If you have not heard of them before, The Ballistics By The Inch project tests cartridges by shooting them through a rifle-length barrel, noting the velocity, then cutting an inch off the end of the barrel and repeating until the barrel is just 2″ in length. This [Read More…]
AAI Corp continues to develop caseless, telescoped ammunition and machine guns to fire it under the United States Joint Service Small Arms Research Program Office’s (JSSAP) Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) program. The caseless, telescoped ammo and gun [Read More…]
When browsing TFB today I noticed that we are running an advertisement for a new ammo tracker website called WikiArms. They have a very simple layout, which I like, and seem to be updating pricing about every 10 minutes. Disclaimer: There are some that don’t [Read More…]
Remington has announced that they are planning a $32 million expansion of thier Lonoke, Arkansas ammuniution plant which should be completed by the second quarter of next year. The expansion is to help them meet increasing demand for ammunition domestically [Read More…]
It is no secret that I am an unrepentant H&K-aholic. Over the years I have collected just about every one of their roller locked long guns, a ton of their pistols dating back to the HK4 and VP70z, and even a few modern implements that required quite a bit of effort [Read More…]
Over a year ago a Spanish reader emailed me to ask about the strange cartridge he found (pictured above). It had a ~7.62mm sized rifle bullet in what looked like a 9mm pistol cartridge case. Carlos wrote … I recently moved to my grandmother‘s house in Madrid [Read More…]
One of the great things about smaller ammo companies is their willingness to support some of the lower volume calibers. For people that rely on niche calibers, or who enjoy shooting an old family heirloom, finding ammunition can sometimes be a difficult chore. [Read More…]
Ruger, Cabela’s and the Winchester Ammunition division of Olin Corp are all doing very well reports EarningsWhispers via. Seeking Alpha … The consensus revenue estimate for Ruger is $131.65 million, which represents sales growth of approximately 17% [Read More…]
One of the toughest things I’ve had to do recently is to shoot 500 rounds of 9mm in a handgun class. The training was great, but I knew I would have a tough time replacing every round that went down range. Considering I’ve seen FMJ going for $1/round and [Read More…]
Winchester Ammunition is now making a 7.62×39 load in the PDX1 Defender line of self defense ammo. The ammunition uses a Split Core Technology bullet that attempts to combine excellent expansion with good penetration and weight retention. The load uses a 120 [Read More…]
Looking for 30″ of penetration? The new Outdoorsman load from Buffalo Bore for the .40 S&W cartridge will give you exactly that. The load uses a 200 grain, hard-cast, flat-nose bullet at 1000 fps to achieve deep penetration for punching through skulls and [Read More…]
The Big 3 East in Florida is an expansion of the original Big 3 event held at Kansas every Fall. Both events were started by writers for writers. The Big 3 stands for Tactical gun, Tactical gear and Tactical training. All the companies and writers were handpicked and [Read More…]
More than a few people carry or keep a 22 rimfire for self defense. Many of these folks are using the ubiquitous 22 Long Rifle cartridge. But, I know several people who like to keep a firearm chambered for the more powerful 22 WMR (Winchester Magnum Rimfire) [Read More…]
My last article entitled “Are Submachine Guns Obsolete?” asked the readers of the blog to comment on what they thought about the SMG’s place in the modern world, and you responded! After about 100 comments I have selected a few highlights that I felt [Read More…]
It has been a looonnnggg time coming but Magpul is finally making a 10 round capacity PMAG. The PMAG 10 will retail for $13.95. Magpul also announced a line of PMAG Round Limiters. These limiters reduce the capacity of a PMAG by 5 or 10 rounds. You could, for example, [Read More…]
LuckyGunner are selling anti-drone shotgun rounds loaded with depleted uranium buckshot. At $17.76 a box of 5 rounds, its a bargin. Years of research and development have gone into these highly effective 12 gauge shells that can turn even Joe Biden’s double barrel [Read More…]
This is a topic I was pondering the other day. I thought to myself “is there any one role where a submachine gun stands out among the rest as the best firearm for any given situation?” And I couldn’t think of one. Not one. They are much bigger than a [Read More…]
Readers of TFB wanted to see how well a Soviet WWII-era helmet would fare against weapons from around that time. They produced a video showing a soviet helmet shot at by an SKS and a Mosin-Nagant. The video is embedded below … They concluded the helmets were [Read More…]
The Kansas City Star reports that ATK is implementing voluntary layoffs at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant … Hourly workers at the federally owned Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence have been given voluntary layoff offers as part of a plan to [Read More…]
There is a lot of speculation about handgun ammunition performance in the gun community. Flame wars break out instantly on the internet by zealots on all sides of the debate any time the words “stopping power” enter the conversation. Everybody has an [Read More…]
