Category Archives: ammunition

Learning from history.

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500S&W revolver with a red dot sight

This handgun has the accuracy and power to take down a deer or goblin past 150 yards. Incidentally, my friend Andy Steinel loads a wide variety of ammunition for this caliber.

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Empties

Simultaneous ejection in process.

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Subsonic 300blk

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Young lady in control of her immediate 100 yards.

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Behind every sharpshooting child…

…is a parent whose fingers are tired from loading magazines.

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Good quality .410 ammunition for fun guns.

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When 458SOCOM feels too whimpy…

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Keltec KS7, a compact ambi 12ga shotgun with 7+1 capacity.

Facebook auto-censored this post. Welcome to the culture war, part 3845xxx. All in all, not a bad run for the gear just fitted to the shooter.

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Defensive weapon for the infirm.

Rimfire pistols are seldom the answer to defensive needs, but they fit one niche well. The defender in this case is an 86-year-old woman who lives alone. Her hand and arm strength are minimal, so full-weight handguns are not in … Continue reading

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Aguila SSS ammunition: new on CTD Blog

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Vintage guns with fixed sights.

This revolver was designed with 38/200 military load in mind. Shooting it with lighter 148gr loads produces a different vertical point of impact, sometimes a horizontal offset as well.

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What rifle ammunition for fat polar fox?

“Fat polar fox” is a Russian euphemism of a euphemism of a rude expression for a persistent catastrophic situation. Things get bad and stay that way. A prudent person’s preparation list includes some weapons and training with it. Let’s say … Continue reading

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New on Steinel blog: 45-70 staying power.

Why did 45-70 endure when its contemporaries went away?

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Recent articles

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Before Olympic air guns — Zimmerstutzen: new on AllOutdoor

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Tippmann M4-22 review

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Catching up on SHOT Show news

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Two WW2 commemoratives just made for each other.

Winchester WW2 series | Inland Mfg. M1911A1

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Fun with tracers.

Southern Ballistic Research extended range 45ACP tracers combined with the low-recoil gas-operated Alpha carbine add up to fun and fearsome capability.

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