Aquila Ammunition to Increase .22 Cal. Production by 30% Per Year

By Guns ‘n’ Freedom

I’ve been buying Aquila ammo for a while, and it’s hard to beat for the price and performance equivalence. But supply for .22 caliber ammo has still been trying to catch up with demand.

So I was glad to hear the news that the company is going to be increasing production on one of the calibers its most known for.

According to Gun Watch, Aquila is making plans to ramp up production on its rimfire ammunition by at least 30%.

Aguila Ammuntion has been producing innovative .22 ammunition for years. They made quite a splash with their 60 grain .22 Sniper Sub Sonic and primer powered Colibri rounds.

I talked to Rodney S. Taylor, Chief Engineer, at the Shot Show in Las Vegas. He said that the .22 ammunition is the Company’s mainstay, by far the majority of the ammunition that they produce. Much of the Ammunition goes to the Central and South America markets. Aquila made the decision to significantly increase production a couple of years ago. Their machinery is state of the art, an almost completely automated, top of the line, process. Last year, in 2015, they increased their production by …Read the Rest

Source:: GunsNFreedom