Many of the cartridges we as shooters take for granted today once began as wildcat cartridges. Whether it’s rifle cartridges such as the .243 Winchester or 7mm-08 Remington, or handgun…
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Ask professional hunters in Africa what cartridge they would pick for their rifle if they could only carry one rifle, and almost universally they’ll tell you the .375 Holland &…
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The .308 Winchester has been one of the most wildcatted cartridges in modern times. Itself a derivative of the older .300 Savage, the .308 Winchester has spawned some of the…
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While the development of smokeless powder saw many older blackpowder cartridges fall by the wayside, many of them have made a resurgence in recent years. Among those is the venerable…
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The past couple of months have seen an amazing and unprecedentedly swift change in Americans’ way of life. Governments around the country have seized the opportunity presented by the COVID-19…
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Of the most common shotshells available today, only one isn’t measured in gauges: the .410 bore. As it name suggests, it features a barrel bore diameter of .410”, which would…
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The .32 Winchester Special is a direct competitor to the legendary .30-30 Winchester and, although it never achieved the same popularity as the .30-30, it nonetheless remained one of the…
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The .308 Winchester has not only become one of the most popular rifle cartridges in the US, or the world for that matter, but it has also spawned many popular…
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I know what you’re thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kind of lost track myself. But…
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There are a certain class of shooters for whom only the most powerful cartridges are of any use. Not content to rely on the lowly .30-30 Winchester to hunt deer,…
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History is full of cartridges that were popular once upon a time but that gradually faded away into obscurity. Often they’re perfectly capable cartridges, they were just overshadowed by something…
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The early 20th century saw a number of small-caliber pistol cartridges developed, in an attempt to get better performance than the large, slow revolver and pistol cartridges that remained popular…
