“You don’t really save a lot of money (loading yourself). It’s just the satisfaction of taking all these little pieces and components and putting them together so you can say ‘I made that.’ It’s quite a feeling,” Brown said.

Brown’s manufacturer’s license allows him access to wholesale prices on bulk ammunition components and his loading equipment speeds up the process. In turn, his ammunition costs 25 to 30 percent less than similar rounds sold at sporting goods stores.

Most of the ammo Brown sells is in common calibers like .45 ACP, 9mm Luger, .223 Remington, .308 Winchester, .270 Winchester, .30-06 and 7mm Remington Magnum. But Brown is capable of loading 120 different cartridges, and sometimes customers contact him looking for rare ammo. If he doesn’t already have the dies for that round, the customer can send in the attachments for his press and he’ll ship the die set back with the completed ammo.