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Fiocchi Building Arkansas Lead-Free Primer Plant

Fiocchi announces $41.5 million investment in Little Rock, Ark., for the construction of the world's first lead-free primer manufacturing facility located in the Port of Little Rock on 281 acres.

5 Instances When Reloading Is Not Beneficial

While reloading is generally seem as a beneficial means to save money and construct custom loads, there are times where its efforts have fewer returns. Here are five instances when reloading is not beneficial.

$60 Million Norma Ammo Plant Coming To Georgia

Beretta Holding announced its plans to invest $60 million in the construction of a 300,000-square-foot ammunition plant in the Savannah, Ga., area.

Rifleman Q&A: Making Non-Toxic Pellets

I’ve heard that traditional shot pellets are made by dropping molten lead through a sieve in something called a shot tower. Today we seem to have such a variety of shot to choose from, all of which look very different from one another. What are the methods of manufacture for some of today’s non-toxic shot?

Data Mining Impacts The Firearm Retail Landscape

Companies are subscribing to purchase analytics more than ever before, but is this for good reason, and are these datasets driving the direction of our retail space that is so near and dear to our hearts?

The .30 Carbine: History & Performance

Designed at the opening of World War II as a cartridge based off the .32 WSL, the .30 Carbine cartridge became synonymous with the light rifle it was developed for: the M1 carbine.

Throwing Copper: Hornady’s CX

Hornady engineers set out to increase the GMX’s ballistic coefficient (BC) to extend the useful reach of the bullet. The result was the CX bullet (Copper alloy eXpanding).

Preview: Bone-Dri Handgun 2.0

The Bone-Dri series of moisture-absorbing firearm cases provides convenient transportation of your guns while also helping prevent the formation of damaging rust, and the Handgun 2.0 is the line’s dedicated pistol product.

Rifleman Q&A: Lubricated With Wax?

I have an old box of Winchester-Western Super X .38 Colt hollow-point ammo. On the side of the box is “Lubaloy coated Bullet special dry wax lubricant.”  It seems to me that most modern ammunition is not coated. Why is it (or was it) necessary to put some form of wax on ammunition?

The .270 Winchester Short Magnum: History & Performance

Based off the earlier magnum cartridges like the .375 H&H Mag., Winchester developed a shortened magnum load for short-action rifles and introduced it in 2001 as the .270 Winchester Short Magnum (WSM).

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