Category Archives: Ammo

Shared from a FB friend People have asked me: “Why did you join the Army/” I replied: “To learn a skill.” Here’s a synopsis – I finally began my demolition training 0n 11 December. My mathematics skills came in handy. It was easy to think that one needed only place a stick of dynamite orContinue reading “Craig Explains Exposives”

Almost anywhere you go on the internet and read about guns used for combat or defense you will find the guys who will tell you that to kill anything bigger then a cat, you need the .308 . Often this is followed up with the smarmy little quip, “308 turning cover into concealment since 1953.”   Continue reading “7.62 NATO, Turning cover into concealment since…. well, not as often as you may think.”

Taken from a Russian telegram on this new 6.02x41mm cartridge: Russia has created a cartridge with increased penetration for small arms. The Tula Cartridge Factory has patented a cartridge with increased penetration for small arms, which can be used even in a Kalashnikov assault rifle. The purpose is to destroy enemy personnel, including lightly armoredContinue reading “New Russian 6.02x41mm Rifle Cartridge”

The 9×23 is one of those rounds quickly being forgotten with time. The idea was to offer up a round designed to win the various action handgun competitions. The case was stronger than the .38 super and so it can operate at higher pressures. It did away with the semi rimmed case of the superContinue reading “The 9x23MM”

While over at Brady’s the other day I was bemoaning my drastically depleted stocks of 16 gauge ammo after last year’s slaughter-rama squirrel season. He gave me this old box of ACTIV he’d reloaded who knows how long ago. ACTIV was a big thing back int he day for a few minutes. I have heardContinue reading “Remember these?”

I have been shooting for decades.  I was taught to shoot around 7 years old and have been shooting heavily ever since.   In the thirty years of my shooting career so far I have used rifles and pistols for just about everything you can think of and I have used and tried a very wideContinue reading “A life With Rifle Cartridges”

Here is something you certainly do not see every day. Arsenal dummy rounds for use in 7.5×55 Swiss. Used for training purposes and sundry. The rounds have something inside that gives them the sound of powder when you hold it close to the ear and shake. And as you can see in the picture anContinue reading “Swiss 7.5×55 Inert Training Rounds”

Today I tested some more of the barnes triple shock X  bullets ( TSX ). I have wanted to see how the 70 grain bullet would do for a long time now so I put up a windshield  and a stack of soaking wet phone books. I wanted to test for penetration, expansion and forContinue reading “Barnes TSX test ( 70 gr)”

This is the first in a series ( I hope ) of test i will be doing on some of the barnes TSX bullets in a variety of weights ( my wallet allowing) and through a variety of barrier. These first rounds were fired from a  16 inch barrel carbine   through a car front windowContinue reading “Barness TSX ( triple shock X ) 55 grains”