The 6.8x45mm is an alternative to the 6.8 SPC cartridge that has been getting a lot of attentio. Developed by Larry Kramer of Kramer Defense (They have no website that I could find). The parent cartridge is the .223 Remington / 5.56mm NATO. Its advantage over the 6.8 [Read More…]
If you have been following this blog you know the Chinese have been in the news recently. A Chinese ship carrying 3 million rounds of 7.62x39mm and 1500 RPG rounds destined for land locked Zimbabwe tried to offload in the South African port of Durban. Robert [Read More…]
I came across this chart showing over 260 powders form 15 different manufacturers. The chart of relative quickness of powders below is intended as a guideline only. Powders within three lines of one another are similar in relative quickness but cannot be directly [Read More…]
Idiot has been reloading 20mm vulcan projectiles in 20x138b brass to fire from his Lahti cannon. 20mm vulcan projectile vs. .308! Lahti L-39 … Idiot is one brave man More photos here and here
[ This guest post was written by Michigan Slugger ] After 20 years of shooting about every brand of sabot slug out there, our group of four has 2 favorite slugs we shoot. So far the best we have found for accuracy and power with our 12 ga. slug guns is the Winchester [Read More…]
The NY Times (emphasis mine): But to arm the Afghan forces that it hopes will lead this fight, the American military has relied since early last year on a fledgling company led by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur. With the award last January [Read More…]
Guncrafter Industries are selling a .50 GI conversion kit for the the Glock 20/21. Click to expand the image The .50 GI round should not be compared to the Desert Eagle’s .50 Action Express or the .500 S&W. It is slightly more powerful than the .45 ACP. [Read More…]
Winchester has launched a reduced recoil .260 S&W for hunting. They claim it has 50% less recoil than a regular .460 S&W cartridge. The reduce recoil comes at a cost of approx. 34% less muzzle energy. The press release: For 2008, Winchester Ammunition offers a [Read More…]
The M1028 is a 120mm shotgun shell for the M1 tank. The shell holds 1100 10mm tungsten balls. They are apparently lethal up to 700m (765 yards). Here is a video of the shell being fired in slow motion. It shows the shot breaking the sound barrier and the shot pattern [Read More…]
Have you ever wondered how much big bore ammo cost? Here is a list of cartridges from a few manufacturers. It is not a scientific sample, I have not taken into account quality of the brass or bullets. I am sure by hunting around you could find cheaper prices (ha, no pun [Read More…]
Hornady’s new products for 2008: 300 RCM & 338 RCM Dangerous Game Series 357 MAG / 44 MAG LEVERevolution 32 WIN Special LEVERevolution 22 WMR Rimfire 6.5 Creedmoor FPBâ„¢ Muzzleloading Bullets SST-ML High Speed Low Dragâ„¢ Sabots 450 Nitro Express 3 [Read More…]
Graf & Sons and Hornady are now offering high quality ammo for military surplus rifles. Calibers they offer: 6.5×52 Carcano 6.5×50 Japanese 7×64 Brenneke 7×57R Mauser .303 British 7.5×55 Swiss 7.65×53 Argentine 7.7×58 Japanese 7.92×33 [Read More…]
There is ‘big bore’ and then there is the 2 bore. Schroeder & Hetzendorfer make a cartridge called the S&H 2 Bore Blackpowder Express. These photos are amazing .700 nitro express next to 2 bore and 3500 grain bronze solid .500 S&W, .45-70, .700 [Read More…]
The 8 mm Lebel (8x50Rmm French) was and first smokeless powder cartridge adopted by the military of any country. It is also the one of the most bizarre looking cartridges I have seen. Photo from Wikipedia It was introduced in 1886 and served through WWI. It was made [Read More…]
Eley have rebranded most of their .22 ammo and introduced a new produce called Team, an improved version of Club. (Click to here to expand) I think the branding was a good idea. The boxes look like and the names are better. For example “Tenex” is better than [Read More…]
B.B. has written an interesting article on early target shooting with the Zimmerstutzen rifles. The Zimmerstutzen was the ancestor of the 10-meter target [air] rifle and extends back to at least 1840. Zimmerstutzen is the rough translation of “parlor rifle” [Read More…]
There is an interesting discussion over at rec.guns about the best way to deal with a squirrel chewing on the roof. It is worth a read. “Pumper Hinkle” sums up the options: Hmmm. I understand your problem better now. For the squirrel to be chewing on your [Read More…]
CCI have renamed Quik-Shot as SHP (Segmented Hollow Point) and are now offering it as a subsonic round! It will drive a 40 gr bullet at 1050 ft/s with 98 ft/lbs of energy! This is great news for me. I have been using Quik-Shot but since I use a suppressor subsonic is [Read More…]
The 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum is back! The 5mm Rem Magnum was originally produced from 1970 to 1974. Only a few firearms where chambered in it. The bolt action Remington Model 591 and Model 592 where chambered in it and Thompson Center Arms offered it for a brief [Read More…]
These Varmint Grenade, made by Barnes are amazing. I am going to have to try them out in the near future In the below video they fire one of them into a grape and the bullet completely disintegrates. Barnes makes these in .243/6mm (62 gr), .22 (36 – 50 gr) and [Read More…]
