Using a shotgun for home defense, like anything else, has pros and cons. One of the biggest cons is the limited capacity that comes with a tube-fed shotgun. One way to increase your capacity is to make the shells themselves shorter, and that’s exactly what Federal [Read More…]
Very few companies make it to their 100th birthday, but Federal Ammunition is going to be one of those in just a few months’ time. Federal will be pushing their 100th Anniversary all year long, starting now. In their eyes, they’re just getting started. Below [Read More…]
In a bit of disappointing news towards the end of this year, shooters can expect another set of rising ammunition and reloading component costs. Announced via a press release by Vista Outdoors, the umbrella of ammunition brands that the company has within its profile [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world and its various guns, gear, ammunition, and sports. While a large share of the rimfire market is absolutely dominated by the .22 Long Rifle [Read More…]
On the 21st of December 2021, the Italian Parliament has finally penned the word “end” on a decades-long national oddity: the ban of the 9×19 mm Luger. This comes as part of a package of amendments aimed to align Italian laws to the European [Read More…]
Good morning everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the YHM Turbo K 5.56 rifle suppressor. Last week we got a look at the Seismic Ammo 2.5 ounce subsonic shotgun shells. For today, since it’s [Read More…]
Hornady recently announced a new line of monolithic expanding copper alloy bullet line named CX Bullets for short. The CX line isn’t Hornady’s first go at monolithic copper expanding projectiles and is said to be an improvement on the GMX bullet. The CX line [Read More…]
Remington Ammunition has reintroduced the classic Peters Premier Blue paper shotgun shell line. The 12 gauge shells are available in shot sizes 7.5 and 8 and at muzzle velocities of 1145, 1200 and 1290. The Peters Paper Shotshells have an MSRP of $19.99 for a box of 25 [Read More…]
Ammunition has returned to the shelves but at much higher prices than we saw them leave with. While the price hike to meet demand in these trying times hardly seems fair to most of us, it is simply just the reality we live in right now (and don’t even get me [Read More…]
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the YHM Phantom 22 rimfire suppressor. Last week we discussed the new Griffin Armament EXPLORR ET3 T-300 rifle can. This week we have a mash up [Read More…]
Small arms ammunition has seen its fair share of ups and downs in terms of both price and availability over the last couple of years but that hasn’t stopped the insatiable appetite of our armed forces and their need for reliability and quality ammunition for [Read More…]
It seems that everyone who starts hunting or shooting sooner or later starts reloading. Some start reloading to save money some do it purely to get better precision. For some, reloading seems to become an even bigger interest than the shooting itself. Regardless, a [Read More…]
With the ammunition shortages we’ve all been facing since the Great Toilet Paper Hoarding of 2020, finding ammo has become quite a task. The first store you go to might have some 9mm, but you have to travel to two more before you find .45 ACP (in case you need to [Read More…]
APEX Ammunition has announced their Upland Bird TSS shotshells are now available. The new non-toxic handloaded, ultra-high density Tungsten Super Shot loads have an MSRP of $49.99 – $65.99 (per 10 round box). APEX Ammunition have made Upland Bird available in [Read More…]
With governments increasingly tackling potential sources of environmental pollution, we’re seeing ammunition manufacturers being required to offer greener options. Fiocchi Munizioni, together with the recently acquired Baschieri & Pellagri, is acting [Read More…]
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the YHM Resonator R2 30 caliber rifle suppressor. Last week we got a look at the Otter Creek Labs OCM5 5.56mm – an AEM5 alternative that [Read More…]
DS Arms, best known for their FAL platform firearms, is bringing new M193 spec 5.56 ammunition to market. Manufactured in India by their Military Ordnance Factories, the new ammunition has quite a bit of international flavor to its components. Per DS Arms: This [Read More…]
North Carolina-based Blackwater Worldwide will be launching a new fundraising program to benefit the folks over at the Firearms Policy Coalition and their efforts to challenge several anti-second amendment policies across the nation in various states. Blackwater plans [Read More…]
Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This week we are continuing this ongoing series by going over a type of ammunition I recently discovered from SK Ammunition. The new SK High Velocity Match 22LR ammunition claims to be able to help those [Read More…]
Following the tragic shooting death of the cinematographer of the movie “Rust“, Alec Baldwin Tweeted “Every film/TV set that uses guns, fake or otherwise, should have a police officer on set, hired by the production, to specifically monitor weapons [Read More…]
True Velocity have announced the acquisition of LoneStar Future Weapons. Texas-based LoneStar Future Weapons were the start-up company which, with True Velocity’s backing, took over the technical data package of General Dynamics-OTS’ RM277 entry into the US [Read More…]
For the environmentally-conscious hunters out there, perhaps for our Japanese friends who have seen recent sanctions on lead-based ammunition, HEVI Shot has just announced the addition of a new non-toxic dove hunting load for avian hunters. The new HEVI-Hammer [Read More…]
The legendary Mossberg 590 has just received an all-new lineup that is now compatible with a wide variety of shotgun shells from 3″ magnums all the way down to the tiny 1.75″ mini shells. The new Mossberg 590s shotgun features a redesigned elevator and bolt [Read More…]
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday brought to you by our friends at Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturers of the new YHM Phantom 22 rimfire suppressor. Last week we took you through the multi-host SilencerCo Hybrid 46M. This week we bring [Read More…]
It’s no secret that the ammunition market has been volatile (to say the least) since the Covid pandemic took hold, but some calibers seem to be easing off while others rise. Redditor, Chainwaxologist, owns a web-based hunting and fishing retail store, [Read More…]
True Velocity are continuing to steadily expand their composite cased .308 Win ammo range with a new round loaded with a 165-grain Nosler AccuBond bullet. The first run of .308 True Velocity ammunition became publicly available back in August, following a number of [Read More…]
The Japanese Ministry of the Environment has announced that they will begin gradually regulating the use of lead ammunition beginning in 2025 in order to prevent the poisoning of wild birds. Hunting has become quite popular in the island nation, however, authorities in [Read More…]
Hodgdon Powder Company, Inc. the owners of the GOEX and Olde Eynsford black powder brands, have announced that they will shut down their black powder manufacturing arm and close their manufacturing operations in Camp Minden, Louisiana. The news will come as a shock to [Read More…]
It is with deep sadness that we have to report that the legendary founder of Berger Bullets – Walter Berger has passed away at the age of 92. The leader of the popular bullet company, Walter Berger was also a member of the Benchrest Hall of Fame where he achieved [Read More…]
Welcome to TFB weekly Amazon Deals 12. The last year or so has been pretty terrible as far as reloading components and supplies go. Primers disappeared from the shelves for quite some time and are now only just starting to show back up on the shelves in limited [Read More…]