Ammunition News

Despite the wide acceptance of the .40 Smith & Wesson defensive handgun cartridge in its early years, the round has since faded from armories around the U.S. and been replaced by an older, smaller-caliber cartridge.

Olin Corporation announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the small-caliber ammunition manufacturing assets from Ammo Inc.—parent firm of GunBroker.com—for $75 million.

Elmer Keith considered the .38 Special to be "too small for a man-stopper or service cartridge," but his work improved the capabilities of the round, and today's offerings are even more capable.

Winchester will be featured on the No. 3 Chevrolet driven by Austin Dillon as a part of the Richard Childress Racing team during the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season.

As multiple gunmakers hustled to produce 7 mm Backcountry prototypes in the weeks leading up to our hunt, it was lucky happenstance that Weatherby was first to the gate.

Designed for "any-range" big-game hunting, Federal’s new 7 mm Backcountry chambering relies on cutting-edge metallurgy and other advanced techniques in a surprising bid to change ammunition history.

Employing a turned, solid-copper bullet weighing 124 grains, the G9 Defense 9 mm +P Woodsman load is promoted by the maker for hunting use and as “Ideal Wilderness Protection”—no mean feat considering it can be fired from compact, carry-size handguns.

As with everything in life, you can't have it all, and there's always a give and take. The same goes for ammo, and we're always chasing one side of the "ammunition triangle."

J.B. Hodgdon, one of two sons that supported Bruce and Amy Hodgdon as they built Hodgdon Powder Company into the legend it is today, retired from full-time service at the company on Jan. 1, 2025.