Ammo - My Gun Culture

The .38 Super: Journey from Gangsters to Competition… with Some “Super Face” Blowouts on the Way

By Tom McHale|2025-04-28T18:48:12-04:00April 28th, 2025|

Explore Jeremy’s comprehensive look at the .38 Super cartridge, tracing its evolution from early 20th-century law enforcement use to modern competitive shooting. Learn about its historical significance, performance characteristics, and reloading considerations.

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New XRB Solid Copper Defensive Ammo from Sellier & Bellot

By Tom McHale|2025-01-09T09:16:00-05:00January 9th, 2025|

Sellier and Bellot has some new(ish) defensive ammo. It’s an all-copper projectile design that’ll stay together when passing through challenging barriers like glass. I tested it with a couple of pistols with known accuracy and was able to print sub-two-inch groups from 25 yards, so it can shoot more accurately than most humans.

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More New Ammo from Staccato

By Tom McHale|2024-12-12T09:30:04-05:00December 12th, 2024|

The folks at Staccato have released more new ammo - the 136-grain Match.

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At the Mercy of Reloading Component Shortages? Life As A Lead Scrounger

By Tom McHale|2024-11-08T11:45:58-05:00November 6th, 2024|

Out-of-control reloading component shortages, lasting years, are becoming a regular event thanks to pandering politicians and a hysterical media. So perhaps the time is not to start casting your own bullets. It’s fun, satisfying, and most importantly, puts you squarely in charge of your own destiny. Mike has some tips.

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Insights From Accuracy Testing

By Tom McHale|2023-12-22T10:03:24-05:00December 22nd, 2023|

I do confess to having a compulsion to log more formal shooting, however. When testing new pistols for review, while I don’t count every round fired, I do log the important stuff, including velocity, accuracy, and, when appropriate, gelatin test data.

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Reloading Room Setup and Organization Tips

By Tom McHale|2023-11-06T09:07:43-05:00November 6th, 2023|

I joined Editor Brent Wheat on the GUNS Magazine Podcast to discuss tips and ideas for organizing your reloading space. Why is keeping your reloading gear and supplies organized is an important part of the process? Listen in and find out!

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The Invention of Gunpowder

By Tom McHale|2023-10-06T09:52:14-04:00October 6th, 2023|

In a twist of explosive irony, gunpowder was invented, at least in part, in a search for the secret to eternal life. You read that right. Ancient alchemists concocted the explosive compound while pondering things they could ingest or perhaps smoke and inhale (who knows what they were thinking?).

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Fizzics ‘R Us

By Tom McHale|2023-01-10T14:46:38-05:00January 10th, 2023|

I’m not a physicist, but I did read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. He attempts to explain such things as how, at the moment before the Big Bang, all of the matter and energy in the known universe was contained in a space a trillionth the size of the period that ends this sentence. Now that I think about it, trying to wrap my head around stuff like that is likely why I’m not a physicist. I can’t even comprehend a miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup being packed into a wrapper that small, much less the sum total of all stuff that ever existed anywhere in the cosmos.While the deGrasse Tysons and Hawkings of the world can ponder the great expanse in their studies, we mere mortals can make more practical use of the physical sciences for our shooting activities.

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Gunnysack: NOVX Ammo

By Tom McHale|2022-07-30T11:03:24-04:00July 30th, 2022|

And now for something a little different. NOVX Pentagon ammunition uses a patented two-piece stainless steel case instead of the de facto standard “brass.” Why? Weight is a factor. I weighed an empty case and came up with 32.8 grains. A comparable brass case is about 62. So, we’re talking a weight savings of nearly half. If you’re wondering, that works out to about 1 oz. per 15-round magazine. I did check case volume, too — it’s about the same.

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