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20mm Rounds
Idiot has been reloading 20mm vulcan projectiles in 20x138b brass to fire from his Lahti cannon. 20mm vulcan projectile vs. .308! Lahti L-39 … Idiot is one brave man More photos here and here
Tag: Ammunition
Accurate Slug Shooting Made Easy
[ This guest post was written by Michigan Slugger ] After 20 years of shooting about every brand of sabot slug out there, our group of four has 2 favorite slugs we shoot. So far the best we have found for accuracy and power with our 12 ga. slug guns is the Winchester [Read More…]
Afgans been getting bad ammunition
The NY Times (emphasis mine): But to arm the Afghan forces that it hopes will lead this fight, the American military has relied since early last year on a fledgling company led by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur. With the award last January [Read More…]
.50 Glock
Guncrafter Industries are selling a .50 GI conversion kit for the the Glock 20/21. Click to expand the image The .50 GI round should not be compared to the Desert Eagle’s .50 Action Express or the .500 S&W. It is slightly more powerful than the .45 ACP. [Read More…]
Winchester Reduced Recoil .460 S&W
Winchester has launched a reduced recoil .260 S&W for hunting. They claim it has 50% less recoil than a regular .460 S&W cartridge. The reduce recoil comes at a cost of approx. 34% less muzzle energy. The press release: For 2008, Winchester Ammunition offers a [Read More…]
Shot gunning from a tank: M1028
The M1028 is a 120mm shotgun shell for the M1 tank. The shell holds 1100 10mm tungsten balls. They are apparently lethal up to 700m (765 yards). Here is a video of the shell being fired in slow motion. It shows the shot breaking the sound barrier and the shot pattern [Read More…]
Cost of big bore ammunition
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…]
Hornady’s new products for 2008
Hornady’s new products for 2008: 300 RCM & 338 RCM Dangerous Game Series 357 MAG / 44 MAG LEVERevolution 32 WIN Special LEVERevolution 22 WMR Rimfire 6.5 Creedmoor FPBâ„¢ Muzzleloading Bullets SST-ML High Speed Low Dragâ„¢ Sabots 450 Nitro Express 3 [Read More…]
Graf & Sons team up with Hornady for new ammo for military surplus rifles
Graf & Sons and Hornady are now offering high quality ammo for military surplus rifles. Calibers they offer: 6.5×52 Carcano 6.5×50 Japanese 7×64 Brenneke 7×57R Mauser .303 British 7.5×55 Swiss 7.65×53 Argentine 7.7×58 Japanese 7.92×33 [Read More…]
S&H 2 Bore Blackpowder Express
There is ‘big bore’ and then there is the 2 bore. Schroeder & Hetzendorfer make a cartridge called the S&H 2 Bore Blackpowder Express. These photos are amazing .700 nitro express next to 2 bore and 3500 grain bronze solid .500 S&W, .45-70, .700 [Read More…]
The first smokeless military cartridge: 8mm Lebel
The 8 mm Lebel (8x50Rmm French) was and first smokeless powder cartridge adopted by the military of any country. It is also the one of the most bizarre looking cartridges I have seen. Photo from Wikipedia It was introduced in 1886 and served through WWI. It was made [Read More…]
Eley Ammo Rebranded
Eley have rebranded most of their .22 ammo and introduced a new produce called Team, an improved version of Club. (Click to here to expand) I think the branding was a good idea. The boxes look like and the names are better. For example “Tenex” is better than [Read More…]
Zimmerstutzen rifles
B.B. has written an interesting article on early target shooting with the Zimmerstutzen rifles. The Zimmerstutzen was the ancestor of the 10-meter target [air] rifle and extends back to at least 1840. Zimmerstutzen is the rough translation of “parlor rifle” [Read More…]
Solving the squirrel on the roof problem
There is an interesting discussion over at rec.guns about the best way to deal with a squirrel chewing on the roof. It is worth a read. “Pumper Hinkle” sums up the options: Hmmm. I understand your problem better now. For the squirrel to be chewing on your [Read More…]
CCI Segmented Hollow-Point Subsonic
CCI have renamed Quik-Shot as SHP (Segmented Hollow Point) and are now offering it as a subsonic round! It will drive a 40 gr bullet at 1050 ft/s with 98 ft/lbs of energy! This is great news for me. I have been using Quik-Shot but since I use a suppressor subsonic is [Read More…]
Centurion 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum
The 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum is back! The 5mm Rem Magnum was originally produced from 1970 to 1974. Only a few firearms where chambered in it. The bolt action Remington Model 591 and Model 592 where chambered in it and Thompson Center Arms offered it for a brief [Read More…]
Varmint Grenade bullet
These Varmint Grenade, made by Barnes are amazing. I am going to have to try them out in the near future 🙂 In the below video they fire one of them into a grape and the bullet completely disintegrates. Barnes makes these in .243/6mm (62 gr), .22 (36 – 50 gr) [Read More…]
How altitude and air pressure affect bullet flight
From AccurateShooter.com One of our readers asked “What effect does altitude have on the flight of a bullet?” The simplistic answer is that, at higher altitudes, the air is thinner (lower density), so there is less drag on the bullet. This means that the [Read More…]
6.5mm Shootout
DEMIGOD has written a comparison of the 6.5mm rounds: the .260 Remington vs. 6.5×47 Lapua vs. 6.5 Creedmoor. It’s been a good year for 6.5 mm. The .260 Remington has hit full stride after a ramp-up of several years, with top competitors at most field-style [Read More…]
The Case for .260 Remington
DEMIGOD LLC has an interesting article on the .260 Remington, a necked down .308. The .260 Remington provides long-range ballistics conventionally limited to the magnum calibers. Because its parent case is the ubiquitous .308 Winchester, building a rifle in .260 can be [Read More…]
Winchester Safari ammo
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…]
How to make wax pellets
This is a fantastics idea. ‘thinking’ over at RFC posted how to make wax pellets for an airgun. Perfect for shooting bugs indoors! All you need a some wax, a lighter ,some putty for a mold and a pelet. WARNING: If you plan on shooting an airgun in your [Read More…]
Remington AccuTip Bonded Sabot Slug
Remington have announced a very cool looking new sabot slug called the “AccuTip Bonded Sabot Slug” Looks cool doesn’t it? It doesn’t just look intimidating, it’s flattening whitetails and competitors in the tipped-slug market with [Read More…]
.30 Steve
Jack @ Rule .303 posted his top five worst new cartridges 1. 7.62×39 Ackley Improved 2. .22 belted magnum 3. .338 rimfire 4. 28 gauge Buckhammer saboted slugs 5. .50 BMG shotshells I posted a comment saying a hotter 7.62×39 might not be so bad. Jack went on to [Read More…]
Hornady Bullet Poster
This poster has been around a while but I did not find out about it until I was browsing the archives of Roys blog (you can always trust Roys to find interesting stuff). I love these bullet posters. I just have to find someone to print it out for me. It is 32.5″ x [Read More…]
Make your own .22 brass catcher
This page has a printable template and instructions on making a paper brass catcher for a rimfire autoloader. All you need is a printer, glue and fridge magnet. More here (scroll down the page)
New Ruger Products
Ruger have announced some new products. Black Slide Ruger SR9 Pistol I like the look but prefer the stainless. The recently launched Ruger SR9â„¢ pistol, the first striker-fired pistol from Ruger, is now available with a blackened stainless slide. The multi-step [Read More…]
Chocolate Ammo Boxes
These are cool. They each hold 20 chocolate bullets. Hat Tip: ACE
.50 BMG Alternatives
If you live in a state or country that does not allow civilian ownership of .50 BMG rifles there are alternative cartridges with similar ballistics to the .50 BMG. Ammoguide.com compares the .50 BMG, .510 DTC, .416 Barrett and .50 Fat Mac. More here.
New 2200 FPS .22 Magnum Rimfire (WMR)
This should interest varminters looking for a harder-hitting rimfire round with better ballistics and accuracy. The most common .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (WMR) ammunition features a 40gr round nose or flat point bullet with a Muzzle Velocity of about 1910 fps. All [Read More…]