Hornady & Lake City Armory Team-up To Produce Affordable, Accurate Mil-Spec Ammo

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Established in 1941, the nearly 4,000-acre Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) in Independence, Missouri, produces small-caliber ammunition for the military at a rate of around a billion rounds per year. This makes LCAAP the largest producer of small arms ammo for the United States Armed Forces.

In 2017, LCAAP approached Hornady Manufacturing with an impressive offer that would combine Lake City’s impressive production capabilities with Hornady’s superb components to produce accurate, affordable AR ammunition for shooters.

“The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant came to Hornady with an opportunity to tap into some of that capacity,” said Hornady Vice President Jason Hornady. “The cool thing about this opportunity is as a bullet manufacturer, we have the opportunity with the Lake City organization to provide military spec cartridges with better bullets. When you have an opportunity like this, you cannot pass it up.”

For AR enthusiasts everywhere, this means that military-grade ammunition is now available at very affordable prices. In addition, Frontier ammo is loaded with a variety of different bullets in different grain weights in both 5.56 and .223 Rem. So, whether you’re a hunter, competitive …Read the Rest

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