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Posts Tagged ammunition
Evolution of the 300 Blackout
From Small Arms Defense Journal:
The 300 Blackout cartridge fits in the standard AR magazine without any loss of the original 30 round capacity. The standard bolt and barrel extension is used as well. The only difference is the barrel itself. This not only makes for easy logistical support for potential military use of the caliber, but you can pull spare parts from existing .223/5.56mm rifles. The sample rifle has been tested with GI aluminum magazines, H&K high reliability mags, Lancer AWM and Magpul PMags.
Hunting Calibers Hard To Find?
It’s not just .223 that is in short supply.
Shotgun loads for shot and rifled slugs remain easy to find. But reflecting a national trend, availability of rifle and handgun ammunition in Pittsburgh area sporting goods stores is spotty and inconsistent. Many shelves are empty. A clerk at one local store, who asked that he and the retailer remain anonymous, said customers are going from store to store searching for common calibers and sometimes not finding them.
Army To Introduce New Lead-free Ammo in 2014
From Guns.com:
The new cartridge offers much improved performance in just about every circumstance. It travels at higher velocities and has better ballistics and range, it’s great at barrier penetration and is more effective on targets at all ranges.
Brass vs Steel Case
LuckyGunner.com did a thorough test of the differences between brass and steel cased ammo.
Our team decided to try something ambitious and daunting:Â to provide the best resource and data available to answer these questions once and for all through objective experimentation and observation.
We realize this is a lofty and borderline arrogant goal. We’ve done our best. Please keep reading to see if you agree.
Is The Government Destroying Used Brass?
From Examiner.com:
The controversy over destruction of brass under the Obama administration’s DoD was reported in this column in March, 2009, including, unsurprisingly, the observation that “Authorized Journalist†media was once again either oblivious or uninterested.
Travis Haley Talks 300 Blackout
Posted by Gary in Ammo, Long Guns, Opinion, Warrior Tools on 2/Feb/2013 14:38
Two New 300 Blackout Manufacturers
Polycase Now Shipping .380 Ammunition
Polycase is shipping their first polymer cased ammunition in .380
Travis Haley Reviews 300 Blackout
Travis Haley gives an in depth review of the 300 Blackout round.
Idaho Invites Firearm Industry
From Washington Times:
The move by PNW Arms was like a signal flare to business and political leaders in the town of 800 people, who were in the process of trying to determine what industry would be best to pursue.
Potlatch, they decided, would go from timber town to gun town. It would try to lure firearms and ammunition makers, and plans also called for hunting-themed housing and retail development.
Uncle Ted’s Hunting Ammo
Ted Nugent now has his own line of hunting ammunition.
From GunUp:
Pierce Munitions, LLC of Buffalo, NY has entered an exclusive agreement to manufacture the high performance hunting ammunition for avid hunter and music legend Ted Nugent.
Pierce Munitions is a company whose main focus is producing high quality performance ammunition. The Ted Nugent Brand will be available for retail distribution exclusively through American Tactical Imports, Rochester, NY.
.300 Blackout Ammo Comparison
Over at The Truth About Guns they have a nice rundown of some popular .300 Blackout loads with graphs, as well as cost comparisons and how the round stacks up against .308 and .223 loads.
Buy a New SCAR 16S and Get $100 of Ammo
Posted by Gary in Ammo, FN, News, Warrior Tools on 21/Jun/2011 15:41
When you buy selected models of FN rifles, pistols and carbines between June 27 and August 31, 2011, FNH USA will reimburse you up to $150.00 for ammunition purchased at the same time from the same dealer.
It’s really that simple! Buy a new FN FNAR rifle, an FN SCARâ„¢ 16S carbine or an FN FS2000 carbine and you’ll be reimbursed for up to a $100.00 in free ammo. Buy BOTH a new FN PS90 carbine AND a new FN Five-seveN® pistol and you’ll get up to $150.00 in free ammo. Today’s high price of ammo is no longer an excuse not to add that great FN firearm you’ve been wanting to add to your gun collection today.
Remember, this is a very limited time offer so don’t delay. Check out these great FN guns at your local FNH USA dealer today. Visit www.fnhusa.com/le/locate.asp to find an FNH USA retail dealer near you and www.fnhusa.com/ammodeal for full promotion information and rebate forms.
Is it Time for the 6x45mm Cartridge?
Is it Time for the 6x45mm Cartridge?
Patrick Sweeney takes a new look at this 1960’s wildcat for the AR platform in his 2010 book The Gun Digest Book of The AR-15 Volume 3
Below is an excerpt.
By Patrick Sweeney
The original caliber for the AR-15 wasn’t the .223/5.56, it was a slightly smaller cartridge. The .222 Special delivered the kind of performance that the designers wanted, which was basically a 50-grain bullet at under 3,000 feet per second.
The Army, trying to keep the AR away and keep the M14 in the running, kept moving the goalposts. Finally, they insisted that the bullet used had to penetrate a steel helmet at a distance farther than their own research had indicated soldiers fired on opponents. The special got stretched and boosted, until the 55-grain FMJ was at 3,100 fps.
And there it stood, until the mid-1980s, when the SS109 came about. That was intended for use against swarms of Soviet infantry in Western Europe. What, there never were swarms of Soviet infantry in Western Europe? Musta worked.
Seriously, the expectation was that the Soviets would roll West, and the NATO allies would be faced with Russian, East German, Polish and who knows who else mechanized infantry piling out of their BMDs, BMPs, and BTRs, lining up and assaulting the NATO positions. They expected to face lots of targets, and not only armed ones, but armored infantry. So, the push was for armor-piercing performance, leading to the SS109 and the later M-855, with a 10-grain steel penetrator tip inside.