Winchester® Smokeless Propellants introduces Winchester WinClean® 244™

Winchester Smokeless Propellants, a brand licensed by the Hodgdon Powder Company, is pleased to announce Winchester 244, a new propellant designed for handgun shooters.This new Ball Powder® is ideally suited to 38 Special, 45 Auto, and 9mm standard loads. Consistency, clean burning, featuring a low flash and useful across a broad range of applications make this powder a perfect choice for pistol cartridge handloaders. With addition of the WinClean process, this powder reduces copper fouling and residue, extending accuracy for longer shooting periods.

“As handloaders, it’s a real honor to work with the Winchester brand of ball powders,” said Tim Vaitekunas, vice president of product development at Hodgdon. “But it was a real pleasure to design and build this new propellant. We believe handgun shooters are really going to like loading handgun cartridges with this powder.”

The new Winchester WinClean 244 powder is available to ship in January, 2018 and should be found at most retailers who sell reloading products. The powder is available in 1-pound, 4-pound and 8-pound canisters. Read more

Federal Premium is pleased to introduce an all-new cartridge that takes the popular MSR 15 platform to unheard of heights in long-range precision and ballistic performance. The 224 Valkyrie produces flat trajectories, match-grade accuracy and supersonic velocities beyond 1,300 yards downrange.

“The 224 Valkyrie is based on a 30 Rem./6.8 SPC case necked down to .224 caliber,” explains Mike Holm, Federal Premium Centerfire Ammunition Global Product Lane Director. “It beats the ballistics of all other MSR 15 cartridges, including the 22 Nosler, 223 Rem. and 6.5 Grendel. Plus, it offers comparable performance to larger rounds like the 6.5 Creedmoor, with roughly half the felt recoil—and at a more economical price.”

Learn more and see the cartridge perform in the 224 Valkyrie intro video.

Shooters can review the technical specifications for the new round once it is approved by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (SAAMI) which is expected in January at the 2018 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. At that time, information such as chamber specifications and cartridge pressure standards, proof pressure range and barrel length/twist recommendations will be communicated. Cartridge and chamber drawings will also be available soon after SAAMI approves the cartridge for standardization. Read more

STREAK VisualizedThe glowing material used is applied only to the aft end of the projectile, making it only visible to the shooter and those within a 30-degree viewing window.  Military and law enforcement appreciate that unlike conventional tracers STREAK’s glow is not visible to the target.STREAK ammunition is currently available in 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP. The STREAK line will expand to include hollow points, a wider range of calibers and will be available in both red and yellow/green colors. Read more

IMR, a Hodgdon Powder Company brand, is pleased to announce IMR 8133, a new magnum powder joining the Enduron family for 2018.

This new powder joins the Enduron family, which is known for copper fouling elimination, extreme temperature stability, ideal load density and is environmentally friendly. This new powder is designed specifically for magnum calibers, such as 300 Remington Ultra Magnum, 28 Nosler or the 264 Winchester Magnum, among many others. This powder is the slowest burn rate among the Enduron powders and compares in burn rate to Hodgdon Retumbo. Read more

November 2017 – NovX is now being distributed by one of the largest online retailers in the firearms industry, MidwayUSA. NovX offers the consumer a bullet that has the firepower of a .45 packed in a 9mm round.

NovX ammunition combines two innovative technologies by marrying the intellectual properties of a polymer/copper ARX® bullet with the Shell Shock Technologies™ (SST) stainless steel casing and aluminum primer base, operating on the principle of Aero and Fluid Dynamics, not hydrostatic shock or mushrooming. The NovX technology is replacing old-world brass with a stronger, lighter and more consistent cartridge, creating possibly the most accurate defensive handgun ammunition on the market. Read more

LEWISTON, Idaho – – Speer is pleased to announce the launch of its new website, www.speer-ammo.com. The totally redesigned site offers a wealth of information on the brand’s proven lineup of loaded ammunition and component bullets, plus a complete library of reloading data, all in a user-friendly format optimized for easy navigation with any device.

The new site lets visitors search by product number or filter by usage and attributes. This allows quick access to comprehensive details on each of Speer’s 238 SKUs, including its legendary lineup of Gold Dot ammunition, the No. 1 choice of law enforcement. Enhanced product detail pages include product and packaging images as additional context.

Sections geared to reloading, protection and training, and law enforcement further speed the search for load data, performance specifications and more. Read more