Ammo Tests

Despite its smaller size, the .243 round is capable of downing whitetail and more, and has even gained a following among experienced hunters and long-range sport shooters.

Day Two of the Fest also saw us shooting into clear ballistic gel. For the self-defense 5.7 rounds, 12- to 14-inches of penetration was about the average.

Jim tests the original Hornady LEVERevolution .30-30 to see how it stacks up compared to old school flat point loads.

I set out to test 10 modern .380 ACP rounds to see how they would actually perform.

The mild-kicking and flat-shooting 6.5 Creedmoor is one of those newer rounds that beat the odds to become a prolific contender for hunters, target shooters, and even in specialized military applications, and, in some cases, displacing those older rounds.

The 50’s as they are termed, are two different animals of the same family. The original Fifty of modern times the 50BMG, uses bullets of .510 diameter.  This is where some of the confusion begins.

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.

We all know that different brands of ammunition and different bullet weights each have a different POI (Point Of Impact). Even when using the same POA (Point Of Aim) out of the same gun.

You can send your rifle to any of the centers for testing, but I opted to go in person because I think watching it all is cool.