Welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about rimfire firearms, ammunition, and appreciation of all the “small things” we have to be thankful for on the range. Today’s edition is a guest post by yours [Read More…]
Lapua of Finland is introducing two new cartridge casings in 2024, namely the 300 Winchester Short Magnum (WSM) and 6mm GT. According to Lapua, the 300 WSM provides many advantages among magnum cartridges, delivering energy equal to the 300 Win Mag. It’s [Read More…]
Finnish ammunition manufacturer Lapua have announced the suspension of some of their ammunition components due to “continued high product demand and the prevailing market conditions”. In the announcement, Lapua pointed to the ongoing “Ukraine [Read More…]
Do you hunt with the 6.5 Creedmooror or the .223 Remington? Good news for you as Lapua just presented new hunting ammunition that will hit the shelves in the summer. The .223 Rem is loaded with a 3.2 g / 50 gr Lapua Naturalis hunting bullet and the 6.5 mm has a 10.1 g [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world. Today we’ll be reviewing some match grade .22LR ammunition – Lapua X-ACT. Ammunition is quite expensive right now, even for rimfire [Read More…]
During my recent evaluations of various thermal front attachments, I shot some .300 Winchester Magnum from various bolt-action rifles. If you have a rifle chambered in this caliber, or thinking about getting one, there are now three new choices from Lapua. There are two [Read More…]
Lapua has a new selection of brass cartridge cases ready for 2021. They will add 6.5 PRC, .284 Winchester, .300 Winchester Magnum and .300 PRC cartridge cases to their 2021 offerings. The new Lapua 6.5 and .300 PRC cartridge cases are intended to provide competitive [Read More…]
For spring 2020 availability, Lapua is releasing a large rifle primer 6.5 Creedmoor case. In 2016 Lapua released their first 6.5 Creedmoor case, but only with a small primer. Then it was said to be for “accuracy reasons“. This time, the key selling point is [Read More…]
Most readers have probably never heard of Capstone Precision Group, but if they are at all involved in precision shooting and reloading they have most certainly heard of the companies within the group. Lapua Lapua is known for making what most regard to be the [Read More…]
One of the newer calibers to catch the favor of long-range shooters is the 6mm Creedmoor. If it sounds familiar that is because the 6mm Creedmoor is a necked down version of the even more popular 6.5mm Creedmoor. While there is a definite following and demand for this [Read More…]
As a lover of everything winter, I have to admit that I’m looking forward to this season’s Olympic Games. And no, not the figure skating, you animals. Besides the bobsledding and the snowboard half pipe, since I was a kid the Biathlon has always been one of my [Read More…]
Lapua from Finland begin the year with expanding their range of quality brass for hunters and long range competition shooters. If you’re shooting the .300 Norma Mag. or the .338 Norma Mag. in any of your rifles you now have another case and brand to chose from. [Read More…]
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is procuring two long range rifles from US manufacturer Barrett Firearms Manufacturing. The island armed forces will be purchasing the .50 BMG caliber M107A1 anti materiel rifle as well as the .338 Lapua Magnum caliber Multi Role [Read More…]
Starline has been busy adding more brass to their lineup and at a feverish pace recently. They announced plans to release another option for small primer 6.5 Creedmoor brass that got myself and many other shooters reasonably excited. But why would we get excited over [Read More…]
Mr. Raine Peltokoski from Finland is a three-time IPSC European Rifle Champion and has been one of the top shooters in practical competitions for decades. This includes shotgun and handgun. This list gives you an idea of his success. Below: To the best of my knowledge [Read More…]
Lapua continues to market their new Ballistics App for iPhone and Android, this time with a rather cool video demonstrating how you can setup your system for a nice cold bore shot and hit. We hope you are enjoying your holidays, eating plenty of good food and getting [Read More…]
Lapua continues to expands their Naturalis lead free hunting line in 2017. Two new products are to be released, the .224 Naturalis bullet and the .222 Rem. Naturalis cartridge. According to Lapua: Responding to the requests of our customers and expanding the product [Read More…]
In the Nordic, the 6.5×55mm (also called 6.5×55 Swedish (Mauser) and 6,5 × 55 SE) is widely know and used – and will continue to be. However, not long ago a lot of shooters started talking and (a few) also bought rifles in 6,5 Creedmoor. My own experience with [Read More…]
Teemu Rintala from Finland, one of the World’s best rifle and shotgun shooters. Nordic Champion, and now aiming for World Rifle Shoot in Russia 2017. I really hope the best practical rifle shooters from all around the World will come to this competition, but I [Read More…]
Does the World need another Ballistics App? The finnish company Lapua thinks so, and considering how good the finns are at apps maybe it’s worth a look? I mean, if you ever played any of the Angry Bird apps, you know there’s a lot of ballistics involved as [Read More…]
Berger Bullets has formally announced that Nammo Group has purchased them. This should make for a strong alliance within the shooting sports industry since Nammo Group already owns Lapua, a manufacturer of ammunition and reloading components; and VihtaVuori, a reloading [Read More…]
TrackingPoint is certainly trying to make the best of their turnaround. After accepting orders again in September of last year, the company has been on a tear working to expand their product offerings. After adding night-vision capability, the latest announcement is [Read More…]
If you’re a serious long-range rifleman, you might be interested in the PRS – Precision Rifle Series. The PRS is a series of competitions for the other PRS – Precision Rifle Shooting. The series has a fantastic reputation and is known for pitting some [Read More…]
DRD, makers of the “Paratus” takedown semi-automatic .308 caliber rifle have taken the concept to the next rung in the ladder, releasing the “Kivaari” takedown semi-automatic .338 Lapua Magnum rifle earlier this year. Guns.com reports that the [Read More…]
Now this is something that I did not expect to see make a technical comeback with the focus of modern firearms on rotating bolts. The new Alexander Arms .338 Lapua Magnum rifle (the “Ulfberht”) utilizes a flapper-locking bolt design. The base design was [Read More…]
Kevin shared some beautiful photos of if his Remington 700 .338 Lapua at a picturesque range in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. He wrote .. Shooting for the first time at my new rifle range in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, in Alberta. Edson Fish and Game association, [Read More…]
Ulf….what? Only Alexander Arms would name their semi-auto .338 Lapua Magnum rifle with an unpronounceable ancient Viking name. Ulfberht is a type of mythical Viking sword that were carried by few high ranking Viking elites and chieftains. The .338 Lapua Magnum [Read More…]
Finnish ammunition maker Lapua is introducing three new cases to its ammunition components line: The .300 AAC Blackout, the 7mm-08 Remington, and the 8×57 JS (8mm Mauser). From the press release: Lapua New Products – 2015 300 AAC Blackout Few cartridges have [Read More…]
For 2014, Lapua will introduce a new .308 Win load the company says is specially tailored to shorter barreled, semi-automatic rifles like the AR-10 and SCAR-H. According to Lapua, the load is designed for optimal performance from barrels as short as 12″ and as [Read More…]
Lapua now operates a testing facility that allows shooters to test the company’s rimfire rounds under highly controlled conditions. The Lapua Service Center is located in Mesa, AZ, and is open to competitive shooters and shooting teams. With more than [Read More…]
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