The ultimate hunting caliber, depending on what you’re after of course, depends a lot upon a multitude of different aspects. Both the 444 Marlin and the 45-70 Government are great medium to big game hunting cartridges. Let’s take a more in depth look at each caliber, the ballistics they offer, as well as some history […]
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PSA Releases New .350 Legend Upper
I just got word that Palmetto State Armory released a new upper chambered for the 350 Legend hunting cartridge. This cartridge released a lot of attention at SHOT Show 2019, and has since been receiving a lot of support from various firearms manufacturers. We had exclusive coverage of this while at SHOT Show and were […]
Hunting Varmint
United States, Varmint & Predator Hunting: Varmint hunting is an American phrase for the killing of non-game animals seen as pests. While not an efficient form of pest control, it does provide recreational hunting for hunters and is much less regulated. Varmint species are often responsible for detrimental effects on crops, livestock, landscaping, infrastructure, and […]
338 Winchester Magnum Ballistics
338 Winchester Magnum Ballistics Info: Officially introduced to the public in 1958 by Winchester, the .338 Win Mag is an excellent, flat shooting, accurate, hard recoiling rifle cartridge capable of taking any sized game in North America to include polar and grizzly bear. Hunters looking to take bigger animals like elk at longer distances will […]
444 Marlin Ballistics Chart
The 444 Marlin cartridge was introduced to the public in 1964 in a collaboration between Remington and Marlin. The 444 Marlin cartridge is a semi-rimmed, tapered, straight-walled cartridge that is an excellent short to medium range rifle round that is capable of taking all of the north-American game animals within its big bore range capabilities. […]
218 Bee Ballistics
.218 Bee Ballistics Chart: Detailed factory ammunition ballistics information for the; 218 Bee, bullet velocity, bullet energy and bullet drop. .218 bee Ballistics were derived from a 24″ rifle barrel length. Winchester, Super-X, 218 Bee Ammunition: Winchester Bullet Type: Bullet Weight Grains Bullet Ballistic Coefficient Bullet Muzzle Velocity Fps. Bullet Muzzle Energy Ft. lbs. Hollow […]
223 Remington Ballistics (Chart, History, Uses)
The 223 Remington is a centerfire rifle cartridge that is a .22″ caliber, rimless, bottleneck cartridge case design that can be reloaded. Rifles chambered in this round have a barrel bore land to land diameter of .219″ and a bore groove to groove diameter of .224″. Common barrel rifling twist rates for the 223 Remington […]
Texas to Allow Feral Hog Hunting Without License
Widely viewed as a delicious nuisance to citizens in many southern states, the feral hog is known to cause destruction to land, ecosystems, and waterways alike. Current Texas law states that individuals can only hunt these animals once they’ve actually caused damage to land, which just changed. SB 317, which received unanimous support in the […]
38 Special Ballistics Chart
38 Special Handgun Cartridge: The 38 Special cartridge was designed by Smith&Wesson; and was then introduced to the public in 1902. This cartridge is the most popular handgun cartridge in the world. The 38 Special is very easy to reload and can handle many tasks, for the handloader this cartridge can be reloaded to handle […]
25 WSSM Ballistics
.25 WSSM: The 25 Winchester Super Short Magnum is a newer center fire rifle cartridge developed in partnership with Browning Arms Company and Winchester ammunition, making its debut and introduced to the shooting public in 2004. The newer .257″ short magnum cartridge debuted chambered in Winchester’s Model 70 bolt action rifle. The 25 WSSM is […]
