Reloading

Buy the best carry handgun you can afford and it’s still only as good as the ammo you load it with. When it comes to self defense, it’s important to trust that your ammunition will do the job. Here are five defensive ammo loads you can trust your life to.

Pressure spikes and drops due to temperature have long been a bane of a reloader's existence. However, advancements in propellants have mitigated the variable of smokeless powder temperature sensitivity, in many respects.

Cartridge shoulder bump is sometimes overlooked in the reloading process. But if special care is taken when resizing that element of the brass you can be rewarded with much more accurate ammunition and longer shell life.

The BATFE released a white paper last week that could make the popular military surplus M855 ammunition a thing of the past.

When it comes to getting down and dirty at the reloading bench don’t learn from your own mistakes. Instead, allow custom ammunition manufacturer Philip Massaro help you avoid them through his lifetime of experience.

A year ago, Nosler introduced its first namesake cartridge – the blistering hot 26 Nosler. Now the company has grown its family to include the most powerful 7mm round available today: The 28 Nosler.

Given the pressure they generate, perfecting semiautomatic rimfires has been a tricky proposition. But with a unique delayed blowback action, Savage may have hit the sweet spot with its new A17.

Federal Premium Ammunition made the most of the 2015 SHOT Show, releasing six new products for the coming year. And it appears few shooters were left out, with a round for nearly every application.

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.

Lyman is releasing a ton of new gear for 2015, as this video well documents. Among some of the most eye catching are a new chronograph and a digital borescope.

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.