Camdex Machine

Mississippi wrote:
But the people want ammo! And I may be the guy to deliver.
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Responding to a perceived need in the marketplace, excellent!

Good luck.

... most business ventures go tits up due to poor business management and financial management decisions...
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They also fail because they don't have a good business plan or are under-capitalized.

My grandfather never achieved more than an MBA but he never failed at a business he started. My father got his PhD in business management and even after successfully running companies for others was never able to successfully start one on his own.

Again, good luck.
 
Plenty of good reasons to do it. A good reason not to do it? Taking something that you enjoy and turning it in to a job can and often will destroy the joy and all traces of it.

I would also be concerned about the logical process if one of your friends/customers ends up with some manner of a catastrophic failure. No idea about what happens in that case but it seems like it would certainly ruin your day.

Even still, I find the discussion interesting. The very few times that I have heard of a used Camdex being offered for sale, the price was under $15,000 but then again, it's been a few years and I really don't know the machine.

I'm enjoying this thread as it develops.
 
Plenty of good reasons to do it. A good reason not to do it? Taking something that you enjoy and turning it in to a job can and often will destroy the joy and all traces of it.

I would also be concerned about the logical process if one of your friends/customers ends up with some manner of a catastrophic failure. No idea about what happens in that case but it seems like it would certainly ruin your day.
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I would rather engage in a business doing something that I enjoy and make money than do something I am not interested in just to make money.

Not the mention if safety of others is a factor, I hope it is a passion of yours and not just something to pay the bills.
 
I would rather engage in a business doing something that I enjoy and make money than do something I am not interested in just to make money.

Not the mention if safety of others is a factor, I hope it is a passion of yours and not just something to pay the bills
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Have you ever taken time off work, like a week or more just to reload and shoot? And not a competition, just for load development.

Have you gotten out of bed at 4 am to check your reloading records because you have something on your mind about one of your loads and can't sleep until you solve it?

Ever been reloading and realized that it's 7am and your wife brings you coffee, but you started in a 5pm the day before?

Do you feel guilty when you go fishing because you have brass that needs prepped?

I definitely have a passion for it. I love shooting, but testing loads and shooting is my favorite pastime. In fact, when I shoot my F-CLASS matches, I wish I could put the chronograph up and utilize the matches as a test at the same time. P.O Ackley had the greatest job of all time in my opinion.

Of course I would be in it to make money. But I can make much more money consulting than making ammo, and I could consult more than I do, but choose not to. The money made would just justify what I was doing as more than a hobby.
Plus it would help provide a tax shelter
 
Mississippi said:
In fact, when I shoot my F-CLASS matches, I wish I could put the chronograph up and utilize the matches as a test at the same time.
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You could ask the RO to let you use a Labradar unit. They sit to the side of the muzzle as you shoot, so you don't need to have anything out in front of the line. Indeed, if you used the airgun microphone trigger, you could have the unit back next to you. You'd need to desensitize the microphone a bit to prevent false triggering, though.

So many toys, so little time.
 
Have you ever bought dies and components for a round you don't own a firearm for, yet?
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Yep. :)

300 Blackout. I bought the dies and a jig to make brass and had a few hundred rounds loaded by the time I built the rifle.
 
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