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The .30-40 Krag The .30-40 Krag (also called .30 U.S., or .30 Army) was a cartridge developed in the early 1890s to provide the U.S. armed forces with a smokeless powder cartridge suited for use with modern small-bore repeating rifles to be selected in the 1892 small arm trials. Since the...

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fantastic !! Love to see it . Parents and kids enjoying the sport and future generations. One day, she will be teaching her kids and that pride will beam over us parents again 👍👍

As I only recently wrote, I didn't start "seriously" shooting until nearly the last week of November of 2010. I was 36 at the time, and although I'd been to countless fun "range-days" with my friends since college and had similar experiences as a kid (my first shot was on a Gen 1 Glock, with a...

The .22 Hornet The .22 Hornet or 5.6×35mmR is a varminting, small-game hunting, survival and competition centerfire rifle cartridge commercially introduced in 1930. It is considerably more powerful than the rimfire .22 WMR and the .17 HMR, achieving higher velocity with a bullet twice the...

...I don't do much reading, because I usually get enough from helping the kids with homework. Other than @Talyn posting "Cartridge of the week" I don't know much or anything about cartridges I don't reload. All of the load manuals I have give some sort of info about it? Do you know about...

The .338 Winchester Magnum he .338 Winchester Magnum is a .338 in (8.6 mm) caliber, belted, rimless, bottlenecked cartridge introduced in 1958 by Winchester Repeating Arms. It is based on the blown-out, shortened .375 H&H Magnum. The .338 in is the caliber at which medium-bore cartridges are...

Great choice this week, great cartridge, thanks Talyn

The .45 Long Colt Colt, also referred to as .45 Long Colt, .45 LC, or 11.43×33mmR, is a rimmed straight-walled handgun cartridge dating to 1872. It was originally a black-powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver. This cartridge was adopted by the U.S. Army in...

The .30-30 Winchester The .30-30 Winchester/.30 Winchester Center Fire cartridge was first marketed in 1895 for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle. The .30-30 (thirty-thirty), as it is most commonly known, and the .25-35 were offered that year as the USA's first small-bore sporting...

The .38 Super The .38 Super, also known as .38 Superauto, .38 Super Auto, or 9×23mmSR, is a pistol cartridge that fires a 0.356-inch-diameter bullet. It was introduced in the late 1920s as a higher pressure loading of the .38 ACP, also known as .38 Auto. The older .38 ACP cartridge propels a...

You'll have to save that one for when the .416 Rigby is the Cartridge of the Week. ;);)

The .25-06 Remington The .25-06 Remington had been a wildcat cartridge for half a century before being standardized by Remington in 1969. It is based on the .30-06 Springfield cartridge necked-down to .257 caliber with no other changes. Nominal bullet diameter is 0.257, and bullet weights range...

Here is some information on M1A serial number information. I found this information several years ago. It ends at 2010 so perhaps another member here can fill in any gaps. I thought it would go well with Anni's post. 000001 to 003700 Texas era receivers tend to exhibit one or more...

The electronic targeting system sounds like could be a good thing! - Like how can buy individual pieces with that system, could make more useful. The iTarget Pro may be a very good use for secondary or unused cell phones too? - Should be doable. Not sure on how good or not this other thought...

The .500 S&W Magnum The .500 S&W Magnum is a .50 caliber semi-rimmed revolver cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in partnership with the Smith & Wesson "X-Gun" engineering team for use in the Smith & Wesson Model 500 X-frame revolver and introduced in February 2003 at the SHOT Show. The .500 Smith...

The .44-40 Winchester The .44-40 Winchester, also known as .44 Winchester, .44 WCF (Winchester Center Fire), and .44 Largo (in Spanish-speaking countries) was introduced in 1873 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. It was the first metallic centerfire cartridge manufactured by Winchester...

Something told me Hans would give a thumbs up on this 1!

The .38 Smith & Wesson Special The .38 Smith & Wesson Special, also commonly known as .38 S&W Special, .38 Special, .38 Spl, .38 Spc, (pronounced "thirty-eight special"), or 9x29mmR is a rimmed, centerfire cartridge designed by Smith & Wesson. It is most commonly used in revolvers, although...

The .45-70 rifle cartridge The .45-70 rifle cartridge, also known as .45-70 Government, was developed at the U.S. Army's Springfield Armory for use in the Springfield Model 1873, which is known to collectors as the "Trapdoor Springfield." The new cartridge was a replacement for the stop-gap...