Hall County Attorney Marty Klein said the explosion happened in a chemical compound building at the Hornady plant at 8350 West Old Potash Highway, a Wood River address. That site is about four miles northwest of Alda on the site of the old Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant.
-WiscoDave
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Hornady/'s Critical Defense is my choice for carry ammo, both in 357 magnum and 45 by God ACP. It's both accurate and reliable.
I heard just this morning ammo plants are stopping production for civilian distributors to keep up with the demand for supporting the conflicts overseas and now this. If you don't already have sufficient reserves you should spend this weekend getting what you still can.
ReplyDeleteThis in not a fact. Only a few civilian plants are part of the group that are contracted to "plus up" production for DOD when needed. Besided these plants, most DO NOT have the tooling/parts for military ammunition or components to make military 5.56. 9mm, 7.62x51, 50 BMG (and the few other calibers in use). Certainly some primers and powders CAN be used for military loads; contracting and milspec (M855, M855A1, M80, and others) requirements only allow the use of certain powders and components. Back in 2008 to 2010-ish when there was a severe shortage due to the new President and new regulations, brass and the items needed to make primers of all kinds, was not available, period.
DeleteGun store rangers often put this info out and are seen as a 'reliable' industry source...they usually are not. A phone call to your favorite US (and some European) ammo company will get you a real answer. I suggest asking about your specific favorite loads with the boxes in front of you. You would be suprised at how friendly moat of their customer service or technical folks are. They may mot be able to answer questions about contracts but will usually tell you production nimbers and dates for your favorite loads. Moat non-industry people do not even realize that some loads are only made at certain times of the year and not continuously. A few items lile standard velocity 22LR may run year round, while Stinger, Mini-Mag, or 22 MAG may only be produced once a year. Same with almost every caliber or cartridge you can come up with. There are even a few that are only produced once every few years!
One Foot Still In the Biz
Curiouser and curiouser.
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ReplyDeletePrimers are made in a separate building
And they are very essplody
DeleteCould this be attributed to "incompetence is our strength" ???
ReplyDeleteWon't buy from Hornaday after they crapped on their smarter employees by telling them to be vaxxed or loose their jobs...rotten fvckers!
ReplyDeleteTheir 'smarter' employees would quit when they were informed they'd be required to get the shot.
Delete"I was looking for a job when I found this one" has always served me well.
YET ANOTHER manufacturing plant disaster/"accident." What's that make, like 13594 since Biden was "selected"?
ReplyDeleteThis story is a bummer. Hornady is a company I greatly admire, and it's really sad that something like this happened.
ReplyDeleteThe same thing happened at Nosler not too long ago, although I don't think there were any injuries there.
Regarding Critical Defense ammunition, I'd absolutely love to try some, but living in California I don't want to put myself through the exposure, expense and anal exam it would take to buy some. But I will certainly ask my friend from Idaho to 'gift' me some the next time he visits. That's perfectly legal according to California laws, you know.
If you want some primo self defense ammo check out Underwood.
DeleteElmo, 15 north toward Vegas, exit at Blue Mountain Rd. - park at the Silverwood hotel/casino (yes, sometimes the CHP cruises the parking lot - you know, to turn around to head back south...) and walk over to Bass Pro... buy what you want/need, have a nice supper at the hotel after putting your purchase away... you know, like we did with weed in the 60s and 70s... and then you can go back to Marxistshitholefornia...
Deleteall in all, it's about a six beer drive, three up three down
"...you know, to turn around to head back south..."
Deletewith their license plate scanners activated, looking for California vehicles which then might be conveniently stopped on the way back home for whatever surreptitious reason Rob Bonta's DOJ might come up with.
The only problem with that plan is that as a California resident, if you get caught importing more than 50 rounds of ammunition and are convicted of said offense you become a prohibited person. No guns for you. For forever.
Meanwhile, if you are an L.A. gang banger, your Las Vegas homie can rent a Penske van, bring you a truckload of 9mm and 'gift' it to you. Perfectly legal. Thank you, California Democrats.
You may not remember this, but a few years ago armed CA Fish and Wildlife 'Law Enforcement' agents were stopping vehicles with California plates and randomly searching their rigs and even their travel trailers looking for illegal fireworks. It was even on the evening news. This happened at the new bug station east of Truckee. If they can do it looking for fireworks, they can certainly do it looking for 'contraband' ammunition.
I don't trust any CA state agency farther than I can throw Gavin's three SUV CHP security detail.
"Marxistshitholefornia".
You're too kind, Grandpa.
That last comment was me, Grandpa. Not Anonymous.
DeleteI was too quick on the 'PUBLISH' trigger after imbibing in an adult beverage or two on this lovely Saturday evening. My bad.
I'm curious about this one. I'm pretty sure Hornady isn't making primers or propellant so not sure what they would be doing in a chemical compounding facility. I'm involved in explosives manufacturing so we frequently seen reports and lessons learned. Will see if I can get more details but it will likely be a while.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this is part any conspiracy - this work is sensitive and it doesn't take much for things to go really wrong quickly.
Making smokeless powder is tricky business. Actually surprised we don't see more explosions/fires from the process. And with the festivities in Israel ammo demand has
ReplyDeleteonce again ramped up driving prices up and availability down. Losing a manufacturer, even temporarily, is not a good thing.
Every single ammunition or explosives manufacturing plant has or will suffer an explosion from time to time. It's just the nature of the business. Not trying to be a smartass. Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteI was at the Hillsborough County Sheriffs clay shoot yesterday and Steve Hornady and his wife were there. Nice folks sorry to hear about the explosion, probably a decade of legal issues coming.
ReplyDeleteHighly localized climate change, not terrorists.
ReplyDeleteIt a point all these fires and explosions are not just random, we passed that point 2 years ago
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Well crap. My last order has already been delayed, and now this...
ReplyDeleteI started using Hornady interlocks in my.30-06 and.243. I really liked the accuracy. My .243 grouped .75”. That’s a cheap sub $300 rifle (Savage of course).
ReplyDeleteI stand corrected - Hornady announced the incident was in primer mfg. Scary primary explosives - extremely sensitive to impact and friction. CCI lost a couple people some years ago mixing bulk priming compound.
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