Reply #46: And I think, as currently written, it would indeed ban reloading

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My rationale is this:

Federal, a company that everybody agrees manufactures ammunition:

1) Buys new casings
2) Buys new gunpowder
3) Buys new primers
4) Buys new bullets
5) Assembles those 4 components into ammunition



A reloader:

1) Reuses old casings
2) Buys new gunpowder
3) Buys new primers
4) Buys new bullets
5) Assembles those 4 components into ammunition


The only difference between those 2 examples is step 1. Does the difference in that single step mean Federal "manufactures ammunition" and the reloader does not?

If a paper mill uses recycled paper instead of virgin pulp, does that mean it is not "manufacturing paper"?