Ammo

Rock Island GI Standard 1911 Review: Budget Beast

It took me a few years to warm up to the 300 BLK cartridge after SAAMI blessed the round in 2011. The 300 BLK has been around for a lot longer.

The best lever-action ammo is built around one problem that has followed lever guns since the 1860s: the tubular magazine. Cartridges sit nose to primer in the tube, so pointed bullets can set off the round in front of them under recoil. That is why traditional .30-30, .44 Magnum, and .45-70 loads use round-nose or [...]

Federal’s 6.5 Creedmoor +Peak is not another new cartridge begging you to buy another rifle. It is a high-pressure Peak Alloy load that pushed a 130-grain bullet past 3,100 fps and made the 6.5 PRC look over its shoulder.

In a tribute to handgun hunter Mark Hampton, I use Cutting Edge Bullets to hunt in Mark’s honor.

Federal’s all-new 7mm Backcountry cartridge is a high-pressure, high-velocity cartridge that promises remarkable speeds and accuracy from short-barreled rifles.

The ability to hunt with a handgun outside of the US, is not widespread.

This sounds like common sense, but if you’re new to handguns, you might be surprised at how many calibers have similar names and types.

My first experience with hardcast handgun bullets on medium game left me disappointed. I double-lunged a pronghorn with a .512 caliber 465gr. WFN bullet and had to shoot it three more times.