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‹ First < 1 2 3SPORTS STARS: SABOTS
LAURIE HOLLAND investigates sub-calibre supersonic sleeves A COUPLE of issues ago reader Bozidar Zabavnik proposed using sub-calibre sabot ammunition to produce high velocities but restrict ultimate ranges. Unfortunately, there is no free lunch in ballistics. ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING: NEW RELOADING MANUALS
LAURIE HOLLAND discovers that, rather like buses, nothing comes for ages and then a glut of great manuals appears all at once BULLET AND powder companies take five or more years to update their reloading manuals. This is unsurprising considering the work and ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: JACK OF ALL TRADES
LAURIE HOLLAND on the high-velocity quarter bore .25-06 Remington THE JACK of all trades is usually said to be master of none, but many cartridges manage to perform multiple roles successfully, .243 and .308 Winchester coming to mind. This month's subject is another. ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING: HEAVY BULLETS IN .223 REMINGTON
LAURIE HOLLAND takes a look at the primer and excess pressure symptoms such as cratering THE FINAL component before we get on to bullets and propellants is the primer, the small rifle type used here. We have a choice of six makes, some providing standard, magnum ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: A GREAT IDEA AT THE TIME: THE .41 ACTION EXPRESS
YOU WOULD think that those who procure arms for military and police users would learn from experience, but they often repeat previous mistakes. Take the .38 Special. American police officers found it ineffective against prohibition-era gangsters, and earlier ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: THE .338 LAPUA MAGNUM PART TWO
Let's look at this cartridge's development, there being much information in the public domain. I previously quoted the received wisdom that it is a slightly modified and necked-down .416 Rigby, suggesting relatively simple wildcatting - actually, it wasn't! The ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING: WEIGHTY MATTERS
LAURIE HOLLAND calls in the heavies - heavy bullets, that is LAST MONTH'S Target Sports had just gone to press when the MoD relaxed its threatened 3,800J ME ceiling to 4,500 (3,318ft/lb), lifting the threat to Target and Match Rifle disciplines. The formulae in ... Read Full Article
SPORTS STARS: THE .338 LAPUA MAGNUM PART ONE
With mod range safety rules hot news, let's look at the cartridge that caused the Army to review muzzle energies - the .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6 x 70mm). The cartridge is used by British Army snipers and has excessive reach for most MoD smallarms ranges. 0.33" cartridges ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING: MUZZLE ENERGY
LAURIE HOLLAND explains what the new muzzle energy restrictions on Ministry of Defence ranges could mean for target shooters AT THE moment there is a very topical subject around - possible restrictions on the use of many cartridges on Ministry of Defence ranges. ... Read Full Article
HANDLOADING TOPICS: SPORTING BULLETS
In his final part of a study on the unsung bullet, LAURIE HOLLAND covers those used on quarry This final part of our overview looks at high-velocity rifle bullet wounds and expanding designs for sporting cartridges. The wounding power, in particular the ‘man-stopping ... Read Full Article
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