Ammunition

SIG Sauer is taking its first foray into rifle ammunition with the introduction of a subsonic 300 Blackout round. But cartridge is just the start of the company feeding long guns, with more rifle ammo planned for release this year.

The 300 Blackout popularity is growing among AR shooters, a trend HPR doesn't appear to have missed. The ammo maker has just released a new round for the Blackout, topped with one of Barnes' top hunting rounds.

Sierra's MatchKing bullets have grown in renown as among the most accurate projectiles on the market. The company, however, has attempted to improve on the already impressive bullets with a resin-tipped line.

Your goal, should you ever need to shoot, is to get your attacker to stop. Grant Cunningham reveals what he thinks are the best calibers for self-defense to make sure that happens.

Lapua has always been a hit among competitive shooters, hunters and reloaders. Those folks' hearts should go aflutter with the renowned Finnish company releasing their new products for this year.

Why some guns can handle the pressure of +P ammunition and others cannot.

Ammunition has been scarce, there no doubt about that. But for a Western retailer brimming with bullets, it's the perception of a lack of ammo, not an actual drought, that has slowed his sales.

The EXACTO round has the potential to make military snipers more potent, giving them the ability to change their bullet's trajectory midair.

These top personal protection loads can make a difference, self-defense ammo choices well worth your consideration.

The 5.56x45 NATO (.223 Remington) has been on the rise for more than 50 years. Find out how this intermediate cartridge came to rule the military and civilian roost.

IMR is set to expand its already extensive propellent catalog this coming year with three new powders. And the Enduron line shoots to do more than send bullets down range; it's also engineered to tidy up the bore.

The .458 Winchester Magnum came about in the mid 20th Century, but has had a lasting impact on the hunting world. The cartridge sets the modern standard in taking down dangerous game.

The .284 Winchester nearly fell into obscurity due to lack of popularity. But the cartridge was born again as the 6.5-284 Norma and found new life among F-Class and other long-distance shooters.

Exciting news as Sig - one of the big players in firearms - rolls out their own line of defensive ammo.

When it was first developed the .300 Weatherby Magnum produced nearly unheard of velocities. Around 70 years later, and the round is still consider one of the world's blistering hot magnums.

The heavy and powerful .44 Magnum first became a factory load in 1956, but it wasn't until the early 70s the round's popularity went into the stratosphere. All it took was Dirty Harry welding a hand cannon chambered for the load to send it flying off store shelves.