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The fourth webinar of the cycle "A sectoral approach to the EU lead ban": Strategic webinar for hunters, sport shooters, collectors and industry" was held on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, on the AFEMS, FACE, IEACS, SAAMI (AFIS) platform, in collaboration with the WFSA. 

Ambitious sports shooters will appreciate that RUAG Ammotec is the only German manufacturer of ammunition and loading components known worldwide to have developed a new RWS match bullet, which is currently only available in the .30"/7.62 mm caliber class with a bullet weight of 168 grains/10.9 grams, although the line will certainly be expanded in the future. We have already taken a close look at …

We watch and share with you all the loading steps of a .38 Special caliber cartridge by an expert using one of the handgun powders from the new BP 100 series. Enjoy the video!

Introduced thirty years ago, the .40 Smith & Wesson was strongly supported by the FBI, in search of a cartridge that would guarantee immediate stopping power. At first received triumphantly by both the law enforcement and civilian sectors, over the years its nervous behaviour and operating costs have relegated it to a subordinate position compared to the 9x19 mm Parabellum, that has instead …

The Czech manufacturer Sellier & Bellot offers a wide range of sport shooting rifle ammunition. We show you the most interesting loads in .223 Remington, .308 Winchester, .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua Magnum calibers. In addition, here you'll find measured velocity and accuracy results from about 130 rifles we have collected in the last years. Maybe yours is one of them - it is definitely …

For the next seven years, Olin Winchester will have full management and operational control of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, in Missouri, which produces 1.4 billion 5.56mm, 7.62mm, .50 BMG and 20mm cartridges each year. Winchester will put its 154 years of experience at the service of the US military – a great business and image achievement.

The newborn Fiocchi–Baschieri & Pellagri represents a more than 200 million euro group, with more than 800 employees and 3 manufacturing plants located in two continents. From the merger of the two companies, a leader in the ammo segment is now created.

The REACH Committee ("Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals") has decided the lead gunshot ban in a textually unchanged form. This means that in the European Union the already existing regulations for bodies of water will be extended to include wetlands, and by definition even temporary puddles will become “wetlands”. The transition period is 2 years. "The European …

A first important victory for an IPSC shooter using the NAS3 composite shells produced by the US company Shell Shock Technologies. Featuring an aircraft-grade aluminum base and a nickel alloy body, they offer far superior performance compared to traditional brass shells. Let's see them in more detail.

+++ July 15, 2020 Update  +++ The Czech Republic resisted the ECHA's written online voting procedure – which we also consider highly undemocratic – and the overly broad and generic definition of wetlands.

That was the point: on July 15, 2020, the end of lead shot – possibly not only for hunting in and around wetlands – could be decided at EU level. This means that the already existing regulations …

With the 6 mm Advanced Rifle Cartridge (ARC) Hornady introduces a brand new and promising round for the AR-15 platform. Other companies such as Brownells, CMMG, Proof Research or San Tan Tactical are following suit and are already offering corresponding complete rifles, interchangeable barrel systems or barrels. A real innovation that you should take a look at.

Some cartridges for service handguns are no longer available on the market and can only be handloaded. Luckily, the American Steinel Ammo company finally makes some "old glories" available as commercial reloading.

Steinel Ammunition is a dynamic US company that combines the manufacturing of modern ammunition in special calibers such as the .450 Bushmaster or .458 SOCOM, with a line of rifle and handgun cartridges now considered obsolete. in this first overview we take a look at the cartridges for long guns.

New for 2020: the 20 gauge for shotguns is becoming increasingly popular. Both sports shooters and hunters increasingly prefer shotguns with low recoil. Rottweil is responding to demand and is adding two new shot shells in 20/70 to its Competition Line range: the Special Trap 24 version with lead shot and the Steel Trap 24 HV with soft iron shot. The ammunition was developed in cooperation with …