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Barely returned from the last competition, IPSC shooter Samantha Wendel and her fiancé Horst Holzinger are already back in their reloading room. But why? Why do they spend so much time in front of the reloading presses? Why don't they shoot factory ammunition? Should you reload too? 

The United Nations wants every individual cartridge to be marked to “limit the scope of the illicit trade”, taking the Brazilian laser marking as an example of best practice. The Association of European Manufacturers of Sporting Ammunition explains here why it would be actually impossible for civilian ammo – and ineffective. 

The new 6mm ARC was designed by Hornady for long range performance, but it was not allowed to become too large, as it still has to fit into an AR-15 magazine as a factory load. We developed handloads for the new cartridge and report on the results in the following article.

IWA 2023: For this year, GECO announces new loadings for its GECO Express and GECO Star hunting ammunition lines. But also the GECO Target HP training and match ammunition line is expanding. Here we give you an overview of everything you need to know about GECO's new ammo and show videos of the manufacturer's new products.

Enforce Tac 2023: The .300 AAC Blackout caliber (7.62 x 35 mm) is also becoming increasingly popular with German security agencies, such as the police in Schleswig-Holstein, and every well-known LE supplier, such as FN or Heckler & Koch, carries corresponding weapons in its catalog. The well-known US ammunition manufacturer Hornady is now expanding its offer with two more interesting loadings. 

In this part 2, wet cleaning methods come into play. Read and see what ultrasonic, drums with steel pins in cleaning fluid or your mom's washing machine can do in our practical test.

Ground walnut shells and corn cob, ultrasonic baths and small stainless steel pins. You can read and discover here, in the first part, which brass cases cleaning methods or media, wet or dry, have which advantages and disadvantages. 

We had already anticipated some rumors, now comes the official confirmation: the Charme III fund has actually acquired 60% - that is to say the majority shareholding - of the Italian ammunition Company, in partnership with the Fiocchi family, which reinvests up to 40%.+++ UPDATE November 24, 2022 +++ Praga-based Czechoslovak Group (CSG) announced the acquisition of 70 percent stake in Fiocchi …

Born in Eberbach am Neckar, Germany, revolver shooter Sascha Back (50) is known far beyond the borders of Germany for his shooting skills with the revolver. In the meantime, he also competes with the pistol and semi-automatic sporting rifle in international IPSC competitions. His motto: the essential thing is dynamic, and the essential thing is that ammunition and equipment fit. A portrait.

The 7mm Precision Rifle Cartridge is designed to fit the niche between previous Hornady's 6.5 PRC and 300 PRC cartridges. Also new, the Precision Lab Scale and Dual-Lid Lock Box. Hornady's subsonic SUB-X bullets are now offered in four new calibers too. 

Due to the current escalation of events taking place in Ukraine, EU Member States are facing a sudden surge in demand for small arms ammunition. The European Chemicals Agency's Restriction Proposal concerning the near total ban of lead in ammunition, if adopted in the way currently proposed, will compromise the EU's security and defence sector. That’s why a moratorium is needed in order to avoid …

Some developments besides the .223 Remington have expanded the ballistic spectrum of AR-15 platforms – in rather small ways. Read on to discover why the 6 mm Advanced Rifle Cartridge (ARC) could represent a major advance and what its ballistics look like.

The MatchMaster Powder Dispenser from RCBS is designed to automatically dispense propellant charges precisely, in the hundredths of a grain range and quickly. to test this luxurious little helper for the precision-conscious reloader, all4shooters.com used a precision balance, which is also available in the STROBL.CZ online store.

Vista Outdoor Sales, owner of Federal Ammunition, was awarded a $114,813,500 firm-fixed-price contract to manufacture 5.56 mm NATO training ammo for the U.S. Army. For Federal Ammunition, this is the largest government contract ever.

The new R Plus Long Range rimfire cartridge was developed explicitly for shooting at distances beyond the 200-meter mark. Rimfire long range shooting is spreading from the USA and is also becoming more and more of a trend in Europe, whether as a cost-effective training alternative to centerfire long range shooting or as an equally demanding substitute for this discipline due to a lack of shooting …

In this first part dedicated to newbies, we will try to define the literal and technical meaning of the term "caliber" and how the factory and trade designations of cartridges are sometimes quite enigmatic. But let's start from the beginning...