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Imagine a .460 S&W Magnum in a semi-automatic rifle. Â Now take a look at the very real 45 RAPTOR.
The new cartridge is essentially a rimless .460 S&W Magnum load. Â It offers serious thump for hunting hogs and other game, while fitting a standard AR-10 rifle. Â The rimless design matches the specifications of the .308 Win, which means a new barrel and slight magazine modification is all that is needed to run the cartridge.
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Hornady announced the addition of several new products at the 2014 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Hornady has earned one of the finest reputations in the industry for producing some of the most accurate and high quality ammunition on the market. These new additions look to add to that reputation and open up new possibilities.
One of those new products is the Custom Lite line of ammunition, which claims to reduce recoil 25-40% from standard loads, as well as reduced muzzle blast. Using slightly lighter bullets and modified propellants, Hornady claims a significant recoil reduction can be accomplished. This line is a great way to introduce new shooters, those shooters with smaller frames, or shooters with physical hinderances to larger caliber rifles that they would likely be prevented from shooting with standard cartridges.
As of December 2013, PCP Ammunition announced they are ready to start commercial sales of a polymer-cased .308 Win round. Â The new ammo will use a 168 grain Sierra MatchKing HPBT bullet, by far the preferred bullet for law enforcement snipers. Â Additional specifications have not yet been released. Â The following is the original article we wrote on the ammo from the 2012 SHOT Show.
Nosler announced a new rifle cartridge that will formally launch at the 2014 SHOT Show. Â The 26 Nosler is being billed as the “World’s Most Powerful 6.5mm Commercial Cartridge.” Â The new cartridge will push a 129 grain AccuBond Long Range bullet at 3400 fps. With the same bullet, the 26 Nosler will have the same velocity at 400 yards as the 260 Remington would at the muzzle.
Winchester Ammunition announced they are now making a new line of .45 ACP ammo for the 1911 platform pistol. Â The WIN1911 ammunition will come in two variations: one uses a FMJ bullet, while the other uses a JHP. Â Both loads are designed to shoot to the same point of aim.
The FMJ load uses a flat nose bullet. Â Winchester claims the load is built for “high accuracy” and produces “precision groups.” Â Winchester does not identify the exact bullet used in the JHP load, so I would expect it is a traditional bullet rather than a highly-engineered bullet like the SXT.