The Quest to Build a Better Bullet
Just as we continue to try to perfect projectiles in the 21st century, the same was true back in the 19th century. Buck-and-ball fired from a shotgun allowed the shooter to have multiple projectiles…
Ammo
Korean War Era Ammo: Even Stored Under Sub-Optimal Conditions, Every Round Fired Almost 70 Years Later
This past weekend, I had a chance to fire an M1 Carbine I recently found in the bottom of a lake. My diving crew friends also recovered some ammo with the gun. Uncle Sam’s Lake…
Are Spicy Pistol Calibers Pointless For Personal Defense? Not at Longer Ranges
Almost like a memorized prayer, there are certain defensive gun myths that people will recite reflexively. Some of them are correct, some are true with caveats, and others are just garbage with no basis in…
NSSF Condemns US Fish & Wildlife Ban of Traditional Ammo in Wildlife Refuges
From the NSSF . . . NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, denounced the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Final Rule that offered hunters a “bait-and-switch” deal that banned the use of traditional ammunition…
New York’s New Gun Conrol, Ammo Registration Laws Impacting Conservation Dollars
By Matt Manda It’s only been two weeks since New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s expanded gun restriction laws took effect. The impacts have been immediate. Concealed carry permit holders, recreational target shooters, hunters, even historical battlefield reenactment groups, have…
SIG SAUER Issues Product Warning and Recall Notice for 9MM 115gr Elite Ball FMJ Ammo
From SIG SAUER . . . Sig Sauer has determined that portions of Lot No. JDAR0815 of SIG SAUER 9MM, 115gr, Elite Ball, FMJ (SKU E9MMB1-50), may have powder charge variations that could result in…
Guns And Ammo Contributed a Record $300 Million to Conservation in Q1. You’re Welcome, America
By Joe Bartozzi Wildlife conservation in the United States is seeing another windfall, thanks to the firearm and ammunition industry. NSSF announced that firearm and ammunition manufacturers paid a record-setting $300,498,588.23 in the first quarter…
Winchester Data Shows Hunters and Target Shooters are Increasingly Shooting AR Pattern Rifles
The time has come for President Joe Biden and the rest of the gun control politicians to pack up the worn-out line that “no one needs an AR-15 to hunt deer.” Turns out, recreational…
When it Comes to Choosing Your Carry Gun and Ammo, Remember What’s Really Imortant
Even more inexplicable are the shooters who choose the Thor-Hammer 147-grain over the competing loads from FreedomFist and ‘MurricaHeckYeah because, according to the data on the box flap, it’s 30 fps faster at the muzzle….
No, 9mm Is Not A ‘One Size Fits All’ Defensive Caliber
There’s a tendency among gun owners to follow whatever law enforcement does when it comes to selecting a firearm for defense. When the police carried revolvers, many civilians had a revolver (yes, that’s mostly what…