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Tag Archives: ammunition
RUAG Copper-Matrix SX: Safe Short Distance Steel Shooting
RUAG, which sells civilian ammunition under the brand name “RWS,” has a new and interesting ammunition they were showing off at NDIA. Their ammunition uses a solid copper bullet designed to shatter upon impact with a solid object such as … Continue reading
Posted in Ammo, Handguns, Rifles, Shotguns, Training & Technique
Tagged ammunition, frangible, live fire, NDIA, RUAG
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Ammunition Consistency Testing: SetPoint, Hornady and Prvi
Until this point our consistency testing’s been focusing on the .223 Remington / 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. This time we branch out into another popular rifle caliber: the .308 Winchester / 7.62×51 NATO round. Specifically, I’m testing Prvi Partizan factory ammo, … Continue reading
Posted in Ammo, Fun and Games, Rifles
Tagged .308, .308 Win, 7.62x51, ammunition, best ammo, consistency, testing
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Ammunition Consistency Testing: Nosler Custom Varmint
Just when you thought you were safe from the boxplots, I bring you another mathematics filled post about ammunition consistency! Well, not mathematics filled, but more than you’d anticipate outside a statistics classroom. This week we’re testing Nosler’s Custom Varmint … Continue reading
Posted in Ammo, Fun and Games, Training & Technique
Tagged ammunition, best ammo, match grade, Nick Leghorn, Nosler, testing
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The Massad Ayoob Chronicles, Part VI
Well, campers, all good things must come to an end, and I’m afraid this is final installment of our first interview with Massad Ayoob. On a personal note, I can tell you that this was (no pun intended) a blast … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Defense
Tagged AK-47, Ammo, ammunition, Ayoob, Baby Face Nelson, Beretta, Bill Allen, Brad Kozak, dum-dum, extended capacity magazines high capacity magazines, Gun Rights Radio Network, hollow point, Jim Cirillo, John DIllinger, John Hanlon, Lance Thomas, Massad, personal defense, Pro-Arms Podcast, sabot, self-defense, semi-auto, shotgun, Smith & Wesson, Talon, used handgun
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Editorial: The Wonderful Thing About Ammunition Standards
Because of the constant need to one-up the competition and develop better-performing guns, I don’t think there’s ever a chance we’ll see real standards emerge in ammunition. As long as there’s a demand from consumers for bigger/faster/better, the gun industry will continue to say, “Standards? Standards!? We don’ need no steenkin’ standards!” Continue reading
Posted in Ammo, Guns for Beginners
Tagged Ammo, ammunition, Brad Kozak, caliber, calibre, cartridge, load, standards
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Why is Ammunition So Expensive: UPDATE
I just got back from a little trip to civilization (Dallas). On my way back, I felt the urge to check out a store with a HUGE selection of guns. The billboards weren’t lyin.’ Wiley’s Guns offers an impressive collection … Continue reading
Why Is Ammo So Expensive? Ask Uncle Sam
You’d think at a time of 10 percent unemployment, rising taxes, out-of-control government spending, and deficit spending out the wazoo, you’d think that Uncle Sam would jump at the chance to save a buck or two, by selling off some … Continue reading
Posted in Ammo
Tagged Ammo, ammunition, ATK, auction, cartridges, Obama administration, remanufacture, spent brass
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