Ammo

The key to making any bullet perform is it’s ability to expand when it contacts fluid. Typically, most organic targets contain approximately 65% - 75% water. Once an Extreme Shock™ bullet penetrates into soft...

TTAG writer Brad Kozak and I were shooting the breeze (Brad 1, Breeze 0) when we got to talking about the war in Afghanistan. "It looks like we won the war and lost the...

According to The Marine Times, the head of Joint Forces Command was trying to get his troops a better rifle with more powerful bullets well before the Corps deployed in Afghanistan. Pre-theater, General James...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnwLA8kYIYQ "I am whatever I wish to be," Onision proclaims in his YouTube profile. Does he wish to be right? The stat trotted-out here---that more people are killed by people they know than unfamiliar burglars...

The Holy Grail of gun forensics: a method to definitively match a bullet and/or spent cartridge to a specific firearm. It's also the centerpiece of any number of anti-gun advocates fondest dreams. There's as...

"Pewaukee" means "land of shells" in Potawatomi. And so it is, what with Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporting that the Wisconsin town has stockpiled 58,000 rounds of ammo. As of the 2000 census, the self-proclaimed "city...

"Autopsy: Taser death caused by heart attack, drugs." That's how azcentral.com reports the fact that a Taser did NOT kill Mark Andrew Morse on February 4. In fact, a just-released autopsy revealed that...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlWKCYNbsk "Devastating terminal performance" for $86.77 a box. Before I share the ad copy, quick question: since when are wild animals evil? Hornady Dangerous Game Series ammunition is designed specifically for dangerous game and safari...

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...

In a recent article on this blog, Brad Kozak claimed that, in an effort to discourage gun ownership, President Obama directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to stop the sale of spent military casings...

To be fair, the 5.56mm ball ammunition purchased by the New Zealand military isn't inherently defective. After all, "The bullets had worked well in the past," stuff.co.nz reports, helpfully. "But when manufacturer FN Herstal...

TTAG's Brad Kozak recently reported on defense contractor and ammo demilitarizer ATK (Why Is Ammo So Expensive? Ask Uncle Sam). In a nutshell, the company stands accused of doing an end-run around a Congressional...