NDIA: Lube in your chamber is BAD

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Here at the National Defense Industry Association symposium, it's more than just a bunch of people looking at booths and handling guns. There are also a series of talks going on covering a number...

Ammunition Consistency Testing: SetPoint, Hornady and Prvi

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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 / 7.62x51 NATO round. Specifically,...

TTAG at the NDIA Small Arms Symposium

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The National Defense Industrial Association is holding their annual symposium on small arms systems this week in Indianapolis, Indiana. I'm flying out tomorrow morning to cover it. There's going to be all sorts of...

Ammunition Consistency Testing: Nosler Custom Varmint

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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...

ArmaLite AR50: Happiness is a Warm Gun on the 1,000 Yard Line

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At 10:00 on Sunday morning, the airspace above Marine Corps Base Quantico was closed. The reason? I had just stepped to the firing line with my ArmaLite AR-50 chambered in 50 BMG (using Magtech...

Question of the Day: Who Needs .40 Caliber?

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A newbie I know got a sudden hard-on for 40 cal. "It's what the cops use," he said. "It's not as cheap as 9mm," I pointed out, knowing that my ballistic buddy was going...

Self-Defense Tip for Hand Loaders: Write it Down!

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In a recent post, TTAG scribe Benjamin T Shotzberger admitted to carrying hand loads in his self-defense gun. When the topic of roll-your-own for self-defense comes up, the most obvious concern: chances of being...

Be Number One On Mother’s Day. With a Bullet.

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Has Mothers Day snuck up on you again? That’s right, if you haven’t been shopping yet, you’re in deep kimchi. But never fear, your friends at TTAG are here to help. Your first thought is...

Question of the Day: What’s Your Carry Ammo and Why?

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Thanks for sharing your carry choices in our previous QOTD: What's in YOUR Holster? To sum up, there was a genuine dearth of mouse guns and revolvers. For some strange reason, Glock was our Armed...

Extreme Shock Offers New .223 Remington Round

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Extreme Shock, best known for their fragmenting bullets and over-the-top advertising images, has a new .223 Remington round that they're unveiling at the show. The ammo uses a 45ish grain bullet and is designed...

Desert Tactical Arms: Change the Caliber, Not the Zero

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Desert Tactical Arms showing off production models of their new line of precision rifles. Their rifles include a unique feature: you can change barrels without shifting the zero on the rifle (well, the left/right...

Hornady 300 Whisper. And You Need This Because . . . ?

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Hornady launched a new cartridge yesterday on their Facebook page. Only it was buried in Photos. Which is kinda cool, given the stealth motif surrounding the new 300 Whisper round. In case you're wondering (so...