Ammo Tests

Factory ammo is available in cast or jacketed, with bullet weights from 325gr. to 410gr., and velocities running 1200fps to 1350fps.

Pick 8.6 Blackout if you want a short, suppressed rifle that throws heavy subsonic bullets quietly and still hits hard with supersonic loads inside a few hundred yards. Pick 6.5 Creedmoor if you want to shoot flat and far with a deep bench of factory ammo and rifles. The two are related: the 8.6 starts [...]

Sometimes, to get a gun to function well or to shoot precise groups, a factory load can be found that yields better results than a different factory load. Fortunately, these days there are many factory choices for most cartridges.

There are many factors in any gun that have an effect on precision, and two guns leaving the assembly line, one right after the other, made with the same batch of components and assembled by the same people, can have drastically different precision characteristics.

Bullets have evolved considerably since their first use from homogenous pure lead to homogenous copper and brass. Along the way, velocities have increased from a few hundred feet per second (fps) to a few thousand feet per second. For the most part, hunters have strived for complete penetration on whatever game animal they are pursuing.

In the CMMG AR platform, this one is a force to be reckoned with. If you are ready to step away from the 30-30 lever action or get a younger shooter into the mix, this is an absolutely fantastic package. 350 Legend is here to stay, and my prediction is it will be harvesting bucks for a good long time to come.

In 1968, American troops in Vietnam reported scattered incidents where dead NVA soldiers were found with parts of their exploded rifles protruding from their skulls. Technical Intelligence attributed this to poor metallurgy and bad ammunition. The situation was a little more complicated than it appeared.

Surplus ammo is military ammunition sold off to the civilian market after a government no longer needs it. It is usually loaded to a military spec, often with full metal jacket bullets, and some of it uses corrosive primers that require prompt cleaning. Christopher Mace walks through the common loads by caliber below. Start with [...]

Even though they’re pigs, they still deserve a humane death, besides, the less time you spend looking for a hit pig is more time spent looking for more pigs!