk262 ammo? I've heard that's a very accurate round at range but sadly I dont have any long range shooting places in my area.

[@billpeirce7127]

Why are we not seeing all the main calibers on our shelf in our stores in Colorado????? No 308, 7mm-08, 270, 270 short mag, 30-06, 7mm mag, 7mm short mag, 300mag, 300 short mag, etc... 🥺🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@zackeryyochum2937]

I have had my CHL for about 12 years now. I have only carried Hornady ammo in my hand guns rifles and shotguns.

[@thomasrehder9608]

Hornady don't make shotgun shells sorry lol

[@hornady]

@@thomasrehder9608 We do make some shotshells. www.hornady.com/ammunition/shotgun/#!/

[@stevenhall1097]

What does Sammy mean????? Haven't heard that term before.

[@fjb4932]

Sporting Arms & Ammo Manufacturers' Institute SAAMI

[@stevenhall1097]

Thanks

[@randomconsumer4494]

9 months later...all of those bullets are gone. Those shelves of back stock are gone.

[@jimworthington449]

Funny I bought 600 rounds yesterday.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

It's available, the challenge is in finding ammo that won't make you feel like a schmuck having paid 3-5x for the ammo than it normally goes for.

[@justineguzinski8624]

Hornady has no backstock... they are years behind in production...🤣

[@ianlyle6439]

I shot hornady ammo before I started hand loading. I still load hornady bullets in most of my loads.

[@fzsblackmagick5166]

Hornady rocks.

[@MegaJohnhammond]

they test fire each round?

[@thomasrehder9608]

Dumbass

[@brantleyhester6641]

Yes then they pack them up and send it straight to you!

[@hornady]

Every lot gets tested

[@JR23z51]

I would like to see the same spot of the warehouse now, post pandemic.

[@slayinbass2396]

Why?

[@justmeeagainn]

Factory tours are so much fun. Can’t hear a damn thing. Defeats the whole point.

[@vicerichter1163]

no wonder hornady costs a dollar a round. They got a bunch of ho's checkin it 5 times before it moves anywhere. Literally seems like you cant even touch anything without verification lmao. Cant even take a dump without permission xD Still rely on Hornady tho. Had some old Sig and hornady rounds all brown n tarnished and still kick hard and accurate af.

[@davidbrattain1446]

Too bad there is no ammo in the stores or online. I've been looking for .45acp and .380 auto for over a month.

[@lesterhersh7184]

How many amo manufacturers are there and why cannot they keep up with demand 🤔😫

[@rickvargas1]

I think he enjoyed spanking that gel..lol. HORNADY ROCKS!!!!!

[@hornady]

It never fails, the new people always have to spank the gel.

[@RevNeilDDavies]

Well well, how about that, the marketing director of Hornady shares the same first and last name as me. No wonder I have a close liking for Hornady ammo.

[@garlandgarrett6332]

Awesome vid, the big question is why isn't there enough ammo????

[@hornady]

Right now we can't make enough to keep up with demand. We are trying but everyone keeps buying it up. We appreciate it though.

[@garlandgarrett6332]

Hornady Manufacturing These “ shortages” have been going on for years. Ammo is imported from RO Korea, Baltic states etc, when are the American Manufacturers going to step up and produce to meet the demand... what?..... they don’t want to make more money or are you/they keeping the prices inflated??

[@hornady]

@@garlandgarrett6332 I can tell you that we have 8 holidays a year and the rest of the time the presses are running. We have not raised our prices even though demand is high. Any increase you see on our products during this time is strictly retailers going against our policy. There have been instances where our president has dropped retailers for not following along with those pricing scales. Currently we are in one of the hottest cities in the country as far as the cases of this virus are but yet we still run at near peak even with the social distancing practices we've had to put in place. Feel free when this pandemic is over to come visit our facility and see for yourself that we are working as hard as possible to keep up with demand.

[@garlandgarrett6332]

Hornady Manufacturing In no way do I mean to disparage anyone within Hornady for their dedication. My ONLY point is if the manufactures are running at peak capacity ( and I believe all are) why isn’t anyone building MORE CAPACITY- more machines, more lines, more employees... if you can sell more-make more

[@hornady]

@@garlandgarrett6332 Here is what we opened two years ago. We now have three buildings one that is strictly for making bullets, one that houses our ammunition, research and development, our packaging andshipping and one that is making our reloading equipment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ6bhXijoZKpi5Y

[@DanielHunterUSA]

No wonder why we can’t find any primers lol 😅

[@حميدالحجري-ص4ت]

ممتاز هذا الفيدو

[@Ustasxn1234]

I depend on RWS or GECO

[@عبدالرزاقفايقآغا]

Top top top

[@1259bogs]

It’d be awesome if they would sell some of those bulk boxes (in those amounts) to individuals not just companies!

[@superdave380]

They do. You can buy 6000 bullet boxes of .223 55 grain on the open market. Contact them if you want a pallet load.

[@1259bogs]

@@superdave380 hmm, thanks for the info. I’ll keep that in mind for when the prices come back down

[@DemonratsRevil]

Omg seeing someone full auto dump a mag of hornady ammunition literally makes me cry. #abolishtheNFA

[@Sig320]

Will work for ammo

[@claytonbonds2579]

At 4:30 hornady just gained a customer because when I can find them here I will be buying them for my 270! Bought two boxes of Federal Premium “match grade” and 5 bullets out of those 40 would not chamber in my rifle. Pathetic. And that’s out of two boxes people match grade ain’t cheap.

[@patrickkinney4998]

They dropped the round nose bullets in most calibers.

[@vaughanhopkins3642]

Basically all use machines to draw put brass plugs to make the bullet cases

[@rooftopvoter3015]

Bring the cost of your 750 Amax projectiles down. Tired of selling kidneys to buy a box of projectiles.

[@richardcummings1806]

Yet ammo is still hard to find for the last 2 years and it was 3 times the price now it's like 1.5 to 2 x's the price.... covid tho... Just a way to make more money 💰 that goes for everything.. Ammo and wood have been the worst tho.

[@DG2244]

Can't believe they hand check the ammo.

[@frankwrogg2515]

Looks like they need a few more checkers as full as those bins were. Like lucey in the chocolate factory 😂😂

[@thomasrehder9608]

They do everyday they have more then one checker

[@hornady]

All day every day!

[@GetchaName]

The factory may be state of the art and the components may be A1 quality but that is window dressing. I bought two boxes of 38 SPL 158 GR ammo to practice with in my Henry rifle. The 7th round I fired did not have powder in the round which resulted in a round lodged in the barrel. I went to Hornad's Web page and found that there was no way to contact customer service and no phone number to call. What I did find was that other lots of Hornady ammo had been recalled for that very resson. So I wrote them a letter asking about returning the 2 boxes I purchased for a refund. I sent the letter two weeks ago and have not gotten any sort of response. Perhaps Hornady is quality in advertising only. What do you think?

[@trumpwon20204]

Hahs "little bit of rocket science going on here"

[@darrylhussey1752]

I bought a box of hornday 300 win mag from my local sporting goods store when I checked the ammo before my moose hunt there was a 338 win mag shell in the box i returned the ammo and got another box 2 of the bullets had shells that were cracked down the side I called hornday they said every bullet was hand inspected i told them someone was not doing there job there answer was to send me a shirt from hornday not what I expected so needless to say that turned me off from hornday ammo

[@marincountyspotter17]

Things happen...QC will do that

[@Freezer003]

I've had that happen with Winchester ammo, seven out of the box were cracked

[@MrTee12]

Human error. It's part of life. They kept their end of bargain by gifting you something.

[@___RC___]

Ever think it was swapped by someone at the retail store 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@raulnavejas9577]

Tremendously great ammunition company keep americans supplied with ammo

[@humes4545]

I shoot only Hornady , and this video is the reason why

[@MrSoarman]

America as it gets.

[@brycemorgan6708]

Why can’t I buy 1000 rounds of Hornady critical duty 135 grain 9 mm plus P for an affordable price come on now there is obvious price gouging going on

[@scottdoubleyou563]

I'll take a couple bins of the 30-06 brass, if Hornady is looking to donate. Hint hint, wink wink, nudge nudge. Just sayin'.

[@andreyleontyuk4445]

Dinosaur cartridge

[@chriswalters8110]

Andrey Leontyuk ‘06 has killed more than any other cartridge combined.

[@thecanadianlanboy8132]

@@chriswalters8110 Not true... at all

[@valkry007]

full auto Friday's - LOL

[@baddgoat85]

There's just something about seeing a coyote being shot that is unsettling to me. I guess because I'm a dog lover.

[@joshualawson7604]

This is eleventy bajillion dollars worth of ammo at 2021 prices...

[@scottrussell6717]

To bad the frontier line is crap.. must be using Winchester primers.. bought a bunch of boxes and averaged 5 out of 20 wouldn't go bang

[@godfreypay-yac8011]

i want to put my reloading business

[@garyewing5450]

Fantastic film. However modern quality inspection is called quality assurance. Not quality control. Keep up the good work.

[@MrTee12]

Semantics

[@michaellivingroom4727]

We didn’t learn anything, because you talked about what they showed you, but didn’t show us! 👎🏽

[@trescientos1478]

A ver si ponen ustedes subtítulos en español también que no va a pasar nada