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.45-70 Govt

The .45-70 rifle cartridge, also known as .45-70 Government, was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873 .45 caliber rifle, known to collectors (but ...

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.45 GAP

The .45 G.A.P. (often called the .45 GAP) pistol cartridge was designed by Ernest Durham, an engineer with CCI/Speer, at the request of firearms manufacturer Glock to provide a cartridge that ...

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.416 Rigby

The .416 Rigby or 10.6x74 was first manufactured in 1911 by the British Rigby rifle and ammunition-making company. It was the first .416 rifle caliber, and rifles were built on magnum-length 1898 ...

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.223 Remington

The .223 Remington is a sporting cartridge with almost the same external dimensions as the 5.56x45mm NATO military cartridge. It is loaded with a 0.224-inch (5.7 mm) diameter, jacketed bullet, ...

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.300 WSM

300 Winchester Short Magnum (also known as .300 WSM, commonly pronounced as "Whizzum") is a .308 caliber short magnum cartridge that was introduced in 2001 by Winchester. The cartridge overall ...

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.454 Casull

The .454 Casull (pronounced Ka-Sool) is a firearm cartridge, developed in 1957 by Dick Casull and Jack Fulmer. It was first announced in November 1959 by Guns and Ammo magazine. The basic design ...

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.30 Carbine

The .30 Carbine (7.62x33mm) is the cartridge used in the M1 Carbine introduced in the 1940s. It is an intermediate round designed to be fired from the M1 carbine's 18-inch (458 mm) barrel. The .30 ...

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.40 S&W

The .40 S&W (10x22mm Smith & Wesson) is a rimless pistol cartridge developed jointly by Winchester and Smith & Wesson, two famous American firearms manufacturers. It uses .40-inch ...

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.50-70 Govt

The .50-70 Government cartridge was a black powder round adopted in 1866 for the Springfield Model 1866 Trapdoor Springfield. The cartridge was developed after the unsatisfactory results of the ...

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5.56x45mm NATO

5.56x45mm NATO is a rifle cartridge developed in the United States and originally chambered in the M16 rifle. Under STANAG 4172, it is a standard cartridge for NATO forces as well as many non-NATO ...

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30-06 Springfield

The .30-06 Springfield cartridge (pronounced “thirty-aught-six” or "thirty-oh-six") or 7.62 x 63 mm in metric notation, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 (hence “06”) and ...

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.260 Remington

The .260 Remington (also known as 6.5-08 A-Square) cartridge was introduced by Remington in 1997. Many wildcat cartridges based on the .308 Winchester case had existed for years before Remington ...

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SIG P250

The trend in modern handguns is toward variety. No longer are police, military or civilian shooters content with whatever is issued—one caliber, one size, one action, etc. This is a logical turn ...

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.357 Magnum

The .357 S&W Magnum, or simply .357 Magnum, is a revolver cartridge created by Elmer Keith, Phillip B. Sharpe, Colonel D. B. Wesson of firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson, and Winchester. ...

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Gun ControlDespite popularity, gun controls stall

The duel: State failed to require reporting of lost firearms. By Jarrett Renshaw | Of The Morning Call October 20, 2008

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judgeTaurus Judge

For those who aren’t aware of the Judge and the surprising interest American shooters have shown in it, let’s take a quick look at the basics. The Judge is a dimensional variation of Taurus’ ...

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Charles Daly D-M4LE

With a history dating back to the late 19th century, Charles Daly is a name renowned in the sporting firearm community. Branching out into a new category, the company recently launched a division ...

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Top 10 Infantry Rifles Of All Time

1. Mauser 98: It was the bolt-action rifle perfected. Adopted by nearly every nation in the world (save Russia) in one form or another at some time, it was the dominant military rifle for 50 ...

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Browning Hi Power

In 1922, when the French put out the call for a new military pistol chambered in 9 mm Parabellum, Belgium’s Fabrique Nationale (FN) answered with firearm titan John Moses Browning and a ...

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Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan

Most shooters think of snub-nose revolvers in the context of diminutive concealment guns. Thus, at first glance, the Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan—a large-frame, six-shot revolver with a 2 1/2" ...

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LSAT Rifle

The Lightweight Small Arms Technologies program (LSAT) has been on our radar screen since its inception in 2003. Plastic-cased cartridges are already performing well, and caseless ammunition—a ...

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Winchester Mode 94

In November 1894, Winchester introduced its new Model 94 lever-action rifle with the following prophetic words: “We believe that no repeating rifle system ever made will appeal to the eye and ...

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.22 Lr

The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge is a long established variety of ammunition, and in terms of units sold is still by far the most common in the world today. The cartridge is often referred to ...

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.32 ACP

The .32 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) pistol cartridge is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pistol. It is ...

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.17 HMR

.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, commonly known as the .17 HMR, is a rimfire rifle cartridge descended from the .22 Magnum. It was developed by necking down the .22 Magnum case to take a .17 caliber ...

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.22 WMR

The .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire, more commonly called .22 WMR, .22 Magnum, or simply .22 Mag, is a rimfire rifle cartridge. Commonly loaded with a 40 grain (2.6 g) bullet, it can deliver ...

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.38-55 Winchester

The .38-55 Winchester cartridge is named for its approximately .38 caliber bullet (actually .3775 caliber) and was introduced in 1884 by Ballard for various single-shot target rifles. It was later ...

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