Ammunition Reviews

Freedom Munitions has announced it will be consolidating its projectile component production from X-Treme Bullets out of Nevada into its Lewiston, Idaho, facilities.

Federal Ammunition has combined the technology of its FliteControl Flex wad with a special blend of its zinc-plated steel shot to produce tight patterns that have greater reach and improved lethality.

D&M Holding Company, an ammunition and energetics engineering company, is investing $70 million to build a single-base, smokeless propellant factory and expand its current White River Energetics (WRE) ammunition primer and energetics facility in Des Arc, Ark.

In a lever-action rifle, the .357 Mag. offers tremendous utility to the target shooter, varminter or even the short-range whitetail deer hunter.

Although factory-loaded ammunition options for the .300 HAM’R are limited, handloaders can optimize this potent AR-15 cartridge to suit a variety of applications.

The 5.7x28 mm FN centerfire pistol and revolver cartridge has been accepted by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI). Its standard specifications were published in late August.

Often treated as a novel noisemaker, we forget that the 7.62x39 mm cartridge case shares many of the same properties as highly regarded benchrest cartridges.

Winchester Ammunition's introduction of the .21 Sharp takes the venerable .22 Long Rifle cartridge in a new direction that promises higher velocities and superior bullet selection.

Although ammunition technology has progressed throughout the 20th century and well into the new millennium, overall, not much has changed.