500 Smith & Wesson The .500 S&W Magnum (12.7×41mm SR) is a fifty-caliber semi-rimmed handgun cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in partnership with the Smith & Wesson engineering team. In an 8.38″ (21.3 cm) revolver with a .500 S&W Magnum cartridge [Read More…]
SIG Sauer has announced the addition of SIG 365 9mm loads to their ammunition line. The new ammo comes loaded with two 115 grain bullet options: FMJ or V-Crown (JHP). It is not a coincidence that the new ammunition is the namesake of the company’s newest carry [Read More…]
I have seen videos of cowboy action shooting, which is a form of 3 gun using cowboy themed firearms. But I did not know there are people shooting while on horseback. I have certainly seen archery competitions on horseback but there is a Cowboy Mounted Shooting [Read More…]
G2 Research originally released it’s Telos line of ammunition in 2017, after the popularity of the RIP fragmenting ammo offered by the company for semi-auto pistol use. The Telos line was originally designed for revolver use, but proved to be effective enough to [Read More…]
Prime Ammunition has been hinting at a new offering to their rifle ammunition lineup for over a year now. Finally, this week they have confirmed it will be the 6MM Creedmoor. While their 6.5 Creedmoor factory offering has been extremely popular with competitive [Read More…]
A Danish company called Quickloader makes shotgun ammunition storage system for hunters which provides quick access to pairs of shells thus decreasing the reload time of double-barreled shotguns. The product itself is called … Quickloader. While having an [Read More…]
Conflict Armament Research has recently published a short but very comprehensive report detailing the craft produced anti-armor/personal launchers that we reported on in May of 2017. The findings that CAR has come up with are quite revealing about the launchers [Read More…]
Vista Outdoor has been awarded a Training Ammunition Contract from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) along with several other government agencies that have not been named at this time. Federal Premium will be the company who specifically fills that contract for [Read More…]
Hornady has recently been awarded an FBI Service Ammunition Contract for 9mm+P rounds. This is the 2nd contract that they have secured with the FBI in the last 2 years. The first being for their Critical Duty .40 S&W 175 Grain Flexlock ammunition in 2017. This newly [Read More…]
Federal Premium Ammunition invites attendees of the 2018 NRA Meetings & Exhibits Show to the Vista Outdoor booth 7530. Those who stop by during the event, which runs May 3-6 in Dallas, Texas, can meet professional shooter Julie Golob, plus popular online personality [Read More…]
For years, Speer Gold Dot has been the pinnacle of duty handgun ammunition performance. Gold Dot G2 builds on this reputation with a next-generation duty bullet design. Instead of a large cavity in the nose, Gold Dot G2 has only a shallow dish filled with a [Read More…]
About two months ago we reported about Starline offering straight-walled unfinished .223 Remington brass made primarily for wildcatters. Apparently, Starline also offers such unfinished cases of 6.5mm Grendel and 6.8mm SPC cartridges. Starline calls these cases Grendel [Read More…]
On Thursday, April 26, the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA), with support from the National Rifle Association, filed an important lawsuit in the U.S.District Court for the Southern District of California challenging the state’s new restrictions on the [Read More…]
Federal Premium is pleased to announce it has added new calibers and grain weights to its full line of American Eagle rifle ammunition. Shipments are being delivered to dealers. American Eagle rifle ammunition offers consistent, accurate performance at a price that’s [Read More…]
Will the World Cup 2018 being held in Russia create a TulAmmo shortage in the United States?… Potentially, yes, comrade! If any of our TFB audience is Russian, they may have already known of or read an excerpt that we are about to present. A Russian publication [Read More…]
Speer is happy to announce it will offer new calibers of Grand Slam hunting rifle bullets for reloaders. The already expansive line now includes a 140-grain 6.5mm, 100-grain 243 cal. and 120-grain 257 cal. Shipments are being delivered to dealers. With a tapered, [Read More…]
Federal Premium is always looking for new categories, calibers or cartridges to provide shooters with more ammunition. Not every new introduction has to be a reinvention of the wheel though. Sometimes just keeping up with what’s hot can be a difficult enough task [Read More…]
Blackwater Ammunition is a new company established by Eric Prince, the founder of Academy (Blackwater), James Fenech, ammunition and arms distributor, and Nicola Bandini who also is (was?) the CEO of Arsenal Firearms. The launch of this new company was officially [Read More…]
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Federal Ammunition is pleased to announce a new addition to its full line of Syntech handgun ammunition. Look for Syntech in a variety of popular loads, including the new 124-grain 9mm Luger. Adam wrote about the initial offerings, last fall, to include: .40 S&W [Read More…]
Any firearms content that can be promoted showcasing shooting sports in the Olympics is a positive for the industry in general. Federal is using some of it’s resources to bring attention by sponsoring USA Shooting for supplying US athletes. Other ammunition [Read More…]
USA Shooting’s podium potential in Airgun events has increased with the announcement that Podium LLC is continuing its partnership with America’s shooting team. Podium has been a team supplier since 2015 but now has moved to official sponsor status with an increased [Read More…]
Much like power adapters for small electronic devices, each silencer manufacturer has their own mounting system that is rarely compatible with competing companies products. While each system has its positives and negatives, I believe that consumers secretly want [Read More…]
In one of their recent press releases, SIG Sauer announced the addition of SIG HT hunting 6.5mm Creedmoor loads to their Elite Performance ammunition line. Particularly, they are now offering 6.5 CM Elite Performance cartridges loaded with 120 grain solid [Read More…]
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) voted to approve the Federal Premium 224 Valkyrie as an official new cartridge during their committee meeting at the 2018 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada this past January. 224 Valkyrie’s SAAMI [Read More…]
When you think of firearm suppressors and subsonic ammunition, I’m guessing that a 12 Gauge scattergun is the furthest thing from your mind. Reducing the report of a shotgun to acceptable levels is fraught with challenges. A gigantic bore diameter, wadding and shot [Read More…]
Rubber Buckshot and Rubber Slugs are far from easily available where I live, and it kind of makes sense as the market must be very limited. But as my local ammunition’s dealer is a very pro-active and innovative person he had some Italian made Fiocchi Rubber Bucks [Read More…]
.44mag is usually anything but meh. But Fiocchi manages to make it mediocre. Penetration: 28.6″ Retained weight: 239.4gr Max expansion: 0.534″ Min expansion: 0.523″ Velocities in fps: 874 878 885 898 877 Average: 882.4 StdDev: 9.6 Min: 874 Max: 898 Spread: 24 If you [Read More…]
Shocking ammunition trend emerging… Building based on my article on superstitions regarding firearms in Africa, and specifically in West Africa, investigations and reports show that there is a deeper and more macabre element which has emerged. No one knows when or [Read More…]
During a raid in a warehouse in the small town of Strauch in The Netherlands, the Police found evidence of what they considered being the illegal manufacturing of ammunition. Further investigations lead to an area of Greenhouses, where a Dutch company was reloading [Read More…]
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