SAAMI, (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute) plays a vital role in the firearms industry by setting and maintaining standards for firearms, ammunition, and their components. As an association comprised of leading firearms and ammunition [Read More…]
SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute) have published cartridge and chamber drawings of a new rimfire cartridge called 21 Sharp which was developed and submitted for SAAMI acceptance by Olin Winchester. While this new cartridge uses a non-heeled [Read More…]
The 350 Legend cartridge was introduced by Winchester Ammunition at SHOT Show 2019. It’s a .358-caliber straight-walled rebated rim AR-15 cartridge that became quite popular with many companies now offering firearms chambered in 350 Legend. Well, looks like its [Read More…]
Pretty much every year a new cartridge is announced at the SHOT Show or right before it by one of the major firearms and/or ammunition manufacturers. This year, the company was Remington and the new cartridge was the 360 Buckhammer (360 BHMR). Shortly after the [Read More…]
Suppressors have become an incredibly popular firearms accessory in the two previous decades and have gone from relative obscurity to being at the top of almost every hunter’s and shooter’s wishlist. However, many suppressors use wildly different mounting [Read More…]
Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) has published the cartridge and chamber drawings of the 30 Super Carry (30 S Carry). With the acceptance and standardization of this new cartridge by SAAMI, we now have precise data on its dimensions, [Read More…]
One of the newest long-action cartridges to hit the market has just had its official SAAMI specs released. The 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge (7mm PRC), has been the talk of the town in various internet firearms forums and chat rooms with many people who thought that the [Read More…]
SAAMI has accepted several new rifle cartridges, including the 6.8 True Velocity Composite which pushes a 150-grain bullet to the velocity of 2,700 fps. You can check part of the layout in the schematics above. Hornady’s 6mm GT is another one as well as [Read More…]
We’ve know for a while that Beretta was partnered with General Dynamics on their NGSW submission – the bullpup RM277. Well GD have divested to True Velocity and Lone Star Future Weapons but Beretta have confirmed their continuing involvement in the project. [Read More…]
SAAMI or the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, have just announced that three new magnum cartridges have been accepted for SAAMI standardization. The newly accepted rounds include SIG Sauer’s 277 SIG FURY (the commercially available version [Read More…]
SAAMI or the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute is an association of the nation’s leading firearms, ammunition and component manufacturers. Founded in 1926, SAAMI is tasked with coordinating technical data, promoting safe practices in [Read More…]
True Velocity are joining the board. The Texas-based hybrid ammunition manufacturer is set to join the Board of Directors of SAAMI – the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute. If you’re unfamiliar with SAAMI they are an organisation, [Read More…]
If ammunition is something that you are especially interested in in the firearms world, then you probably frequently visit the websites of SAAMI and CIP. While doing a research for another article, I visited the New Cartridge & Chamber Drawings page of SAAMI website [Read More…]
A couple of weeks ago, Wilson Combat announced that their 300 HAM’R cartridge has been standardized by SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute). And a couple of days ago, the actual drawings were published on the SAAMI website. In their [Read More…]
Vista Outdoors has published a press release announcing that SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute) has approved and issued the 12 Gauge 1-3/4″ cartridge and chamber drawing standards for smoothbore barrels. Currently, you can find on [Read More…]
I have yet to experience the .224 Valkyrie caliber, but technically it looks very interesting. TFB has covered the .224 Valkyrie in several articles, for instance here and here. The NASGW (National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers) was organized over 65 years [Read More…]
Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) has published three new cartridge and chamber drawings for the 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum, 6.5mm Precision Rifle Cartridge and .300 Precision Rifle Cartridge. Let’s take a brief look at each of [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…]
SAAMI has published drawings of three newly standardized cartridges. As mentioned in the title, these are the .224 Valkyrie, 6mm Creedmoore and .24 Nosler. Let’s take a look at each of these cartridge drawings. .224 Valkyrie One of the most obvious trends of [Read More…]
If any firearm company in the last month has been kicked around more than Slidefire, I would like to hear about it. After a horrific event of historic magnitude occurred in Las Vegas where a Slidefire stock was used they have been completely murdered in the press. [Read More…]
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has always been a catalyst for positive growth within the firearms industry in regards to protecting our 2nd Amendment rights and ensuring the future of the shooting sports. Typically, when our rights come under scrutiny, [Read More…]
In the wake of the tragic shooting in Las Vegas two important shooting organisations have released a joint statement calling for a review of bump fire-type stocks. The statement below comes from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the Sporting Arms and [Read More…]
This article is written to help people who suffered from the recent floods to deal with the firearms and ammunition which have been damaged by the water. It is important to know how to properly restore, salvage or dispose of firearms and ammunition because unlike other [Read More…]
Many of you may have read the title and asked: “What in the world is a .277 Wolverine?”. So first, let’s see what cartridge it is. In a nutshell, it is a wildcat cartridge based on .223 Rem or 5.56 NATO case with a .277 caliber (6.8mm) projectile. It [Read More…]
I have no doubt that the majority of our readers know about SAAMI (Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute), which sets the ammunition standards, cartridge and chamber drawings etc. These standards are guidelines for manufacturers, but many [Read More…]
While 6.5 Creedmoor is all the rage in the OEM world, quite a few in the reloading world have been looking at .260 Remington and its slightly hotter, smaller cousin, the 6mm Creedmoor for their precision long-range builds. Like the 6.5, the 6mm Creedmoor eeks out just a [Read More…]
6.5mm bullet development continues apace, this time courtesy of Weatherby, which has championed the SAAMI acceptance of a new loading, the 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum. SAAMI acceptance is a major step towards the general acceptance of a loading outside of [Read More…]
It should go without saying to never use ammunition in your firearm that is not written on the side of the firearm… Well, except in cases like .223 and 5.56, where the two are semi-interchangeable, or in the case of .38 and .357, where one is compatible with the [Read More…]
Earlier this year, Winchester announced the new 17 WSM (Winchester Super Magnum) rimfire cartridge that is capable of 3,000 fps. The SAAMI specs for the cartridge and chamber are now online and available for download here. Although I have not been able to find the [Read More…]
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