Hodgdon, The Brand That’s True®, is pleased to announce the release of the 2019 Hodgdon Annual Manual (the 16th annual edition).

This new manual contains data for Hodgdon, IMR® and Winchester® Smokeless Propellants in more than 5,000 loads, with updates for 17 rifle and pistol cartridges. Using this resource, handloaders can now find data for the new 224 Valkyrie and 6.5 PRC cartridges. Along with comprehensive load data, the 2019 Hodgdon Annual Manual offers authoritative articles by leading gun and outdoor industry writers, working with the editors of Shooting Times magazine.

“The Annual Manual is our printed yearly update for the ardent handloader,” said Ron Reiber, lead ballistician for Hodgdon. “We believe one of our competitive advantages is providing cutting-edge data on all our propellants. Our customers know they can look to Hodgdon to be first to supply this information on hot, new cartridges and newly-introduced powders.” Read more

ANOKA, Minnesota – Federal Ammunition was recently awarded a major contract from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Starting delivery in 2019, the multi-agency contract (MAC) provides for up to $75 million of .223 Rem duty ammunition to multiple Department of Homeland Security law enforcement components and other federal agencies for up to five (5) years. This contract will provide the organization’s agents and officers with .223 Rem duty and training ammunition. Read more

GW: Welcome to the party, Federal!
ANOKA, Minnesota – – Federal is proud to announce new loads for hunting chambered in the popular 450 Bushmaster straight-wall cartridge. Shipments of Power-Shok ammunition are being delivered to dealers now. Fusion and Non-Typical will soon follow.

Legal in more “slug-only” areas and offering enhanced range, accuracy and power over other straight-walled rifle cartridges and sabots, the 450 Bushmaster is becoming a new favorite of deer, hog and bear hunters. Now the hot cartridge is available in three of the best loads for hunters—Federal Fusion (bonded), Power-Shok and Non-Typical. All get the most from the round thanks to consistent, accurate bullet designs that expand reliably.

Features & Benefits

• Superior range and accuracy over other straight-wall rifle cartridges and sabot slugs
• Legal for hunting in many areas where other centerfire rifle cartridges are prohibited
• Fusion bonded bullets offers best-in-class expansion
• Non-Typical is specifically built for deer hunters
• Power-Shok provides versatile, reliable performance on a wide range of medium game

Part No. Description MSRP

F450BMFS1 450 Bushmaster 300 grain Fusion soft point, 20-count $37.95

450BMDT1 450 Bushmaster 300 grain Non-Typical soft point, 20-count $33.95

450BMB 450 Bushmaster 300 grain Power-Shok soft point, 20-count $33.95 Read more

Lonoke, AR – Remington Arms Company, LLC, (“Remington”) announces the reintroduction of the Premier Scirocco Bonded centerfire rifle ammunition line.

Premier Scirocco Bonded is some of the most versatile and reliable big-game ammunition offered today. Factory fresh brass is loaded with Swift Scirocco Bonded bullets, specially blended powders and Kleanbore primed for top performance.

Scirocco bullets feature a precision shaped polymer tip that defies frontal air resistance for less drag. Progressively tapered, heavy-based, pure copper jacket is bonded to the lead core for controlled expansion and maximum weight retention at all velocities. A secant ogive bullet profile and boat tail base offers a high ballistic coefficient while precise concentricity produces match grade accuracy. Read more

Gearing up for a hunt? Don’t forget the non-lead ammo

Hunters asked to continue voluntary lead-reduction efforts this fall

PHOENIX — Arizona hunters have proven their long-held commitment to wildlife conservation by voluntarily working to reduce the amount of lead exposure to endangered California condors, and the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is encouraging all hunters to join the effort this fall.

In the last 10 years, 87 percent of hunters in Arizona’s condor range have voluntarily used non-lead ammunition during their hunts or, if they used lead ammunition, removed the gut piles from the field. AZGFD reminds hunters that if they have trouble finding non-lead ammunition, they can still support condor recovery by removing gut piles from the field that were shot with lead ammunition.

Hunters that remove their gut piles (lead ammunition only) are eligible to be entered into a raffle that offers prizes including an elk hunt on the Navajo Nation, Phoenix Zoo Total Experience Tickets, Cabela’s gift cards and other prizes generously donated by multiple wildlife conservation partners. Read more

(Grand Island, Nebr.) — Hornady, a fixture of the Grand Island, Nebraska business community for nearly 70 years, will open a new chapter in its history with a public open house for its new Hornady “West” facility on Friday, Oct. 26.

The open house will be from noon to 3 p.m. at 8350 W. Old Potash Highway, six miles west of the company’s main Grand Island facility. Read more

Huntsville, AL – Delivering 2 ¾” or 3” magnum-caliber terminal performance in 12 and 20 gauge, tack-driving precision and Barnes devastating copper petal expansion, the new Remington Expander Sabot Slugs.

The Remington Premier Expander shotshell features Barnes all-copper tipped Expander slugs. The Barnes Expander slug is precision engineered with six cutting petals that deploy at impact to inflict enormous terminal damage and pass-through penetration to down game instantly.

The Remington Premier Expander shotshell is loaded to the highest industry standards with top quality components to provide hunters the fullest measure of confidence in accuracy and terminal performance. Additionally, the all-new Remington Premier Expander shotshell line of ammunition features the ballistics listed on its packaging. Read more

Cortland, NY….. Its fall and many of the military surplus issues are coming out from major publications highlighting this years crop of great mil-surp firearms. That makes it a perfect time to remember that many of these guns can be excellent shooters if you have the ammunition you need. Redding has long been a major supplier of dies for a wide variety of mil-surp cartridges that can keep these firearms fed and fun.

Moreover , Redding had a broad selection of case forming dies and sets that can allow you to actually make cases for hard to find Military Surplus chamberings from common brass.

Form dies are available for a number of popular and not so popular cartridges associated with the military surplus market.

A list of the more common cartridges, are in the Redding 2019 catalog and even more can are available by calling the Redding Customer Service Dept. at 607-753-3331. Also too, remember that Redding still produces true Custom Dies for most any unique chambering. Read more

LEWISTON, Idaho – – Law enforcement professionals trust the Gold Dot bullet design with their lives every day. Speer Bullets now offers consumers the same great performance in a new line of personal protection rifle bullets. Speer bullets exclusive manufacturing process bonds a uniform jacket to the core one atom at a time, ensuring proper expansion and nearly 100 percent weight retention. The result is superb accuracy and immediate, threat-stopping performance. Shipments of these new reloading components are being delivered to dealers now.

Features & Benefits

• Personal protection rifle bullets in a variety of popular calibers
• Gold Dot technology virtually eliminates core/jacket separations and produces a very uniform jacket
• Extreme accuracy
• Reliable performance to eliminate any threat
• Consistent penetration and expansion through common barriers
• 100-count packs

Part No. / Description / MSRP
22455GDB / 224 cal. 55-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $23.95
22462GDB / 224 cal. 62-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $23.95
22475GDB / 224 cal. 75-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $23.95
264120GDB / 264 cal. 120-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $29.95
264140GDB / 264 cal. 140-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $36.95
277115GDB / 277 cal. 115-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $29.95
27790GDB / 277 cal. 90-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $33.95
308150BLKGDB / 308 cal. 300 Blackout 150-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $33.95
308150GDB / 308 cal. 150-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $33.95
308168GDB / 308 cal. 168-grain Gold Dot 100-count / $36.95 Read more

Berger Bullets, part of newly formed Capstone Precision Group, announces the release of their new Berger Match-Grade Ammunition Line, now through authorized dealers. Match-Grade Ammunition includes Target, Hunting and Tactical applications loaded for 6.5mm Creedmoor, 260 Remington, 308 Winchester, 300 Win Magnum, 300 Norma Magnum and 338 Lapua Magnum. Contact Capstone Precision Group at 660-460-2800 or sales@capstonepg.com to become an authorized Berger dealer today. Read more