Norma designs some great ammunition manufacturing millions upon millions of cartridges for both the US and European markets. The company’s latest offering is their new TAC-22 Subsonic 40-grain ammunition featuring a lead round nose hollow point bullet and an advertised muzzle velocity of 1,017 feet per second keeping the rounds well under the range of supersonic making them much more pleasant to shoot, with or without a suppressor.

Aguila Ammunition has six decades of tradition and offers a full line of rimfire, centerfire and shotshell ammo. They are now introducing a new 9x19mm, 124-grain Jacketed Hollow Point (JHP), a round they describe as very accurate and made for defense purposes. According to Aguila, the muzzle velocity is 1,150 fps, and the new round has been tested in a wide variety of handguns, from micro compacts to full-size.

The US Department of Defense has ordered over $80 million worth of Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle ammunition and shoulder-launched AT4CS RS (confined space and reduced sensitivity) anti-armour weapon systems. The order was made within a 2019 Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract. The AT4CS RS variant was first procured back in 2015. The ammunition and weapons will be used by the U.S. Army, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and U.S. Marine Corps.

Since colonial times, Americans have held shooting competitions with rifles used for militia service. These “service rifle competitions” have grown and become formalized into their own sport. Thousands of shooters participate across the country each year, with the national matches held at Camp Perry each summer. Though they are not the most high-speed or tactical event, they are an accessible sport and an excellent test of marksmanship.

Federal Ammunition is one step closer to further expanding its ammunition output with the recent groundbreaking ceremony of its new Raw Materials Warehouse being built in Coon Rapids, MN. The new raw materials storage facility will supposedly help reduce wait times for raw materials to make their way from distributors and into the production facilities located in Anoka County, Minnesota. This new facility will add to the already near-1-million sq/ft footprint that Federal’s ammunition manufacturing facilities currently sit on.

Happy Labor Day everyone! While we will be forgoing our regular daily posting, we couldn’t leave our faithful readers high and dry regarding the great Labor Day sales going on today. However, just a quick recap on the history of Labor Day if you allow me. Labor Day was officially recognized as a federal holiday on June 28th, 1894 when congress passed a bill recognizing the event as a statutory holiday for the entire country. Before that, however, Labor Day can trace its observance on a state level back to my home state of Oregon which was the first state within the union to make it a public holiday in 1887, largely at the behest of trade unions and labor movements to set aside a day to celebrate the American worker and the contributions laborers made to the nation’s growth and success. Fast forward over 130 years, and Labor Day is a much celebrated national holiday for every American as we take the three-day weekend to meet up with friends, family, and loved ones and enjoy the unofficial end of summer. I think it’s important on weekends like this to take some time to seek out friends and family and to enjoy the fruits of your hard work throughout the year. Whether that’s with a barbecue, family vacation, or just a much-needed trip to the range, you should really take this time to enjoy everything we have in this great nation of ours that we’ve all helped contribute to. Now everybody put on your best white outfit and let’s dig into some hot Labor Day firearms sales!

The debate of using factory self-defense ammo or hand loading your own ammo has been going on for quite a while. With ammo scarcity becoming a real problem in the last few years, the transition to reloading has been a popular choice to fill that void. Typically, in the past, older guys who enjoy shooting were the main ones doing reloads but with the ammo shortage, the idea of reloading has become more mainstream. Over the years, I have been on both sides of this issue and it’s a fairly interesting one to consider when looking at the big picture. Let’s take a closer look at factory ammo vs hand loads.

Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 22! The concept of the “perfect pair” isn’t anything new but it’s still one that optimizes efficiency in terms of compatible magazines. Magazines, although considered by many to be expendable or consumable firearms part, do still cost quite a bit of money and just a dozen of them can set you back hundreds of dollars depending on the firearm you’re trying to feed. Today we’re going to be focusing on getting you pair of firearms that use the same magazines so that you can spend less on magazines, and more on ammunition and training with your firearms.

Volquartsen Firearms has just announced the expansion of their semi-automatic rimfire pistol line with the introduction of the new ENV-HMR pistol chambered in 17 HMR. The success of the 22LR ENV showed Volquartsen and its customers the clear benefits of the platform and now Volquartsen is further expanding on that capability with a hotter, flatter shooting cartridge maintaining all the great features found on the 22LR version of the pistol.

SIG Sauer has notified its customers of a potential defect that could exist within specific lots of their 115-grain 9mm Elite Ball ammunition. According to SIG, these lots could have potential powder charge variations that could result in a squib (bullet remaining within the barrel). Obviously, an unnoticed squib could potentially turn into a fatal event should a second round be fired into the bore obstruction. SIG’s recall includes an immediate request for customers to not use this lot of ammunition. The full product recall notice is posted below for your convenience.

Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 20! Ammunition has finally made its way back onto store shelves and I always like to come back around to this subject every so often to give myself a bit of a reality check when it comes to ammunition prices. The first observation right off the bad is that, yes, things are still expensive and they don’t look like they are going to come down in price anytime soon. Second, I’ve noticed that hunting ammunition is a lot more popular this year and a lot harder to find, especially when it comes to some of the more recently popular hunting cartridges like 6.5 Creedmoor. With H.R. 1808 ominously looming over our heads, I wouldn’t be surprised if more magazines start disappearing from the shelves as a precautionary measure by some. So in addition to some ammunition deals I’ve found, I’m also including some deals on quality AR-15 magazines in case you want to stock up. Never, ever stop buying magazines.

Wildfires have long been a feature of life in the western states. Unfortunately, target shooting starts some of those fires. The good news is that target shooting fires are preventable, so let’s discuss how we can keep them from happening. Public lands make for some of the best shooting spots, but they are at risk of closure every time a negligent shooter starts a wildfire.

The venerated MP5 design is one that has lasted well beyond its practical use and into the modern age. The MP5 has made itself a comfy home in the minds of American gun owners due to a combination of real-world and fictional portrayals in the hands of operators and action heroes alike. The MP5 is simply a near-ubiquitous design when it comes to the term SMG or submachine gun. However, the trouble with MP5s, especially in the Heckler & Koch manufacture, is they are really hard to get a hold of and on top of that, they’re also insanely expensive. There are a few other great options out there if you’re unwilling to pay two and a half racks for that roller-delayed goodness and today we’re taking a look at one of the more affordable options in the MP5 scene with POF’s (Pakistan Ordnance Factories) SMG MP5 otherwise known as the POF-5. These Pakistan-produced and Arkansas-imported firearms come in at a competitive price, and really have great performance to match if you’re looking to scratch that MP5 itch and don’t really care about the roll mark.

There are really not many firearms in the market chambered in Wilson Combat’s 300 HAM’R cartridge. Four Peaks Tactical is changing that today with the introduction of their new SBR or pistol in 300 HAM’R featuring an 11.3 barrel. The veteran-owned company announced the introduction of this new pistol/SBR on August 8th, which is packed down with lots of premium features and components.

Reloading is one of those hobbies I never thought I’d actually pick up – even as a firearms owner. However, all it took for me to get addicted to the benchtop hobby was for a good friend of mine to send me a very inexpensive Lee Challenger reloading press kit and from there, the rest was history. Reloading can seem intimidating for the uninitiated, I know I was quite intimidated during my first range trip with my first box of reloaded ammunition, however, 10 years down the road, I’ve not only gained a solid grasp on the concept, but I’ve also dipped into new rabbit holes of information I once again never thought I’d find myself in. Suffice it to say reloading is just as rewarding as it is educational and I personally think that more firearms owners should have at least a basic grasp of the concept. I think these sentiments are shared by our guest today, Gavin, a.k.a the Ultimate Reloader. Gavin runs a YouTube channel and website that specializes in all things reloading, as well as some great informative precision rifle content that has really been a valuable resource to me as a reloader over the years. I’m honored today to have him on the podcast with us to give you guys a bird’s eye view of handloading/reloading so that you can determine for yourself whether or not you’d like to pick it up either as a hobby or as a means to shoot more without vastly increasing the cost of ammunition.

Wild Arms Research & Development should ring a few bells by now around here at TFB. We’ve worked with Johnny Wild in the past when he was first developing his DIY Panzerfaust project, and we’ve also seen him through every step of the process when it came to his newest Fliegerfaust project. Now Johnny has a new project with the development of his homemade RPG-2/Panzerfaust hybrid launcher. Johnny has just informed TFB that he’s completed the development of new chalk rounds for the launcher. More details are below.

In this episode of TFBTV, James Reeves talks about something we’ve all been wondering ourselves: Is the FN 5.7x28mm round better than 9mm? Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t, but there’s no debate that there are at least 5.7 things that the 5.7mm does better than the legendary 9mm round. James discusses the advantages of this modern, high-tech caliber, as well as a few of the shortcomings presented by this controversial caliber. Special thanks to Shooting the Bull and Buffman for the excellent videos and research on the 5.7mm.

Earlier this year, SAAMI accepted the 16th Weatherby cartridge, the .338 Weatherby Rebated Precision Magnum (.338 WBY RPM). Weatherby has now officially introduced the .338 WBY RPM cartridge and announced the availability of ammunition and rifles chambered in this new caliber.

The next generation of visual ammunition is here with the introduction of AMMO, Inc’s new Green Streak ammunition. Building off of the success that AMMO, Inc. has had with their Red Streak visual ammunition, they have now decided to introduce a green variant to the market that uses the same patented non-toxic composite that is “flash charged” by the ignition of the powder to provide the shooter with a visible trace as the bullet leaves the barrel of the gun.

Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is about the rimfire firearm world and its various arms, ammunition, and shooting sports. Last week we took another look at the SIG Sauer P322 22LR pistol. My personal P322 has hit over 10,000 rounds in just under 4 months and is showing no signs of stopping so far and I’m going to try to reach 20,000 in 2023 sometime. This week, however, I was finally able to get my hands on a genuine Gemtech Integra 15-22 Integrally suppressed upper. Today we’ll take a look at both it, and another 15-22 pistol upper topped with an oil filter suppressor to see how the two opposite ends of the spectrum stack up in the .22LR suppression game.

Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 15. Summer is in full swing and the 4th of July deals seem to just keep on coming. This week we’ve got a venerable smorgasbord of deals from ammunition, pistols, rifles, shotguns, revolvers, and even some optics in there too. Those of you who have been itching to get your hands on a Beretta 1301 semi-automatic shotgun will have happy to learn that Langdon Tactical has their LTT versions in stock and shipping starting at $1,599 right now equipped with an M-LOK fore-end, Magpul tactical shotgun stock, QDC sling mounting point options and a Nordic Components Mag Tube extension kit. Please enjoy this week’s selection of deals and discounts!

Collegiate-level shooting sports have seemingly exploded in popularity over the last couple of years. Every year more and more young adults have decided to join shooting teams across the nation competing for top spots amongst their spheres in a competitive and 2A supporting environment. The newly formed Collegiate Shooting Sports Athletic Association (NCSSAA), has just announced a partnership with Remington which will support college sports shooters by providing greater access to Remington’s quality ammunition.

Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) has published the cartridge and chamber drawings of the 30 Super Carry (30 S Carry). With the acceptance and standardization of this new cartridge by SAAMI, we now have precise data on its dimensions, ballistics and chamber pressure – specs, the combination of which is what makes this new cartridge interesting for the concealed carry market.

Wilson Combat has just announced the introduction of new Lehigh Defense Xtreme Defense ammunition that will be available through their online store. These new offerings include both handgun and rifle ammunition featuring Lehigh Defense’s solid copper bullets that are designed to penetrate deep and expand aggressively in order to defeat light barriers like drywall and clothing without sacrificing lethality when it hits its intended target. Full press release details are below.

If you have been reading some of my articles this past year, you must have noticed I have been using a Chronos 1.4 slow-motion camera. I have been looking up different ways to use my slow-motion camera in the context of studying firearms. I have helped to film weapon malfunctions that happen too fast for the eye to see. But what else can I do? Filming bullets flying through the air is kind of boring but there is something else you can do. Schlieren imaging uses a system of light and concave mirrors to see changes of density in a medium. Specifically the change in density of air. So I looked up how to do it and got to it.

One of the newest long-action cartridges to hit the market has just had its official SAAMI specs released. The 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge (7mm PRC), has been the talk of the town in various internet firearms forums and chat rooms with many people who thought that the official specs would not be released until sometime this fall. However, we’ve got the specs now and it seems to be stacking up to be a very well-balanced cartridge for hunting applications.

Everyone at this point has felt the stress of ammunition scarcity and price hikes. Freedom Munitions is a fairly well-known ammunition manufacturing company that makes a combination of factory-new and remanufactured ammunition for both pistols and rifles. On the 23rd of June, Freedom Munitions announced that they were in the process of opening up a new 10,000 square-foot facility to increase the company’s capacity to fully manufacture cases and projectiles for a wide array of calibers including .223 and 30-06.

With primers, powder, and brass starting to show back up on shelves in greater numbers and at more reasonable prices, people are itching to fire their reloaded presses back up. Reloading often starts with depriming your spent cases also known as “decapping.” A lot of people usually just do this on a press but that often ties them to a bench and it can be a pretty tedious task. Another method is using a hand-held deprimer and the folks from Timber Creek Outdoors are happy to be the exclusive U.S. Distributor of the new hand-held Harvey Deprimer.

Hello and welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report! This ongoing series is all about the rimfire firearm world! Last week we took a look at the practical application of .22WMR and whether or not it would make for a suitable stand-in as a self-defense cartridge. Although .22WMR is magnitudes more powerful than even the hottest of .22LR cartridges, many of you held the same sentiment towards it as you do .22LR – it’s just not powerful enough or reliable enough to feel comfortable carrying when you have other options available to you. The last part of that reasoning caught my attention as I’ve actually never had a failure to fire that I can remember when using .22WMR. So today I wanted to take a closer look at the reliability of various rimfire cartridges based on my experiences, and the experiences of others, to ascertain whether the infamous rimfire reliability gun lore is actually that bad.

The latest, 17th edition of the iconic “Cartridges of the World” series of ammunition reference books has seen the light of day. The new book can be found on the websites of the publisher (Gun Digest) and many popular book stores, both in paperback and digital versions. Let’s see what’s new in the Cartridges of the World 17th Edition.