Features
< 1 2 3 >SPORTS STARS: THE .376 STEYR
LAURIE HOLLAND takes a look at the .376 Steyr and realises that this is a case of déjà -vu FORTY-THREE years ago Remington introduced its Model 600, a 6½lb, 18½" barrel carbine chambered for half a dozen popular ... Read Full Article
AMMUNITION DEVELOPMENT: HIGH VELOCITY
ROGER BAKER continues his journey through the evolution of interesting guns and calibres, this month concentrating on ammunition development IN PART one last month we concluded by briefly exploring the requirements for 300yd loads. However, this performance involves ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING PART THREE: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
LAURIE HOLLAND looks at drag-curve-based ballistic coefficients in the final part of his review of Sierra's Infinity V6 programme I'll finish off my examination of Infinity and the ballistics programme results by looking at problems caused by G1 drag-curve-based ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: THE .38 S&W;SPECIAL and .357 MAGNUM
LAURIE HOLLAND on two cartridges greatly influenced by the introduction of the car - and prohibition These related cartridges formed one of the great success stories of the 20th century and are still going strong, even though the American law enforcement role ... Read Full Article
SPECIAL FEATURE: PART THREE UNDER PRESSURE
In the final part of this special feature on handloading presses, LAURIE HOLLAND looks at turret and progressive models Finishing this review off, we have a couple more turret models to look at before moving onto progressives. While the Redding T7 conforms to ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: THE WSSMs (WINCHESTER SUPER-SHORT MAGNUMS)
LAURIE HOLLAND's on steroids - oh no, sorry, he's investigating the so-called ‘PPCs on steroids' I recently featured the WSMs, which give magnum performance from .308W length designs and are employed in rifles with short, stiff actions. Winchester tried ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING PART TWO: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
LAURIE HOLLAND continues his overview of Sierra's Infinity V6 programme with a look at comparative ballistic performance and the Tactical Chart View option I finished off last month by creating a database of five load combinations in Infinity, and found each resulting ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING: TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
LAURIE HOLLAND takes a look at the latest version of the Sierra Infinity ballistics software and finds it surprisingly easy to use THIS MONTH I'll be looking at the latest edition (Version 6.0) of the Sierra ‘Infinity' package to see what state-of-the-art ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: THE FEISTY FORTIES
LAURIE HOLLAND on the .40 S&W, which remains popular despite the criticism of some Most western military and police forces had adopted high-capacity 9mm Parabellum semi-auto pistols by the last quarter of the 20th century. While the soldiers have stuck with ... Read Full Article
SPECIAL FEATURE PART TWO: UNDER PRESSURE
LAURIE HOLLAND continues his overview of handloading presses with a look at more single-stage versions along with turret presses CARRYING ON from last month, we have some more single-stage designs to look at before moving to ‘turret' models. But first, a ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING PART TWO: THE .30 CARBINE
Last time LAURIE HOLLAND tested this popular cartridge; this month he's looking at loading it Let's move onto loading our little World War II rimless number, trying jacketed and cast lead bullets. If we kick off with the mechanical operations, we note that this ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: BY ANY OTHER NAME
Laurie Holland on the 6.5 and 8mm Schüler/RWS cartridge - a powerful German case which goes by several names The years preceding World War I saw considerable innovation in, and competition between, the German and British sporting rifle trades. Both countries ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: BORN AGAIN MAGNUMS
LAURIE HOLLAND investigates WSMs, cartridges that questioned the definition of ‘short' Almost as soon as metallic cartridges were introduced, the race was on to produce the most efficient models as measured by MV, ME, killing power and maybe accuracy. As ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING : THE .30 CARBINE
LAURIE HOLLAND tests the .30 US M1 Carbine, a cartridge with a popularity that belies its performance ARMALON LIMITED'S generous loan of a neat AL30C Enfield-based bolt-action carbine for review (Target Sports October 2007, p.53) allowed me to do some load development ... Read Full Article
SPECIAL FEATURE: UNDER PRESSURE
LAURIE HOLLAND tests out a selection of today's best handloading presses When discussing brass and bushing dies, when did you last hear anybody talk about the heart of a handloading set-up, the press? Dull, aren't they? Not really - the modern press is a surprisingly ... Read Full Article
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