Survival

There aren’t too many people who want to live off the grid. Being responsible for your own electricity, gas, heat, and water can be a real pain, especially if you’re…

As smokeless powder technology began to develop in the 20th century, cartridge designers were able to push bullets to unheard of velocities. With the discovery of hydrostatic shock as a…

A few years ago it seemed that short, fat magnums were the wave of the future. But as the AR-15 platform began gaining in popularity, and particularly among hunters who…

At one time, the 6.8 SPC looked like it was going to take the shooting world by storm. Developed by Remington with input from the US Army Marksmanship Unit and…

While the AR-15 platform has become the most popular rifle in the United States, and offers a plethora of different cartridges to suit every shooter’s need, the AR-10/LR-308/AR-308 platform hasn’t…

Every time a new cartridge comes to the market, wildcatters immediately try to tinker with it, necking it up or down to create new cartridge variations. And every now and…

The 9.3x62mm Mauser has been around for over a century, but only in the last 5-10 years has it begun gaining a greater foothold in the United States. The cartridge…

It’s always hard to tell when a newly developed cartridge is really going to take off. Some are introduced with a big bang and then slowly fizzle. Others see marginal…

Like many magnum revolver cartridges, the .44 Magnum wasn’t developed out of whole cloth. It was developed from a predecessor that once fell out of favor, but that recently has…

The .348 Winchester is unique in that it was only chambered in a single firearm, the Winchester Model 71 lever action rifle. And the Model 71 is unique in that…