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| Hornady announces new Garand safe .30-06 ammunition |
[Industry News] |
Hornady has announced the addition of new .30-06 ammunition to their product line. What makes this announcement special is that the ammunition is specifically designed for the M1 Garand.
This is excellent news for the M1 Garand owner/shooter that doesn't reload, and needs quality ammunition that doesn't have steel core or jackets (due to range restrictions on such ammunition).
Before this announcement, there hasn't been any readily available 'Garand-safe' commercial ammunition available on the market. The M1 Garand requires a specific pressure curve for safe operation for the M1 gas system. Thus, in order to guarantee that ammunition contains powder that is safe for the Garand gas system, the non-handloader has to use military surplus M2 ball.
Hornady should be praised for heeding the call for quality Garand-safe ammunition.
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| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Sat 06/07/2008 @ 21:39 Pacific Time |
| 2008 US Navy Pacific Fleet and All Navy (West) results |
[Local News] |
| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Mon 05/19/2008 @ 13:14 Pacific Time |
| 2008 Shooting Sports Fair |
[Local News] |
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Raahauge's in Corona is holding their annual Shooting Sports Fair from June 6 to June 8 (Fri - Sun). Raahauge's has a coupon available on their website to save $2 on admission to the fair.
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| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Mon 05/19/2008 @ 13:09 Pacific Time |
| Berger Bullets announces four new 30 caliber bullets |
[Industry News] |
After some real world beta testing, Berger Bullets has announced four new additions to their product line. All four bullets are 30 caliber in the following configurations:
155.5 gr BT Palma (BC = .486)
175 gr BT (BC = .528)
185 gr BT (BC = .570)
210 gr BT (BC = .647)
The new bullets are more traditional BTHP in design, as opposed to VLD.
According to Eric Stecker of Berger Bullets, the 155.5gr Palma bullets will be available to consumers in approximately 2-4 weeks, while the other three will be available somewhere along the lines of 4-6 weeks.
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| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Thu 03/27/2008 @ 15:59 Pacific Time |
| 2008 California Service Rifle Championship |
[Other News] |
| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Thu 02/21/2008 @ 22:30 Pacific Time |
| 2008 US Navy Pacific Fleet Matches |
[Local News] |
The US Navy Pacific Fleet match program and entry forms are now available on the US Navy Marksmanship Team website. Look under the Events Calendar section of the website for the MS Word documents to download.
The US Navy Pacific Fleet rifle and pistol matches will take place at Camp Pendleton MCB in Oceanside (CA) from April 26 through May 9. The event is open to military personnel as well as civilian shooters with NRA classification of Expert or higher. Download the match program for detailed information.
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| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Wed 02/20/2008 @ 21:26 Pacific Time |
| 2008 SHOT Show Report |
[Industry News] |
A 2008 SHOT Show report was written by Jonathan Ocab and posted at ocabj.net. It is a two-part report and can be visited using the following URLs:
http://www.ocabj.net/?p=87
http://www.ocabj.net/?p=88
The content is also mirrored under the Articles section of the Inland Shooters web site.
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| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Thu 02/07/2008 @ 09:57 Pacific Time |
| Sierra Match King .22 caliber 77gr HPBT cannelured |
[Industry News] |
Sierra is now selling a cannelured version of the popular 22cal/.224" 77gr HPBT Match King to the civilian market. This is the exact same bullet has the regular 77gr Match King except for the rolled cannelure. This cannelured version is the same bullet used for the military MK 262 mod 1 ammunition.
The cannelured 77gr Match King will be available in 50 or 500 count boxes and are already available at retailers.
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| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Mon 02/04/2008 @ 10:13 Pacific Time |
| Lapua to release new .224" 77gr BTHP |
[Industry News] |
Lapua has announced a new 22 caliber (.224") bullet under their Scenar line. This new bullet is a 77 grain boat tail hollow point design, similar to the Sierra Match King and Nosler Custom Competition 77gr BTHP bullets.
Lapua representatives at the SHOT Show have indicated that the Lapua Scenar .224"/77gr can be seated to magazine length for the AR-15" (approximately 2.260"). Lapua claims this new bullet has a ballistic coefficient of .402 (compared to .362 to .372 for the Sierra and .340 for the Nosler).
Product sample measurements give a base to tip length of 1.041" and base to ogive length of .613" using the Hornady Lock-n-Load bullet comparator gauge. For comparison, the Sierra Match King 77gr BTHP and the Nosler Custom Competition 77gr BTHP have base to ogive measurements (using the same gauge) of approximately .565" and .578", respectively. The Sierra and Nosler have base to tip lengths of approximately .970" and .980", respectively.
The Lapua representatives have indicated that the new Lapua Scenar should make it to Stateside distributors in March/April 2008 and that Graf and Sons (an official Lapua distributor) should receive the first shipments.
For sample pictures, visit the Inland Shooters Gallery section.
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| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Mon 02/04/2008 @ 09:22 Pacific Time |
| SHOT Show 2008 in full swing |
[Industry News] |
The 2008 SHOT Show in Las Vegas is in full swing. The biggest industry firearms and shooting sports trade show is using three halls in the Las Vegas Convention Center for nearly 715,000 square feet of exhibition space.
The four day show will conclude at the end of February 5.
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| Posted by: ocabj |
Posted on: Mon 02/04/2008 @ 08:40 Pacific Time |
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