This article, "Bonding With Your Bullet", appeared originally in the February 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American ...

Modern Cartridge Design is a series of tenets that guide how firearms and ammunition engineers have created most of the centerfire rifle rounds unveiled in recent years. This philosophy is one of the ...

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The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity. True destructive potential lies in how a bullet behaves after leaving the barrel – how it transforms energy, deforms, ...

An unfired Core-Lokt Tipped bullet, left, next to a mushroomed bullet recovered from test jugs. The Remington Corelokt hunting bullet has been with us since 1939. While there have been slight changes ...

I tested Nosler’s 115 grain ASP 9mm cartridges, a controlled expansion cartridge designed for defensive use. The advanced design of the ASP bullet prevailed in these tests. ASP stands for Assured ...

Imagine if a sniper bullet could home in on its target like a guided missile. Well, now it can thanks to research being done at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The agency has ...