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…
.357 Magnum Winchester 145 Grain Silver Tip (Any Good?) The 1980s. Ronald Reagan occupied the White House and owned the Soviets. Bruce Springsteen ruled the rock charts. Miami Vice ruled the TV ratings. Winchester’s Silver Tip sought to revolutionize defensive…
Forgotten Sig: P239, the redheaded step-child. Sig-Sauer makes, for the most part, world-class handguns. Some say the company reached its zenith with the hammer-fired P220/226 pistol family. The series began with the P220, a single stack gun chambered in 9mm…
.357 Magnum Winchester 145 Grain Silver Tip: It Failed? Winchester’s Silver Tip defensive handgun ammunition dates back to the 1980s. These days it is considered a “classic” load, although for such an old round it is still on the market. …
Can you still subsistence hunt in the U.S.? What does it mean to subsistence hunt? In simple terms it is feeding yourself off the land. At one time, people in the United States–what would become the United States–subsistence hunted and…
“Deer Sleighr” game drag system: real world test. It’s one thing to drop a monster buck (or elk, moose, ram, etc.) in the hinterland. Quite another to get the darned thing back to camp or the truck. Yes, you could…