Hodgdon Powder Co. Inc buys RCBS

[JBoyette]

Link to PR

Revelyst Announces Sale of RCBS | Shooting Wire

Hodgdon Powder Company Acquires RCBS Reloading | Shooting Wire

 

[Exspiravit]

Pretty soon all gun related manufacturing will be owned by three or four entities. This is not a good thing.

 

[JBoyette]

Pretty soon all gun related manufacturing will be owned by three or four entities. This is not a good thing.

Well,
Not all just wholesale brands.

Factories own brands and change color, stickers, molds etc as "new" products at the wholesale level.

Few non-factory owned brands can sell at wholesale 50% below MSRP.

Once these brands have enough sell-through then the production level cost efficiencies kick in.

RCBS was owned by Vista, so it's like a big 3 sold to the little guy

 

[rufrdr]

Rather that Hogdons has them, it helps diversify their product line and make them stronger in the overall reloading market.

 

[NC-rifle]

Well,
....
RCBS was owned by Vista, so it's like a big 3 sold to the little guy

Sounds fine to me. I like them both.

 

[georgel]

Sounds more like good thing to me, being owned by a gun-centric company rather than an investment company. Is Hodgdon still family owned?

 

[AR10ShooterinNC]

Sounds more like good thing to me, being owned by a gun-centric company rather than an investment company. Is Hodgdon still family owned?

Yes, still family owned.

 

[georgel]

Now, if they could just start making primers.

 

[AR10ShooterinNC]

Now, if they could just start making primers.

I heard that question asked on a podcast, they said primer production is more dangerous than black powder production.

 

[georgel]

That's what robotics is for.

 

[AR10ShooterinNC]

That's what robotics is for.

Have you ever seen videos of primers being filled? It’s all done by hand, machines don’t have the touch to do it.