Category: TGR Ammo and Reloading Reviews
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Hornady’s 6mm ARC: One round to rule them all?
How many times have you wondered, “If I just had one gun that did all that I need…” Or told your spouse, “Now I will never need to buy another gun.” Yeah, right. Could it be that Hornady’s 6mm Advanced Rifle Cartridge, or 6mm ARC for short, brings us closer to that lofty goal than…
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7mm-08 Ackley Improved
In my weekly study of internal and external ballistics, the 7mm-08 A.I. caught my attention some 20 months ago. I read, I called, I sent texts digging up as much information as I could find. When all was said and done, it looked as though it would be what I hoped it would be. And…
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Desert Tech TRASOL Ballistic Calculator
Desert Tech’s TRASOL is a new ballistic application that features an innovative Heads-Up display. The Trajectory Solutions App accesses your phone’s camera to provide a heads-up display of target and app tools. To my knowledge, this is the first ballistic app to provide this functionality. By using the camera, you are able to capture…
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Alliant BE-86 Load Data: 38 Super & 10mm
By: Cary Kieffer About 2 months ago I asked my main man Smiddy at Johnson Sporting Goods in Adrian MI. for a good powder for high velocity pistol that was flash suppressed. He recommended trying Alliant’s relatively new BE-86, he said to think of it a lot like Power Pistol without all of the flash.…
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Underwood Ammunition 460 Rowland Chronograph Results
By: Cary Kieffer I got a neat new toy to play with, a Caldwell Ballistic Precision Premium Chronograph. Yesterday was the first time I ever played with it. I had a blast and learned a lot. Some of it I did not want to know, some was great but my precious Underwood 460 Rowland ammo came up…
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SIG SAUER Elite Performance Ammunition
SIG SAUER 124gr 9mm V-Crown® Elite Performance Ammunition was named ‘Ammunition of the Year’ at the 1st Annual Firearms Industry Choice Awards held in July. The competition was conducted at the Rockcastle Shooting Center in Kentucky and the SIG SAUER 124gr 9mm V-Crown beat out 21 different brands and calibers over three days of live-fire testing.…
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Peterson Cartridge Co.
This is the start of a multi part review. So this will be the initial impression on the Peterson Cartridge Co. so to speak.
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Testing the new 175g Sierra tipped bullet (TMK)
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Hornady match 308 ammo
Thanks Hornady for the match 308 ammo! These will come in handy for testing the Wilson Combat 308 Special thanks to Neil Emery!
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308 Subsonic ammo testing
I needed some subsonic 308 ammo to do some testing with and so I called my friend Chad from Dallas Reloads. I have ran his 300 Blackout ammo and it ran great.
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Surplus 5.45x39mm: 7N6 – You Should Have Stocked Up
Introduction For the purposes of this article we compared the commercial M855 loading for the 5.56mm to the 1980s Russian 7N6 5.45x39mm surplus round. Both rounds were evaluated out of 16 inch barrels, as that is the most common option to the civilian rifleman. Both the AR-15 carbine in 5.45 and commercial AK-74 variants use…
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Graphic Results from live-fire 7N6 Surplus 5.45x39mm rounds – video included
In previous articles, I’ve examined the cost benefit of shooting 7n6 surplus instead of commercial M855 5.56x45mm. In this follow-up article, we will examine the various characteristics of the 7N6 surplus round that lend themselves to Serious Social Purposes. Both rounds were evaluated out of 16 inch barrels, as that is the most common option to…
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Dallas Reloads 300 Blackout Subsonic Ammo Review
I did a recent project building up a 300 Blackout pistol. I ran a 11″ Wilson Combat 1/8 twist barrel and needed some good ammo to test the platform with. I was familiar with the work done by Chad at DallasReloads and gave him a ring..
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Southwest Ammunition Heavy AR comparison and Tac Pro Precision Rifle Course
The key component in any shooting sport or engagement is not the weapon but the ammunition. When selecting ammunition it is always dependant on what you intend to shoot and at what distance. There are some major ammunition makers who produce some fantastic factory loaded ammunition but when selecting a company that can really do…
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300 Blackout (300 BLK)
In case you have been living in a cave for the last several years, the 300 Blackout is the sexy new girl on the block. This article is part one of a new series on the 300 Blackout (300 BLK). While the cartridge-haters will tell you that the 300 BLK is the answer to a…