Earlier this autumn I spent a week in Switzerland. It was a typical leisure trip, colored with couple of “gun nut special” detours. First of those was a visit to B+T factory in the city of Thun, which I already described here. Later on same sunny day I visited [Read More…]
Tactical Fan Boy posted this up. Firequest has a 12 Ga round that is loaded with powder and confetti. This ammo is for theatrics and serious amusement! The shell is packed with powder and colored confetti. When shot, it will make a large circle in the air between 10 and [Read More…]
Last year Ryan Cleckner shot a 1000yd target offhand with a Barret M107. Well Jerry Miculek has taken that shot a step further. He is using Hornady 750gr A-Max bullet over Cleckner’s 661gr FMJ. Jerry ups the challenge to shooting a 1000 yd target offhand by doing [Read More…]
Week 32. Nothing super exciting going on this week. Which is a good thing. Buy ammo. Go shoot… 🙂 I’m going to be restocking some of my stores in the next few weeks so I’ll post how my experiences went (there was a discussion on last week’s [Read More…]
I had the opportunity recently to attend a demonstration of a new ammunition brand coming on the market, which is dedicated to maximum accuracy and consistency. It’s called Eagle Eye, and I came away pretty impressed… A Different Philosophy Eagle Eye [Read More…]
Title Image: Wolf Performance Amunition makes steel cased 6.5 Grendel; most likely the inspiration for the new round. A stray has followed them home: Russian small arms designers have apparently created a close clone of the 6.5 Grendel, called 6.5x39mm. At first [Read More…]
.22Plinkster talks about the 4 scenarios that could cause a misfire in a rimfire gun. This first three reasons are pretty straightforward. A bad firing pin due to dry firing, Ammunition quality, and ammo longevity. The fourth reason is rather interesting and may be [Read More…]
Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons has uploaded this month’s episode of InRange TV – and now it’s free to watch. Ian writes: It’s been a long time coming, but we finally have a new InRange video available, and free to view! We have moved InRange [Read More…]
Will the AK-12 be produced in 6.5 Grendel? It certainly seems that way, based on this graphic at RIA.ru. It’s possible their information comes from Wikipedia, the English version of which cites a broken link (Russian Wikipedia makes the same claim, with no [Read More…]
Header image: The .264 USA on a display block, flanked by 7.62x51mm (left) and 5.56x45mm NATO (right). Modeled and rendered by the author in SolidWorks. The .264 USA was designed by members of the Army Marksmanship Unit as a possible next-generation military rifle [Read More…]
Week 31. Again .22LR is coming in around $0.10/rd. And I agree with a number of the comments from last week. You can find bricks cheap locally in a lot of places. Which is going to be really important for a review I have coming out in a couple of weeks… It looks [Read More…]
Prior to now, 3-D weapons were unpractical since they had significant risk at exploding with their contained ammunition. Simply put, the plastics available to common 3-D printers was not strong enough. While some could handle a few or even multiple rounds, many fired a [Read More…]
This week’s document, An Investigation of An Experimental Caliber .22 High Velocity Bullet For Rifles, is the report created from one of the first serious investigations of small caliber high velocity ammunition for the standard infantry weapon. Its author, [Read More…]
Winchester recently came out with a new collectible gift box with 200 rounds of 45 acp ammo inside. This is a really good gift idea for birthdays, Christmas or just because. It will certainly make a 1911 shooter happy! The all wood collectible box contains two 50 round [Read More…]
Winchester Ammunition announced the expansion of the Train & Defend line of ammo at the 2014 National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers show in Little Rock, Arkansas. The new loads will be for the .45 ACP. The Train & Defend line matches the recoil and [Read More…]
Liberty Ammunition is introducing 10mm Auto into its Civil Defense Line of ammo. The lead-free ammo features approximately twice the velocity, three times the terminal effect, 30% more energy and less felt recoil. The ammo is nickel-plated, has solid copper projectiles [Read More…]
Week 30. Run for it. Munire has .22lr for $0.10/rd. But only 202 500rd bricks in stock (at the time of compilation of this data). Otherwise, ammo prices seem to be holding pretty constant. We do appreciate the support and constructive comments and will continue this [Read More…]
Week 29. I hope you didn’t miss the break last week too much. I was out of pocket, enjoying Lake Bridgeport in Texas, without internet. It doesn’t look like the prices of ammo collapsed or skyrocketed in my absence. I did find some .22LR for $0.07/rd, but [Read More…]
MagLula (which stands for Magazine Loader & Un-loader), has put up initial details of the forthcoming Maglula Range Benchloader. Different from previous releases, the Range Benchloader is designed to work with ALL .223/5.56 systems, whereas legacy systems have been [Read More…]
Nathan at Aimed Research, who specialize in ultra-high speed gun photography services and equipment rental (I did not know this was even a thing … I have lots of ideas for posts with this kind of equipment), sent us this photo of a .243 bullet. Nathan wrote [Read More…]
Re-loaders out there, take note, IMG powders has released a new line of powers for rifle. Notable is the built-in anti-copper fouling compound and insensitivity to temperature (ie more consistent velocities). intermediate caliber guys may be disappointed. The first [Read More…]
Hornady has a video showcasing their 2015 product lineup. .357 Mag Critical Duty .17 WSM American Gunner line of ammo 9mm Crtitical Defense Lite Whitetail 12 Ga Rifled Slug Full Boar Ammo Lock ‘n Load reloading upgrades
At the 2014 NASGW Show, Hornady Manufacturing announced a new line of ammo called Full Boar. The line is aimed at the hog hunting market. Wild pigs tend to be tough critters, so Hornady uses the all copper GMX bullets in these loads. The GMX bullet is designed for deep [Read More…]
This diagram shows the relationships of some of the larger companies within the gun industry and how they’re connected to whom, and what comprises different groups of companies. In other words the “Big Picture” of the origins of the firearms we all [Read More…]
Liberty Ammunition was showing their new 10mm and 45 Colt loads at the 2014 NASGW show. The ammo is part of the company’s Civil Defense line. The 10mm load is rated at 2,400 fps, while the 45 Colt is listed as good for 1,800 fps. The Civil Defense line of [Read More…]
Taofledermaus, known for some interesting YouTube videos well before Demolition Ranch made it highly entertaining, has embarked at creating a firearm out of construction equipment, a 22LR rifle, and some air rifle pellets. Using “powder activated tool” [Read More…]
ShootingTheBull410 (one my absolute favorite YouTube channels) has tested the SS197 5.7 x 28mm projective in his characteristic ballistics gel test. Tested out of the FiveSeveN, the SS197 comes in between the 22LR and 9mm in terms of ballistic energy. Combined with a [Read More…]
Ryan writes … For those of us who reload, nothing says “Woo Hoo!” louder than a pile of brass and bullets just waiting to be loaded. Here is a pile of 6.8 SPC Federal Cartridge Co. primed brass next to a stash of 6.8 90 Gr. Speer Gold Dot bullets. [Read More…]
Week 28. We have a clear winner with .38 Special. Also Ammunition To Go is really sweeping the board this week with cheaper ammo. And Munire is sporting some $0.09/round .22LR. Almost like seeing a unicorn… We do appreciate the support and constructive comments [Read More…]
James Tarr over at Handgunsmag.com explains why Defensive Handgun Ammo is better now. 1. FBI Ballistic Test Protocol. Due to the FBI 1986 Miami Shootout, a standardized test was created by the FBI to test the effectiveness of defensive ammo. This FBI Protocol has [Read More…]
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