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CIP – The European Equivalent of SAAMI

Posted February 27, 2017 in Ammunition, Editorial by Hrachya H with 1 Comment

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…]

MEC Goes Metal

Posted November 15, 2016 in Ammunition, Daily News by Richard Johnson with 10 Comments

Well known for its shotshell reloading equipment, MEC Shooting Sports announced it was branching out into metallic reloading. Leading off its new line of reloading gear is the Marksman press. The MEC Marksman is a single stage press made of cast iron. According to the [Read More…]

Ruger & Lipsey’s Introduce 6 New Ruger No. 1 Rifle Configurations

Posted July 8, 2016 in Companies, Daily News, Rifles by Nathan S with 46 Comments

Lipsey’s, the exclusive distributor of the Ruger No. 1 single-shot rifle, has announced the release of six new configurations. For those not familiar with the Ruger No. 1, it is touted as the ultimate “classic” rifle. The weapon is centered on a [Read More…]

SOCOM Chooses .300 Norma Magnum for ASR

Posted June 1, 2016 in Ammunition by Nicholas C with 96 Comments

According to Long Range Shooting Handbook, SOCOM has officially chosen the .300 Norma Mag for their Advanced Sniper Rifle (ASR) Cartridge. Here is photo comparing other popular cartridges to the .300 Norma Mag. Here is what Long Range Hand Book had to say on the [Read More…]

Revisited: The Holland & Holland Flagship Store in London

Posted May 9, 2016 in Companies, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles, Shooting Accessories, Shotguns by Eric B with 22 Comments

After Miles’ excellent TFB article in 2013 about the Holland & Holland Flagship Store in London there’s almost nothing more to add. If you haven’t read it already, please put it on your list of things to do. This story will add more pictures, [Read More…]

[SHOT 2016] Day 1 round up!

Posted January 20, 2016 in Other Gear & Gadgets by Thomas Gomez with 7 Comments

SHOT 2106 Day 1 has come to an end. Below are some pictures of Range Day and Day 1 of SHOT show. Some are humorous, some are neat. Great Day Overall! Looking forward to Day 2.

[SHOT 2016] Media day at the range: Hands on with the Mauser 98 Magnum

Posted January 19, 2016 in Guns & Gear, Rifles, SHOT Show by Rusty S. with 16 Comments

Here at SHOT show media day at the range, there are some firearms that one might encounter normally in any gun shop or at the range, and then there are rarities that might not be seen every day. Mauser had one of each available to try: The bespoke (grade 5?) Mauser [Read More…]

Mauser M98 Magnum

Posted January 14, 2015 in Rifles by Richard Johnson with 62 Comments

Mauser will show the M98 Magnum rifles at the 2015 SHOT Show, and will begin sales in the US in March 2015. These new guns are said to be an evolution of the original Mauser 98 system chambered for a number of big game cartridges. The Mauser M98 Magnum rifles will be [Read More…]

The Holland & Holland Flagship Store

Posted December 18, 2013 in Rifles by Miles with 27 Comments

Walking along the streets of south west London, just north of Buckingham Palace, a person will take a step into glamour and glance at the official store fronts of such luxury brands as “Louis Vuitton”, “Gucci”, and “Rolex” to name a few. It is among these [Read More…]

New Reloading Components from Hornady

Posted November 21, 2013 in Other Gear & Gadgets by Richard Johnson with 5 Comments

Hornady Manufacturing added a number of reloading components to its line-up recently. Bullets .338 caliber, 285 grain A-MAX, BC: .720, SD: .356, MSRP: $50.59/100 8mm, 170 grain SST, BC: .445, SD: .233, MSRP: $42.08/100 Brass .275 Rigby, MSRP: $50.59/50 .50 BMG Match [Read More…]

The Elephant Pistol: .458 Winchester Magnum Encore Pistol …

Posted October 14, 2013 in Pistols by Steve Johnson with 20 Comments

There are some things I would not wish on even my worst enemy, and I think a pistol chambered in .458 Winchester Magnum is high on that list. The .458 Winchester Magnum is an dangerous game cartridge capable of taking down an Elephant or a Cape Buffalo. Its muzzle [Read More…]

Breaking News: German Sport Guns (GSG) purchased by SIG SAUER Parent Company

Posted May 29, 2013 in News by Steve Johnson with 10 Comments

A controlling stake in German Sport Guns GmbH (GSG) has been purchased by the L&O Group which owns a number of gun manufactures, most notably SIG SAUER, but also smaller European gun makers such as Blaser, Mauser, J.P. Sauer & Sohn and John Rigby. GSG has been [Read More…]

Barnes VOR-TX Ammunition

Posted September 1, 2011 in Ammunition, Pistols, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 6 Comments

A few months ago Barnes Bullets, which is part of the Remington empire, expanded their Barnes VOR-TX line of precision loaded ammunition and added safari-class rifle, metric rifle and handgun cartridges as well as adding a couple more calibers to their rifle hunting [Read More…]

Beautiful Steyr HS .50 Photo

Posted March 21, 2011 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 2 Comments

MilPictures.com created this photo of the single shot Steyr HS .50 rifle. Placing cartridges between the knuckles is a technique popular among single shot rifle shooters. You can see a photo of blogger Albert Rasch using the technique with his .416 Rigby chambered Ruger [Read More…]

Sako 90th Anniversary Model

Posted January 21, 2011 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 3 Comments

The Finnish rifle manufacturer Sako (now owned by Beretta) was started in 1921 and turns 90 years old this year. The 90th anniversary gun is a beautiful Sako Model 85 chambered in .450 Rigby.

.416 Strauss : a .303 wildcat

Posted May 30, 2009 in Ammunition, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 17 Comments

Piet, a South African, emailed me information about a wildcat he shoots. The .416 Strauss aka. the 416-03 Strauss in named after the inventor, a friend of Piet. .303 British (left), .416 Strauss (middle, loaded with a 350 gr Speer bullet in a Norma case) The parent [Read More…]

New 416 Ruger

Posted November 16, 2008 in Ammunition, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 16 Comments

Ruger and Hornady have teamed up to produce the new .416 Ruger cartridge which will be available next year (2009). The round is basically a necked up .375 Ruger and offers performance comparable to the classic .416 Rigby in a standard length cartridge. The Ruger M77 [Read More…]

Bushmaster 338 Lapua

Posted May 17, 2008 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 6 Comments

John Snow has the latest: This gorgeous beast won’t be ready for some months yet according to Skip Patel, Bushmaster’s executive vice president for research and development. Among other thing, Skip told me, was the need to trim some weight from the rifle, which tips [Read More…]

Cost of big bore ammunition

Posted February 27, 2008 in Ammunition, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 2 Comments

Have you ever wondered how much big bore ammo cost? Here is a list of cartridges from a few manufacturers. It is not a scientific sample, I have not taken into account quality of the brass or bullets. I am sure by hunting around you could find cheaper prices (ha, no pun [Read More…]

Winchester Safari ammo

Posted January 8, 2008 in Ammunition, Rifles by Steve Johnson with 1 Comment

Winchester will be launching a new line of Safari ammo. They will be offering it in calibers 375 H&H Magnum, 416 Rigby, 458 Winchester Magnum and 416 Remington Magnum cartridge and will be using Nosler Partition and Nosler Solid bullets. The new ammo will be [Read More…]

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