How do you go about choosing the right concealed carry ammo for your self defense handgun? There are eleventy-trillion loads on the market and twice as many opinions as to which is the best. There are endless articles and YouTube channels that do “self-defense ammo testing.” Some of them are legit while others are #FakeNews. […]
How Powerful Is Your Handgun? [VIDEO]
We had a little fun with some very un-scientific testing to see exactly what different handgun calibers would do to wood blocks. Enjoy…
The Ultimate 1911 Family Ballistics Guide
I don’t know about you, but I tire rapidly from all the “opinion” battles we gun people have on the internet. You know, things like what’s better for pocket carry, 9mm or .600 Nitro Express? Given what I do for a living, sometimes I can finagle a project where I actually test the subjects of […]
We Test Sig Sauer’s New 300 Blackout Match Subsonic Ammo
We’re starting a new project at GunsAmerica.com – The Great GunAmerica Ammo Adventure. Each week, we’ll take an in depth look at a specific cartridge. Not a brand, but a specific brand, model, caliber and loading. Ammo performance is a tricky subject, and just because brand “Mega-Doom Blaster Expander” works great in the 9mm +P […]
The Top 5 Best 9mm Self-Defense Ammunition Choices
Do you want the good news or the bad news? The good news is that there are more than five great 9mm defensive ammo choices. The bad news is that there are more than five great ammunition choices. So what to choose? That depends. If you look around on Youtube, you’ll see lots of ammunition […]
Ammo Test: Speer Gold Dot .40 S&W 155 Grain Self-Defense Ammunition
One thing I’ve found testing thousands of rounds of ammunition through a wide variety of traditional, and sometimes non-traditional, targets is that you can’t generalize. Broad generalizations just don’t hold up. I mean, there’s the obvious exception of Justin Bieber – ALL of his songs are roughly comparable to pre-gelatinized narwhal poop, but in most […]
Ammo Review: Winchester Elite PDX1 Defender .45 ACP Ammunition
When it comes to modern personal defense ammo, there’s good news and bad news. Good News: There are, at last count, 2,367,912 varieties of quality personal defense ammo on the market. Bad News: There are, at last count, 2,367,912 varieties of quality personal defense ammo on the market. Good News: Most of them are good. Bad […]
Ammo Review: Winchester PDX1 Elite Defender .40 S&W 165 Grain
The .40 Smith & Wesson cartridge has been called many things since it was introduced in 1990. Slow & Weak Save your bacon & Walk free Sexy & Winchester Shoot & Wound Sledgehammer & Wallop Shortened & Widened Sluggish & Wimpy Slay & Waste Studious & Well-spoken Oh yeah, and Smith & Wesson… Used by […]
Ammo Review: Hornady Critical Duty vs. A Huge Pile of B.S.
Today we hope to answer many pressing questions: What happens when you shoot a bullet at a huge pile of B.S.?If the B.S. is laid on really thick, will it clog up a hollowpoint bullet and prevent it from expanding? Is shooting at a pile of B.S. kind of like squashing a pregnant spider? Does […]
Ammo Review: Hornady Critical Defense vs. Grape Jelly – Will It Expand?
All y’all have some pretty weird suggestions for our semi-serious ammo testing. Here we are, trying to be all scientific, and you keep sending suggestions for silly random things to shoot. Like you really might find yourself in a situation where you have to shoot through a large glass jar of grape jelly to protect […]