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I Dig the .357 Sig

December 15, 2014 By Tom McHale 2 Comments

I dig the .357 Sig. In fact, I dig it so much, I feel like I’m on a one-man campaign to help boost it into the shooting mainstream. One of the biggest gripes people have about the .357 Sig cartridge is the cost, but that becomes a non-issue as more people start to use it. […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: .357 Sig, ammoland, barnes, Critical Defense, DoubleTap Ammunition, Gold Dot, hornady, P226, p229, Sig Sauer, speer

I Feel the Need for .45 Speed!

November 19, 2014 By Tom McHale 3 Comments

The Doubletap Ammunition .450 SMC rounds work from a standard +P rated .45 ACP pistol.

Sometimes we shooters do things because, well, why not? It’s as good reason as any, right? At first glance, the .450 SMC cartridge may appear to fall into the “why not” category. When you start to look at specifics and potential use cases, it can make a whole lot of sense. What’s a .450 SMC […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: .45 ACP, .450 SMC, 1911, ammoland, Ammunition Reviews, DoubleTap Ammunition

The 6.8 Remington SPC: An Up Close and Personal Look

July 16, 2014 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

It looks like a standard AR rifle, but with bigger bullets.

  I love the AR platform. And yes, it is a platform as it’s a design model that allows of near infinite customization. You can add accessories until your rifle looks like a Pakistani Jingle Truck. More importantly, since the rifle is a platform, you can obtain or build one in a dozen or more […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Gun Reviews, Guns, Reloading, Reviews, Rifles Tagged With: 45 ammo, 6.8 Remington SPC, ammo reviews, ammoland, Ammunition Tests, at-15

300 AAC Blackout Fundamentals – Ammunition and Reloading

July 11, 2014 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Celebrate diversity! 125, 245 and 220 grain projectiles, left to right. A 55 grain .223 Remington load is shown on the far left for scale.

Recently when I wrote a review of the Daniel Defense DDM4v5 300 Blackout rifle, I mentioned that I’d be doing a drill down series on different aspects of the 300 AAC Blackout. Well, it starts here. Including this article, we’ll be looking at the following topics over the next few weeks: 300 AAC Blackout Ammunition […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Reloading, Reviews, Shooting Tips Tagged With: 300 AAC Blackout, 300 Blackout, barnes, cartridges, daniel defense, gunsamerica

Top 10 Self Defense Ammo Picks

July 8, 2014 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Top 10 Self Defense Ammo Picks

With a controversial and opinionated topic like this, I have to include a couple of explanations and disclaimers. You do have to be careful about blanket statements when it comes to ammo performance. There are just too many variables. For example, you can’t necessarily say things like “Mega Blaster Yellow Tips” are the best. You […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: .357 Sig ammo, .40 S&w, 9mm ammo, ammo reviews, Ammunition Reviews, Ammunition Tests, buffalo bore, DoubleTap Ammunition, hornady, outdoorhub.com, PDX1, remington, self defense ammo, Self-Defense, Speer Gold Dot, winchester ammunition

Winchester’s PDX1 Defender 12 Gauge Buckshot and Slug Ammunition

June 23, 2014 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

Winchester's PDX1 Defense load creates a large pattern with slug and buckshot.

I was working with a Beretta 1301 Tactical shotgun I have in for review and brought along a box of Winchester PDX1 Defender Personal Defense shot shells. Winchester makes a couple of varieties of this product line in 12 gauge. One is a segmenting slug design, where the slug is designed to fragment into three […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: 12 gauge, Ammo Tests, buckshot, home defense, Personal Defense, slugs, winchester ammunition

Ammo Review: Winchester Ammunition Train and Defend

June 4, 2014 By Tom McHale 2 Comments

Two varieties of the same ammo: one for practice, the other for self defense.

When it comes to designing ammo, many of the objectives conflict with each other – you can’t have them all. For example, perfect ammunition would have all of the following: Low recoil Low blast and muzzle flash Low noise Reliable expansion, even after passing through tough barriers like 10 copies of the New York Times […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: .40 S&w, 9mm, ammo review, Ammunition Tests, concealed carry, self defense ammo, winchester ammunition

Celebrating Diversity with the 300 AAC Blackout

April 16, 2014 By Tom McHale Leave a Comment

The most interesting thing about the 300 AAC Blackout cartridge is the diversity of projectiles and velocities. Left to right: .223 Remington Hornady A-Max, 300 Blackout 125 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip, 300 Blackout Cooper Cartridge 245 grain subsonic, 300 Blackout 220 grain Sierra MatchKing subsonic

People get all worked up about whether the 300 AAC Blackout is better than the .223 Remington, 5.56mm or perhaps the AK-47’s 7.62x39mm. I don’t care, mainly because I’m all about celebrating diversity. To me, the 300 AAC Blackout is a fascinating caliber on it’s own merit. It doesn’t have to be better than any […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: .223 Remington, 300 AAC Blackout, 300 Blackout, 5.56mm, ammoland, sierra matchking, subsonic, supersonic

Winchester Ammunition’s Long Beard XR: Turkey Hunting or Home Defense?

March 24, 2014 By Tom McHale 1 Comment

Note how the shot column is standing on it's own as a result of the "shot lock" resin.

While at the professional outdoor media conference range day I had the opportunity to check out some new shot shell loads from Winchester Ammunition. Winchester’s Long Beard XR is designed to create a tighter pattern at longer distances, resulting in twice the number of pellets in a 10 inch circle at distances up to 60 […]

Filed Under: Ammo, Ammunition Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: 12 gauge, home defense, long beard xl, poma, shot shells, turkey hunting, winchester ammunition

Ammo Review: Speer Gold Dot .45 ACP +P 200 Grain

November 12, 2013 By Tom McHale 2 Comments

The Speer Gold Dot .45 ACP +P 200 Grain load still offers weight, but with more velocity.

Since it’s the giving season, I decided to bring a pile of different ammo types to the range for some quick and dirty testing. Ammo makes great gunny gifts by the way. In these times of scarcity, your giftee will know you worked for it! First up is a .45 ACP load I had high […]

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Hello, my name is Tom McHale. I'm the creator and primary author of the Practical Guides series of how-to shooting books. I've been an avid shooter, reloading, and student of things self-defense, concealed carry, reloading, and long-range shooting for the past two decades, give or take.

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