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Why is it called .357 Magnum?

Jul 13, 2025 - 7:59pm By GUNSweek

Why is it called .357 if it comes from the .38 Special cartridge? The first magnum cartridge in history introduced a designation that became...

The meaning of numbers in the names of Black Powder US cartridges used in the guns of the Old West

Old West guns: meaning of numbers in the names of Black Powder rifle cartridges

Nov 10, 2024 - 6:25pm By Marco Dell'Acqua

Many old black powder cartridges chambered in rifles in use in the American West were commonly named with 2 or 3 consecutive numbers right after the...

Fiocchi Munizioni purchased by Czechoslovak Group

Nov 25, 2022 - 10:16am By Pierangelo Tendas

The Prague-based CSG - Czechoslovak Group announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Fiocchi Munizioni: another sizable chunk of the Italian...

Brass height in shotgun shells

Dec 23, 2020 - 3:29pm By Marco Dell'Acqua

Gun pills / Anyone who has seen shotgun shells may have wondered at the different brass height in shotgun shells.

Fiocchi USA announces expansion in Arkansas

Jul 30, 2020 - 6:24pm By GUNSweek

Fiocchi of America announced an important industrial expansion in the US with the opening of a new plant in Little Rock, Arkansas, to operate in...

New ammunition from Barnes Bullets

Jan 26, 2019 - 10:35am By GUNSweek

SHOT Show 2019 – Barnes Bullets expands its existing products lines adding several new hunting and sport shooting loads and components

Newly developed Winchester Deer Season slug coming Fall 2018

Jul 31, 2018 - 6:35pm By GUNSweek

A new development for 2018 from Winchester Ammunition, the Deer Season line of 12-gauge, 2.¾" shotshells are coming to the market this Fall – just in...