Starline Brass - in the factory

Pistolero

Well-Known Member
I was making an order of some brass today, and was thinking about Starline as a company.

Sierra Bullets was originally a California company, and I knew when they moved to a small town in
Missouri about an hour east of here. I went over after folks told me that they sold "seconds" bullets
at a discount. I have been buying their seconds since the early 90s, and had noticed that Starline
Brass, which I had never heard of in the 90s, was next door. Somebody mentioned that they
were also owned by the same family that owned Sierra Bullets., also moved from California.

Today I decided to see what I could find out about that, having taken the tour through the manufacturing
floor at Sierra a few years ago (interesting!), having friends who did precision machine work for them, and having
been a satisfied Starline and Sierra customer for many years. I ran into a video of the history of the two companies
which is interesting, but then they had a link to a video of the brass manufacturing processes.

I thought that folks here would find this manufacturing video pretty interesting. If you want to see the
history of the companies, I think there is a link there to that video, too.


Bill
 
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KeithB

Resident Half Fast Machinist
Thanks for posting the link, I enjoyed watching it. Kinda wish there had been a little closer look at the machinery but most of it looked like pretty standard stuff which I've seen before so no real loss. I did like their array of measuring tools at the inspection station. We often keep two or three micrometers preset to approximate feature sizes so we don't have to spend a lot of time cranking a single mike up and down.
 

S Mac

Sept. 10, 2021 Steve left us. You are missed.
Interesting video. Didn't know that they are based in MO, all the more reason to support them :cool:
 

Intheshop

Banned
Nice video,thanks for posting. Love seeing those old punch presses still in service.Everything seemed to be well guarded and VG house keeping.