Week nine! I know looking at all this data is just too much work for some of you :), so this week’s new feature is a summary table of the best prices by lot sizes for caliber. The vendor’s name is linked to the ammo page. It looks like LAX Ammunition is [Read More…]
Gratuitous use of a Lahti 20mm anti-material weapon. Why? Because big boom. If I got a chance to shoot a Lahti I would but anything in its path just for the huge smile I would have from getting to shoot it. At $40-$50 a shot? Totally worth it. RatedR gets to shoot a [Read More…]
As a suppressor guy, I am an unashamed fan and early cheerleader of the .300 AAC Blackout. Major Pandemic at All Outdoor is not convinced … OK, so I feel like the guy in the room who doesn’t get the joke. Why was that funny, or, in this case, why is everyone [Read More…]
Outdoor Channel went to CCI in Idaho to show how .22LR ammo is made. They make 4 million rounds a day. Sounds like a lot. But when you see that one pallet is only 250k rounds, then that means they only make 16 pallets a day. It isn’t that much when you start [Read More…]
Check out these old archived films from 1941. Here is a training film on how to use the small arms firearms of the time. There is a good list of guns they show. M1911, M1903, M1, BAR M1918, Thompson M1928 as well as some aircraft machine guns. They do seem to [Read More…]
Week eight! Interesting to note that this week, bulk pistol ammo is trending down from previous prices at vendors. Only a couple of vendors have increased. SG Ammo is showing the lowest of the week for 3 types of rifle ammo (in 500 round lots). Bang It Ammo is showing [Read More…]
Ammo Test uses a Glock 21 with Lonewolf 45-40S conversion barrel. He is shooting 40 super. It is a .450 winmag case trimmed down to 10mm length and necked down to 40 cal. Rather impressive velocities. Upwards of 1700 fps.
Mr. Revolverguy shared with us his journey into 300BLK. He documents his experiments, trials and errors with 300blk. He also reports his reloading information. There is a wealth of knowledge there in one detailed article.
From a small company called Old World Collectibles and Creations comes the ultimate in recycled brass. A chess set made entirely of used .223 brass. Using both brass and steel cases, it creates a visually striking juxtaposition between the different cases. From [Read More…]
Rifleshooter.com repeated their previous .300 Winmag test with a rifle chambered in .223/556. He borrows his friend’s Remington 700 chambered in .223 Remington. They start at 26″ and cut the barrel down 1″ at a time until they get to 16.5″. They [Read More…]
Seventh week! Again, there are a lot more vendors selling .22LR this week. Most are still at $0.13/rd (or less; which I realize is still hideous). You 300 BLK people need to get some more vendors on board–that stuff is sparse in bulk. I may get the opportunity to [Read More…]
Master cartridge designer Arne Brennan, the original inventor of the concept that became the 6.5mm Grendel, has developed a new round for the AR-10 platform. The 45 RAPTOR case is a necked up .308 Winchester case with a case length and body dimensions of a .460 [Read More…]
Last month China’s Ministry of Public Security began allowing beat-cops on patrol to carry guns. The gun approved by the Ministry is the obscure Type 05 Police Revolver, first published online by Max Popenker. Max wrote at World.Guns.Ru … The ammunition, [Read More…]
Federal Premium announced a new 10mm load designed for handgun hunting. The load uses a 180 grain JSP that is rated at 1,275 fps from the muzzle. Federal states the load should be good for deer, bear and hog. MSRP is $39.95/box of 20. From Federal: While most [Read More…]
Sixth week! So, I’m not sure why but The Sportsman Guide has 500rds of .380 ACP for less than half of the other vendors with availability. It *is* Wolf, but still… Also, there are a lot more vendors selling .22LR this week. Prices are still a bit [Read More…]
Federal Premium announced the introduction of a new .50 caliber muzzleloading bullet that they claim: is easy loading; provides outstanding accuracy from a non-sabot design; and scrubs fouling from the breech. The 270 grain copper bullets will be sold in 15 count packs [Read More…]
ATK has announced that the company is splitting into two companies, a defense company, which will be called ATK Orbital and a sporting company that does not yet have a name. ATK Orbital will take control of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant and will sell ammunition [Read More…]
The Pentagon is planning on destroying $1.2 billion dollars worth of ammunition, representing less than 2% of the $70 billion conventional ammunition stockpile. USA Today … WASHINGTON — The Pentagon plans to destroy more than $1 billion worth of ammunition [Read More…]
Nosler has announced that it is making a line of Noveske branded ammunition intended for Novekse rifles. Initial release calibers include 5.56mm in 55gr Varmageddon and 60gr Ballistic Tip varieties, .300 AAC Blackout in 110gr Varmageddon (supersonic) and 220gr Subsonic [Read More…]
Dupleks, a Latvian ammunition company was show-casing their environmentally friends (and what looks to be highly effective) steel ammunition. They have multiple options including a similar segmenting slug design to the recently reviewed G2 R.I.P. Up first are two [Read More…]
Sharps Rifle Company had a small, but significant booth. They were there primarily to focus on two products: the relia-bolt and their new cartridge, the Sharps .25-45 The Relia-bolt is an upgrade over the standard mil-spec AR-15 bolt system. Using rounded and tapered [Read More…]
Week 5 ammo prices. Last week a number of you readers took the raw data and ran with it, generating some pretty cool graphs and showing some interesting analytics. Also this week, by popular demand, I have included basic trending by vendor by caliber by lot size, kind [Read More…]
DRT Ammo (Dynamic Research Technologies) has announced the new release of 357 SIG and 10mm chamberings. DRT is known for its “frangible penetrating” ammunition designed to expand in tissue and break up on anything hard. I have shot the DRT in .45 before. [Read More…]
This guy shoots his Savage 110 BA out to 2,530 yards! Pretty impressive. That is 1.43 miles. It was posted on LiveLeak. For more information on the 110 BA check out Savage Arms. Not too shabby for a $2000 rifle.
Fourth week of prices. My intention was to generate trending graphs this week, but as I started playing with the data I realized this post would become hideously huge. So what I would like the reader base to do is to determine what graphs/trends would be most useful [Read More…]
Ok, so it isn’t the most practical shotgun shell reload but it is a nifty trick. It kind of reminded me of the “someone give me a bullet” scene from The Quick and the Dead. Where Russle Crowe’s character is out of bullets and has a kid toss him a [Read More…]
Newsmax reports that the United States Postal Service is looking for vendors to sell it ammunition, which has upset some people who don’t think the postal workers should be buying ammo … Add the U.S. Postal Service to the list of federal agencies seeking to [Read More…]
If you ever want to get a shooter’s attention, start an article with the following statement: “The 9mm Luger cartridge is flawed.” At least, it sure had mine. Shooting Times has published a detailed dive and analysis by Brad Miller, Ph.D. on [Read More…]
(Updated) How would you feel if you had a guaranteed ammunition supply, even during the worst “panics”? PRIME Club seeks to answer this question by providing ammunition at various levels through its membership program. A PRIME Club membership answers these [Read More…]
SIG SAUER released additional information on the company’s new Elite Performance ammunition. A Few Points SIG states the ammunition is designed for “personal defense.” Law enforcement agencies typically look to the standard FBI tests and a 12″ [Read More…]
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