The 7mm Winchester Short Magnum is a newer 28 caliber centerfire rifle cartridge developed in partnership with Browning Arms Company and Winchester ammunition This rifle cartridge made its debut and was introduced to the shooting public in 2001. The 7mm short magnum cartridge is chambered in Winchester’s Model 70 bolt action rifle and is based on the 404 Jeffery cartridge case. […]
300 Win Mag vs 300 WSM Ballistics
300 Win Mag Vs 300 WSM Ballistics When shooting a 180 grain projectile, the 300 Winchester Magnum has a muzzle velocity of 3,130 feet per second, with 3,917 pound feet of energy. At 100 yards velocity slows to 2,927, with 3,424 pounds of energy. Comparatively, the 300 WSM launches a 180 grain projectile to a […]
300 WSM Ballistics and Info
The 300 Winchester Short Magnum is a relatively new, thirty caliber short magnum centerfire rifle cartridge developed by, you guessed it, Winchester Ammunition. Making its debut and introduced to the shooting public in 2000, the short magnum cartridge was originally chambered in Winchester’s Model 70 bolt action rifle. The 300 Winchester Short Magnum is a commercial cartridge based on the 404 […]
220 Swift Ballistics
The 220 swift was introduced to the public by Winchester in the summer of 1935 and was the end result of Winchester trying to build a super speed 22 caliber centerfire. Its cartridge case was the adaptation of two well known cartridge cases, in Winchester’s own words “we used a special Lee case with a […]
Turkey Shotgun Guide
Turkey Shotguns: Turkey hunting in the U.S.A. is rapidly becoming a national favorite past-time sport and of course the gun of choice is the shotgun. Shot, choke and patterning a shotgun is absolutely critical for turkey hunting and for tight patterns good optics or sights are a must. With that said lets get on to […]
Shotgun Game Guide
The shotgun is very popular for upland game hunting with bird hunting the most popular. A shotgun hunter must pay close attention to the type of shot used in shotshells and correct choke selection to ensure an effective and humane kill shot on wild game. The shotgun will place 70% of shotshell shot in a […]
Shotgun Pattern Improvement
After doing a thorough pattern test and analysis it’s time to focus on how to increase pattern density and consistency, as both are needed for a complete shotgun pattern tuning. There is some knowledge worth having first as to what you are dealing with. A True Shot Pattern Is, 100% Of The Shot In A […]
Remington Core-Lokt 243 Winchester Ammunition Ballistics
Remington 243 Winchester Ammunition: Remington, .243 Winchester Premier Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded ammunition features a bullet in a class of its own. Developed and designed by Remington’s industry-leading R&D; staff. Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded offers hunters the unique combination of excellent accuracy, superb weight retention and expansion with overall superior terminal results. The bonded bullet retains up […]
7mm Remington Magnum Reloading
Cartridge: The 7mm Remington Magnum centerfire rifle cartridge is a .28″ caliber, belted, bottleneck centerfire rifle cartridge case design that is reloadable with various combinations of primer, powder and .284″ diameter bullets by handloaders. 7mm Remington Magnum Reloading And Cartridge Specifications: 7mm Remington Magnum Cartridge: Bullet Diameter – .284″. Primer Diameter – .210″. Primer Type – Large […]