Understanding Plated Shot
Judging from reader input, there is one shotshell issue that keeps coming up over and over, and that is: What are the real effects...
Shot Talk
Demystifying Chokes
Shotgun chokes have been with us for about 200 years. Before that they simply didn’t exist. Every shotgun barrel possessed a continuous smooth bore...
Shotgunning Misinformation Continues
I've been writing for and reading publications that cover shotgunning topics for 55 years. I would like to think that in that time the...
Notable New Loads
Of the ammo companies that I received news releases and/or samples from through March, the following are the new loads—and some existing loads—that I...
The Six Million Dollar Shotshell
Fifty years ago ABC debuted one of the most iconic action series in television history. The Six Million Dollar Man. Starring Lee Majors as...
Ammo-Price Increases
If you haven’t yet bought your year’s supply of factory loads or shot for reloading, brace yourself. Big price increases are happening. In 2024...
Comments, Questions & Answers
It’s time again for my annual Q&A column. In this installment I’m also including a couple of comments, such as this one to start...
Comes Now Hortonium
Ready for another potential shotshell-pellet material? Here’s the latest entry: Hortonium. It’s a patent-applied-for composite material that has been introduced and is being promoted...
TSS Shot Revisited
In the July/August 2020 issue I wrote about TSS shot (“TSS: What It Is and Isn’t”). I described TSS shot as the latest tungsten-composite-shot...
Dangerous Loading Practices
Both of the topics I’m covering here were prompted by an ever-building series of reader emails and phone calls concerning these subjects. Since both...
More New Loads for ’24
The trend in introducing shotshells is for manufacturers to do so over a longer period of time in any calendar year. Many of the...
Primer Misinformation and Powder Shortages
Shotshell reloading has always held a strong interest among US shotgunners, including Shooting Sportsman readers. When I conducted a survey a little more than...