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More Flavors Than The Candy Palace — And Better
In A Gunfight Than A Gooseberry Gum Drop!

 
                     
  John Connor  
                     
   
     
   
 

His Most Immenseness Roy-Boy said, Don’t forget the rimfires! – and since I know what he’s been doing in his new backyard (backwoods, really) I won’t forget. It’s something to do with .22’s and acorns at extended ranges. Well, CCI’s got a raft of rimfire rounds, from their zippy Stinger copper-plated hollowpoints, left, to precision competition rounds, and at right, something for everyone who tap-dances through rattler country: shot-loaded snake rounds, a must-have item. www.cci-ammunition.com

 
 
 
   
 

So, how much does our own Clint Smith like Cor-Bon’s DPX rounds? Enough that he puts his own Thunder Ranch logo on the box. I’d say that’s a pretty strong endorsement of DPX’s deep penetration and bucket-like expansion, not to mention consistent accuracy and sheer zip… www.cor-bon.com

 
 
 
   
  Whether it’s spanky-new or highest-quality remanufactured ammunition, Black Hills has
earned a solid reputation for quality, reliability, and undeniable accuracy. For you .45 ACP
shooters who insist on nothin’ but those famous red boxes, take note of the new 185-grain
Barnes Tac-XP+P loading in addition to their established 185-grain JHP, 230-grain JHP and
230-grain FMJ rounds – because it looks like they’ve got another winner! www.black-hills.com
 
 
 
   
 

From their origin, Extreme Shock ammunition has been designed for critical use in sensitive environments. The AFR – Air Freedom Round – for example, uses a NyTrilium slug at +P pressures for deadly effect, yet it will break up on hard surfaces, not penetrating the skin of most commercial aircraft or a typical aluminum airline seatback. The AFR will also fragment in half-inch sheet rock wallboard, making it a very safe round for home defense. See the lineup at www.extremeshockusa.com.

 
 
 
   
 

Winchester says their new Supreme Elite Dual Bond ammo is “suitable for whitetail deer to large dangerous game, such as brown bear,” but we’re thinkin’ “also suitable for moving vans, vampires and low-flying Chinese bombers.” Made in 454 Casull, 460 Smith & Wesson and the dragon-slayin’ 500 Smith & Wesson, Dual Bond slugs are “a bullet within a bullet” design incorporating twelve expanding segments, producing dramatic stopping power and massive tissue damage. Check them out at www.winchester.com.

 
 
 
   
 

For over thirty years, Cor-Bon’s Glaser Safety Slug has been a superior choice in personal defense ammo in urban settings, close quarters and thin-walled environments of all kinds. A thin, frangible skin and soft polymer tip holds compressed lead shot so the round will break up easily with minimal ricochet or penetration, yet create enormous soft-tissue wound channels and expend all of its energy in a quick, controlled manner. Accuracy is excellent, and recoil is very low, allowing fast follow-up shots. Read all the tech-specs on Glaser Blue and Glaser Silver at www.cor-bon.com.

 
 
 
   
     
   
 

Randy Garrett’s commentaries on bears, bullets and ballistics should be required reading for anyone wandering into bear country, or intent on hunting big bruins. Determined to provide the best possible rounds in .44 Magnum and .45-70 Government for use on dangerous game, Garrett has become a walking encyclopedia of simple, sound and structured knowledge – and his knowledge has paid off for many, many hunters, including those who weren’t hunting bears, but were being hunted by them. Left to right are his 310-grain and 330-grain SuperHardCast Hammerhead .44 Magnum and .44 Mag +P rounds. When lesser ammo might mean you’ll be Yogi’s lunch, Hammerheads can get you home. www.garrettcartridges.com

 
     
 

So what do you think? “Golden Age” stuff, ain’t it? Stand at ease, Captain Bob; looks like I won’t be eatin’ your hat – or mine – very soon, huh? Kwaheri! ~Connor~

       
           
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