Questão jurídica principal
Whether assembling ammunition from components constituted unlawful manufacture under the Weapons Act.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Assembling cartridge cases, primers, projectiles and powder into ready-to-use ammunition amounts to manufacture; the self-use exception did not apply because the quantities far exceeded personal needs.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the conduct fell within the statutory notion of ammunition manufacture. The exemption for reloading ammunition for personal use was inapplicable given the scale and because the defendant went beyond mere reloading by producing usable ammunition from delivered components.