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For decades, the American military has struggled with ways to improve handgun effectiveness while avoiding the bad press of using hollow point ammo (sometimes called “Dum dum” bullets). The Army has announced that the M-17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) will shoot hollow points in combat. A recent study by the Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded […]
AMMO, Inc. has completed research and development of the Night OPS line of ammunition and will begin production and distribution in late Q2. The labs at AMMO, Inc. set out to create the ultimate round for law enforcement, military training, and self-defense use. Night OPS is the revolutionary combination of AMMO, Inc’s two most notable […]
SIG SAUER, Inc. introduces Varmint & Predator (V&P) Elite Performance Ammunition. This new V&P line of ammunition features copper-jacketed, yellow-tipped projectiles designed for explosive expansion and match-grade accuracy. Available in 40gr 223 Rem, 40gr 22-250 Rem and 55gr 243 Win cartridges, these Varmint & Predator rounds feature projectiles that are light for their caliber yielding […]
You know what goes together like milk and cookies? Mini shotguns and mini shot shells. For some time Aguila ruled the market with these mini shells and I can’t help but think that the release of technically not shotguns like the Remington Tac 14 and the Mossberg Shockwave greatly improved the sales of these shells. […]
Freedom Munitions is a one-stop shop for ammunition. They load their own ammunition in Idaho. Using the high-grade components, Freedom’s experienced machine operators monitor the loading process doing frequent quality checks. The result is high quality new and re-manufactured ammunition. I have had great success with Freedom Munitions. My latest order was 500 rounds of […]
I really love to stir things up in the shooting community (especially the internet portion of it) so I’m just going to say it, “.45 ACP is outdated.” That’s not to say it isn’t effective, or that it isn’t reliable; just that it’s outdated. The .45 ACP round was developed by John Browning in 1905 […]
One of the great debates among ammunition is what is the best ammunition for personal defense. Even before the ammo types, the greater debate was 9mm vs. 45 ACP. Everybody would gravitate towards the 45 ACP because it is a larger round and has more stopping power than a smaller 9mm. I remember being in […]
Sometimes I find some interesting new products to try out that don’t have much info on them available. The Exotic Products 12 Gauge Ripper shells are no exception to that. As soon as I found out that these Ripper shells had steel tacks inside them I knew I had to see what kind of damage […]
With the uptick in popularity of long-range shooting and advancements in long-range rifles, there are numerous match grade cartridges to choose from. But are any of them suitable or designed for hunting at longer ranges? Hornady, a 60+ year old company famous for match grade ammunition, has filled that void with their new Hornady Precision Hunter […]
In order to provide our readers with the best content possible, the writers spend a fair amount of time shooting on the range. It was a pleasant surprise to have Armscor USA provide some of their ammunition to test. Not only does this lower our operating costs, but it allows us to throw another load […]
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