I’m sure everyone here knows that a bullet is most effective when it’s traveling through the air at its prescribed velocity. After all, that’s what the bullet is designed to do. The cartridge holds the powder, and once the powder ignites, initiated by the primer, the projectile unseats from the casing, travels the length of the […]
Ammunition
Nexus Match Grade Ammo Makes an Impact at SHOT
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) SHOT Show in Las Vegas afforded us the opportunity to check out some of the hottest ammo products being released this year. One of the offerings that jumped out at us is Strategic Armory Corps brand Nexus Ammunition’s Match Grade ammo line for precision rifle applications, which uses “top-quality components and proprietary […]
22 Nosler: A Powerful New Cartridge for the AR-15
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) Nosler Inc. announced today the release of the 22 Nosler, a new cartridge designed to transform any standard AR-15 into the fastest, most powerful .22 caliber available for the platform, with the least amount of modification. The new addition to Nosler’s cartridge family, which also features optimized 6.5mm, 7mm, 30 […]
THE MYTH OF THE 22LR SURVIVAL RIFLE CARTRIDGE
22LR Survival Rifle Cartridge I have said that if I hear one more person say that the 22 Long Rifle is the best all ’round prepper/survival cartridge, I would challenge them to a duel at 50 paces (my 100 yd pace count is 64 paces). I get an AR chambered in .223/5.56 (basically a heavier 22 going […]
Reaper Tips: The Perfect Rifle Cartridge
Although there is no such thing as a perfect cartridge, we can take a look at a few cartridges and the characteristics that make them as good as they come.
Gold Dot G2: Speer LE Raises The Bar For Duty Handgun Ammo
(Article originally published on Tactical Life) Speer is building on its reputation as a quality manufacturer of duty handgun ammunition with the Gold Dot G2, which features a next-gen bullet design and is now being delivered to law enforcement dealers. RELATED STORY: 3 Expert Points on What Makes a Good Bullet Here’s what the press […]
Liberty Civil Defense 9mm | First Range Trip
Ammunition technology has improved drastically over the last 30 years, more so than the 100 years preceding it. Such leaps and bounds are not always unqualified successes. For every two or three steps forward, there is a step back. Liberty Ammunition’s Civil Defense line has a small but mostly positive buzz. How would it fare when […]
Ammo Review: CCI COPPER-22, the Fastest .22 LR Ever
CCI’s new COPPER-22 advertises that it sends a 21 grain lead-free projectile down range at 1,850 fps. Actually meeting that figure would make it the fastest .22 LR on the market — perhaps ever — by about a 100 fps margin. Designed for plinking as well as for small game and varmint hunting, the non-lead projectiles make the COPPER-22 […]
The PDX1 Defender Shotgun Ammunition
The U.S. has the best-armed civilian population in the world, with an estimated 270 million total guns. That’s an average of 89 firearms for every 100 residents. Many of these firearms fall in the Shotgun category, one of the most used home defense weapons systems in America. I often get asked, “what’s the best home […]
Ammo Review: Gorilla Ammunition Silverback 9mm & .380
At SHOT Show this year, Gorilla Ammunition unveiled its new Silverback line of solid copper hollow point self-defense ammo. It’s available in .380 ACP, 9×19, .45 ACP, and .300 BLK. Except for the .380, each caliber is offered in a couple bullet weights and expansion styles, all of them featuring 100% copper, CNC’d projectiles. I got […]