Category Archives: Ammo

I been buying the Underwood 10MM ammo a lot lately. After Maya got some for her daily carry 10mm, I switched over to using it myself . The two loads that we both really like is the 200 grain Hardcast load and the 200gr JHP load. Both at 1,250 FPS. The load that has becomeContinue reading “Some 10MM Loads”

from pre64win.com Fast, fun, and one of a kind.  Created by Winchester themselves, the .220 Swift made its debut in 1935, boasting speeds that left other calibers in its dust. Capable of sending a 48-grain bullet downrange at over 4,000 feet per second, it quickly earned a reputation as the fastest commercial cartridge ever produced. Continue reading “The .220 Swift: A High-Speed Hunting Icon”

I know this is a press release but its pretty interesting. We now live in a world were ammo has to be able to disrupt and defeat the drones and terminators from scifi movies. [Haysville, Ohio]— HOP Munitions is proud to announce its partnership with RoboRounds to manufacture and distribute Electrically Disruptive Projectiles (EDP) forContinue reading “HOP Munitions Introduces Electrically Disruptive Projectiles (EDP): A New Frontier in Ammunition Technology”

The ammo was intended to be use in one of the project rifles. Obviously it didn’t go anywhere.

You hear a lot about how great Swiss made stuff is, ammo included. The GP-11 is unquestionably excellent. As good as any Federal Gold Medal Match 308 even. But how is the 5.56MM? A friend gave me a box of it he had to try out. Unlike him, I wasn’t going to blast it atContinue reading “Swiss 5.56MM 55gr. Accuracy Test”

This made up for the Army marksmanship Unit for various competitions.

Man, I love the .218 Bee.

The title isn’t exact as I shot 73gr-77gr match  loads.    I have for a long time wanted to do comparison side by side testing of the MK 262 class  loadings.  The match loads  using bullets  around the 77gr weight are popular and they should be.  The 75-80gr bullets in 556MM seated to magazine length  is Continue reading “A Look At Various 77gr Factory 5.56MM Match Loads”

By our pal, Sunshine Shooter Well first up, it’s not garbage. This is some really neat stuff. I just needed a clickbait title for the search engines. What I’m trying to do is find out is if this ammo is good for what the internet says it it’s good for: basically everything. I have aContinue reading “Good or Garbage in SBRs? 77gr OTM 5.56 from Black Hills”