Winchester 10mm Silver Tip (Old School Hero or Zero?) Just as sharks have swam in the ocean for eons, Winchester’s Silver Tip bullet has endured longer than any other hollow point on the market. Save for the Hydra-Shok, it has…
Hornady Critical Duty 175 grain 10mm (any good?) The 10mm Auto cartridge has seen a boom-bust-boom cycle which would give a Texas oil wildcatter a coronary. Introduced in the mid-1980s, it almost died on arrival. Then in 1989, the FBI…
Is it time to retire the .30-06 Springfield? The “06” in .30-06 is short for 1906, the years the U.S. Army adopted the cartridge for service in its small arms. Do the math. Next year the .30-06 Springfield is 120…
Soft-Points For Self-Defense? (The Truth) Here at the LocaCarnivore, we’ve tested more than a few handgun cartridges. Many a hollow point load has met its nadir in our exclusive “Frost Giant” gel test. The same problem crops up again and…
Hate the 6.5 Creedmoor? (10 Reasons Why You Should) The year is 2007. The shooting world is focused on short magnums and ultra-magnums. An earthquake approaches. Hornady, releases a new 6.5mm cartridge for long-range target competition. No one foresees the…