Tag: bullet design

New Ammo for British Troops: UK Develops More Effective 5.56mm and 7.62mm Ammunition

Posted August 23, 2016 in Ammunition, AR-15, Daily News, News, Other Gear & Gadgets, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 84 Comments

It’s not just the Yanks that are getting improved ammunition: Our friends across the pond have developed their own firepower upgrade for 5.56mm and 7.62mm weapons alike. Jane’s has a modest article on the subject, while The Register provides a quite good [Read More…]

Ballistics 201: Introducing a New Way of Thinking About Terminal Effectiveness – The Energy Budget

Posted July 17, 2016 in Ammunition, Other Gear & Gadgets, Pistols, Rifles by Nathaniel F with 37 Comments

Since we know that gunshot wounds follow physical laws – Newtonian mechanics, specifically – we can use physical quantities to describe what happens to a bullet when it enters a fleshy target. In a previous post, we were introduced to three physical [Read More…]