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(Article courtesy of Breach Bang Clear) Just The Tip: Ammunition, Chambering, Checking, and Problems Richard Kilgore While it’s unlikely that we get to choose the time and place of a gunfight unless we’re the aggressor, there are certainly some things that we can control, and care of ammunition is one of them. This piece isn’t […]
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) Sig Sauer is still flying high from the announcement that a variant of the P320 was selected as the winner of the Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS) competition to replace the Beretta M9. Guess what? Winchester is coming along for the ride, too. The $580 million contract won by Sig includes not only the pistols, […]
(Article courtesy of Tactical Life) Now this is a cause we can get behind. Federal Premium Ammunition has launched a new special edition line of American Eagle training ammunition, and some of the proceeds from every box sold will go to Concerns Of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), a non-profit organization that supports the families of police officers […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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.
(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 […]
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 […]
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