This article originally appeared at Ammoland. You can count on any and all .45 ammo, right? Can we all agree that any ammunition that says .45 ACP on the box is capable of the following? Leveling an entire city block, but it might take two rounds. Knocking an ill-tempered 350-pound wild boar into the next […]
Handgun Ammo You Can Bet Your Life On
This article originally appeared at Ammoland. While no one I know wants to be shot with one, handguns aren’t exactly pocket howitzers. They make holes. Yes, messy ones, but holes nonetheless. A shot from a handgun might stop a determined attacker, but likely won’t. Just ask Sergeant Timothy Gramins of the Skokie Police Department. His […]
New Guns and Gear for 2016
We just returned from the 2015 National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers trade show in the dirty delightful and rank refreshing city of New Orleans. This is the event where gun and gear manufacturers show and pitch their very newest product lines to buyers from wholesale companies. I like to think of NASGW as a […]
Shooting Gelatinous Pig Juice With Mike McNett Of DoubleTap Ammunition
The slimiest part of our agenda at the recent Gunsite Academy event hosted by LaserMax was a ballistic testing demonstration by Mike McNett, founder of DoubleTap Ammunition. Mike brought along some standardized 14 inch long gelatin blocks for destruction testing with a variety of DoubleTap loads, most of which use the Barnes TAC-XP all copper […]
Ammo Test Video: Doubletap .380 ACP Barnes TAC-XP
Ammo Test Video – Doubletap .380 ACP Barnes TAC-XP Fun with hollowpoint ammo and water jugs…