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Why the 2026 Ammo Shortage Hit Distributors So Fast A simple visual reminder that the 2026 ammo shortage was felt most quickly in the mainstream calibers many shooters buy in volume. The 2026 ammo shortage did not appear out of nowhere. For anyone watching the market closely, the warning signs were already there: thinner retail...
Read More →The range is calling you…with TulAmmo, you can answer that call today! The COVID vaccination is putting an end to the global pandemic, and as of right now, Two Birds Outdoors is putting an end to the American ammunition shortage. What’s more, starting today and continuing while supplies last, Two Birds Outdoors is offering TulAmmo…
Spending all day tomorrow with the in-laws? Time to blow off a little steam, the Fort Scott Munitions way… Fort Scott Munitions has been making ammunition and components for discerning shooters for a long time, and if you spend enough time around discerning shooters, you quickly learn that they want the same things from their…
What if the .380 ACP wasn’t a minimum defensive load, but the standard? Ever since the .380 ACP became part of the concealed-carry landscape, it’s been considered the absolute bare minimum defensive handgun load. One of its major drawbacks was that the minimally-powered round generally couldn’t penetrate beyond the FBI-recommended 12-inch minimum through heavy clothing–meaning…
Fiocchi Ammunition may have its roots in Italy, but having been on American shores since 1983 they’ve long since learned that what Americans like best is having a choice–and they’ve added a new entry to the menu called “Blue Guardian.” Fiocchi’s expertise is built on years of producing NATO-certified cartridges and components, but the new…
What happens when you design ammo for self-defenders instead of law enforcement? Federal Ammunition has decades of experience in designing defensive ammunition, but their new Punch defensive handgun loads come from a new paradigm: Designing ammo for the needs of civilian self-defenders first. You see, FBI protocol testing normally takes center stage when ammunition engineers…
Dedicated turkey hunters know one thing above all others, and that is that every time you think you’ve got the gobblers’ number, they change the game on you. The good folks at Federal Ammunition, as dedicated hunters of the cussed birds themselves, have set up a whole new array of beard-busting, tungsten-based ammunition options that…
The central aphorism of armed self-defense for civilians is that we don’t shoot to kill; we don’t shoot to wound; and we don’t shoot to warn–we only shoot to stop. That central tenet is different from the ones that law enforcement and the military are charged to follow, so it only makes sense that civilians…
Tired of faffing about with a box of ammo here, a box of ammo there? I don’t know if it’s just a reflex left over from the Great Ammo Shortage of the Obama Presidency, but I am now incapable of seeing a large bucket of ammunition in a chambering I shoot without reaching for my…
Most television celebrities eventually get offered a sponsorship deal–shilling cookies, maybe, or toothpaste–but what happens if you’re MeatEater‘s Steven Rinella? Well, if you’re at the center of a lifestyle brand like Rinella, when the sponsors come knockin’, they’re usually wearing camo. So it’s exciting to see that Federal Ammunition, the world’s largest ammunition manufacturer, will…
When you absolutely, positively must have the ultimate in accuracy and terminal performance… When the top tier of professional shooters insists on using Federal Ammunition to excel in their chosen sport, I sit up and take notice…because trends at the pinnacle of performance tend to trickle down to home defenders and more casual shooters everywhere….
Excellent news for the hunters among us: Seems SIG SAUER is branching out their ammunition line to include a little something for the hunters among us…well, actually, kind of a big something. They’ve just debuted their Elite Hunter Tipped ammunition, and the strikingly different appearance of these rifle cartridges is only the beginning of the…
If you’re working on your long-range game, the mad scientists who run Hornady Manufacturing’s Ballistic Development Group have A Tip for you: the new A-Tip line of match bullets. The “A” stands for “aluminum,” because polymer tips are so mainstream, man. Just kidding: That long, uniform, precision-machined aluminum tip has a real use, besides being…
