Sedalia, MO – Vihtavuori Powders, the #1 choice of Extreme Long Range (ELR) National champion Paul Phillips, has added an advance graphite application during the production finishing process. Graphite is added to the surface area of each granule during the vacuum drying stage. This serves to eliminate static electricity, and enable the finished powder to flow more smoothly and evenly through your powder measure and/or loading machine.

Vihtavuori Sales & Marketing Manager, Olof Borgström states, “Our powders undergo a stringent series of quality control checks throughout the manufacturing process, to ensure customers receive the best commercial powder available. This new advanced graphite application process displays Vihtavuori’s commitment to continuous improvement.”

Phillips stated, “When I started using the new Vihtavuori powder my groups were consistently smaller and overall SD’s remained in the single digits. Our ELR team feels that the new VV 20N29 powder will give us the best chance to stay on top in 2019. When shooting 2 miles, it requires your ammunition to be very consistent and we feel Vihtavuroi gives us this advantage.” Read more

Kestrel adds to the roster of ballistics offerings with new tools available for hunters, competitive, and recreational shooters with new tools for improved accuracy and performance at extended ranges.

BOOTHWYN, PA – Nielsen-Kellerman (NK), creators and manufacturers of Kestrel® Instruments & Ballistics Meters, will debut two new products that help shooters to maximize performance and achieve long-range accuracy at the 2019 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV. Visit the Kestrel booth #3246 to see the all-new Kestrel HUD Heads Up Display and the Kestrel 2700 Ballistics Weather Meter along with the full line of ballistics meters and the entire Kestrel LiNK® connected ecosystem of compatible range finders and devices. Read more

Hodgdon, The Brand That’s True®, is pleased to announce the release of the 2019 Hodgdon Basic Manual.

Published by Hodgdon Powder Co., the 2019 Hodgdon Basic Manual features more than eight thousand loads for Hodgdon, IMR and Winchester Smokeless Propellants. This new resource features updated loads for IMR Red, Blue and Green powders in the Shotshell section. In the Centerfire section, load data is included for the 6mm Creedmoor and 6.5mm Creedmoor cartridges, as well as handgun load data for the new Winchester 244 WinClean Ball Powder. The 42-page Basic Manual also includes other reference data such as Burn Rate charts, Wad charts and Bushing charts.

Pick up this Free Publication from your Hodgdon Dealer; OR Pay only $2.58 for Shipping & Handling to have it delivered to your address. Read more

ANOKA, Minnesota – – Federal, the world’s largest sporting ammunition manufacturer is introducing three new types of Syntech ammunition: Syntech Defense, Syntech PPC and Syntech Training Match. These will all be on display in Booth No. 14551 at the 2019 SHOT Show, January 22-25 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Syntech Defense provides dynamic terminal performance with a hollow-point bullet that separates into three segments and a deep-penetrating core on impact. The core penetrates 12 to 18 inches through bare ballistics gel and heavy clothing—a critical benchmark in self-defense situations and the best terminal performance of any round in its class. The segments create three secondary wound channels, each more than 6 inches deep, adding to the terminal effect. Syntech Defense is available in 9mm Luger 138-grain, 40 S&W 175-grain, and 45 Auto 205-grain. Read more

Norma® is pleased to introduce BONDSTRIKE™ Extreme – an all-new line of hunting ammunition designed from the ground up for extreme long-range accuracy and excellent performance on game at all distances. With a state-of-the-art polymer tip, proprietary bonding and a match-style boat tail projectile, BONDSTRIKE Extreme delivers an unmatched combination of long-range precision, penetration and terminal ballistics.

Norma’s engineers developed a unique bonding technology to maximize weight retention and ensure a devastating wound channel through controlled expansion at all velocities. Combined with the inherent accuracy of Norma’s sophisticated boat tail bullet design, BONDSTRIKE Extreme is the ideal cartridge for hunting whitetail deer, elk, antelope or any other medium to large-sized game.

BONDSTRIKE Extreme will be on shelves in early 2019 and will be available in the following configurations:

·308 Win 180gr BONDSTRIKE Extreme

·30-06 180gr BONDSTRIKE Extreme

·300 Win Mag 180gr BONDSTRIKE Extreme

·300 WSM 180gr BONDSTRIKE Extreme

·300 RUM 180gr BONDSTRIKE Extreme Read more

SK Ammunition, manufacturers of high-quality .22 LR cartridges for nearly 190 consecutive years, announce their latest offering: “SK Long Range Match.” New for 2019, Long Range Match was developed for demanding .22 LR enthusiasts routinely acquiring targets out to 100 yards and beyond. It is purpose-built for today’s long range rimfire shooting disciplines ever-increasing in popularity, such as PRC, tactical rimfire, long range silhouette and more. Read more

Sedalia, MO – Lapua, world-renowned for producing the finest cartridge cases and ammunition, announces the addition of the 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge to their Scenar-L Target and Naturalis Hunting ammunition offerings.

The 6.5m Creedmoor 136 Grain Scenar-L offers an optimized, high ballistic coefficient (BC) for long-range competitive target shooting, yet maintains SAAMI configuration for flawless function through all factory or custom rifle magazines.

6.5 Creedmoor loaded with the 140 Grain Lapua Naturalis provides hunters a lead-free alternative for today’s ever-changing hunting landscape. Designed and manufactured from pure copper, the Naturalis construction is proven to reliably retain 90-100% of its original weight. It uses state-of-the-art technology to produce consistent, controlled expansion at the widest velocity range on the market. Read more

For more than a century, Norma® has built a world-wide reputation among hunters for accuracy, reliability and terminal performance across a wide range of hunting applications. In 2019, Norma is proud to deliver this same standard of precision and ballistic performance with the release of its new 9mm Monolithic Hollow Point (MHP™).

Norma’s 9mm MHP is an all copper bullet with massive expansion and great stopping power. It is designed to feed reliably into all pistol and carbine chambers and is calibrated for consistent devastating terminal performance, regardless of barrel length. By achieving consistent, massive expansion – repeatable time-after-time – the Norma MHP is poised to set a new standard for personal defense ammunition. Read more

LEWISTON, Idaho – – CCI Ammunition is pleased to announce five new rimfire loads during the 2019 SHOT Show (Booth No. 14551), January 22-25 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“We are excited to introduce these new products for rimfire shooters and hunters,” said CCI Product Director Rick Stoeckel. “We know our customers will be pleased with all five options.”

The list includes VNT 17 Mach 2 17-grain; VNT 22 WMR 30-grain; Quiet-22 Semi-Auto 22 LR 45-grain lead round nose; Clean-22 Standard Velocity 22 LR 40-grain poly-coated lead round nose; and Clean-22 High Velocity 22 LR 40-grain poly-coated lead round nose. Read more

HSM Ammunition of Stevensville, MT has added .450 Bushmaster to the available calibers of their vaunted and popular BEAR LOAD family, supplying a current demand. Components were carefully selected to result in velocity clocking in at 1,950 ft./sec. with a developed muzzle energy of 2,532 ft./lbs. The round is capped with a 300 gr. Speer Uni-Core Soft Point bullet. That’s a whole lot of “oomph,” with devastating effect, from this straight wall cased cartridge. Ideal for hog and deer hunting. Since it is manufactured by HSM Ammunition, superior accuracy and reliability are assured. Read more