RMC Orders

[Wayne Owens]

I am curious if anyone has recently received an order from Rocky Mountain Cartridge and how many months it took them to fill that order. I have been waiting 3 1/2 months for some shotgun cartridges and was hoping to have them for the fall season. They tell you not to ask about scheduling since they are running so far behind.

[Dan Di Stefano]

They had their major machine down for a good chunk of 2024. I received an order at the end of Feb/25 and maybe I ordered it in late summer or early fall of 24 when they were out of commission.

I would think they have been hammering away and chipped down at the wait . Well worth your spot in line in my opinion.

[Dean Romig]

Are their cartridges somehow better than RST’s?





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[Dan Di Stefano]

Dean,

No and yes, and Yes and no. They are Hull only. RMC make full brass hulls and shells for reloading, which are turned from a block of brass. This is apposed to the other brass hull options of Magtech etc, which are extruded from brass.

Infinitely reloadable and also customizable for chamber and length at ordering. They sell a reloading kit available for their hulls that allows you to reload them at your kitchen table, in an hotel room while on a hunting trip etc . Olden days style with much better tolerances. A lot of the traditional Cowboy shooter types use them for authenticity during matches and shows.

I purchased them for several reasons. The first being that RST was not available in my beloved 16 ga for quite some time. Second they pair very well with our beloved vintage guns. Another major reason for the ease of reloading for a non reloader who does NOT want to dedicate a whole basement shop/bench to reloading. Mostly all reloading data works in them and they are true to gauge/cartridge size unlike the Magtechs, which run a little big on hull interior diameter.

A thing to know is they do fire form to the chamber of the gun they are used in, but you can reform them to an extent to another with the supplied tools or sending them back. I would suggest dedicating them to a specific gun. They can engrave their hulls for you with that favorite side by side’s name on them.

They are not cheap anymore I need to say, but my intended use is for hunting so I don’t need a box of 100. I enjoy the nostalgic feel and process they have in building and using them. Similar feeling and experience to being present when a paper hull is fired releasing that sweet intoxicating smell.

[Bill Murphy]

A while back, I was in the Hamburg, PA Cabela's, rooting around the closeout shelf. I found three boxes of ten RMC eight gauge brass. I have no idea how they got there, but I bought them for about fifteen bucks a box. I don't know what retail is on RMC eights, but it's not a price I would pay.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Dan.





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