Inside Super Vel: How a Million Rounds of 9mm Get Made Weekly
Inside Super Vel: How a Million Rounds of 9mm Get Made Weekly. A behind-the-scenes factory tour of Super Vel's Las Vegas ammo plant — bullet presses, monolithic copper projectiles, Hush Puppy suppressors, and why reman ammo { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/carry_trainer#person", "name": "Carry Trainer", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/carry_trainer", "description": "Carry Trainer is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/23b35284-668f-4e58-9719-10abce42e4be.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/super-vel-ammunition-factory-tour#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/super-vel-ammunition-factory-tour" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/super-vel-ammunition-factory-tour", "headline": "Inside Super Vel: How a Million Rounds of 9mm Get Made Weekly", "name": "Inside Super Vel: How a Million Rounds of 9mm Get Made Weekly", "description": "A behind-the-scenes factory tour of Super Vel's Las Vegas ammo plant — bullet presses, monolithic copper projectiles, Hush Puppy suppressors, and why reman ammo isn't what you think.", "articleSection": "Ammunition", "articleBody": "Super Vel's Las Vegas ammunition plant produces roughly one million rounds of 9mm per week during peak demand — and almost every bullet, suppressor component, and loaded cartridge is now built in-house. In a factory walkthrough on Greyhive, Mickey from Carry Trainer toured the company's new 30,000-square-foot facility with president and co-owner Mike Stoker, who detailed the vertical integration push that has reshaped how Super Vel makes ammo. The tour covered 1942-built bullet presses turning out 90,000 projectiles per shift, Swiss-turned monolithic copper defensive rounds, in-house Hush Puppy Project wipe suppressor manufacturing, and the brass-prep process that keeps remanufactured ammo on par with factory-new. It also included a candid conversation about why ammo prices move the way they do — and why the Iran supply-chain disruption has pushed weekly output from 650,000 rounds to a million. Key Takeaways Super Vel moved into a ~30,000 sq ft Las Vegas facility in September 2025 and now produces roughly 1 million rounds of 9mm weekly during the current demand spike. A 1942 Waterbury Farrel 5-ton 8-station press runs 124-grain FMJ at about 90,000 bullets per shift; a newer 10-ton 10-station machine is on the way for larger rifle projectiles. Super Vel's 9mm 115-grain 6-petal monolithic copper defensive round is Swiss-turned from solid bar, eliminating the …