MatchGrade Bedding Compound Instructions By Nathan Foster You can find matchgrade products and pricing here! ...

Boar shoulder shields Below, the a section of the skin (shield) of a 4.5 year old boar sitting on my o...

MatchGrade Synthetic Stock Stabilizer instructions By Nathan Foster You can find Matchgrade products and pricing here! To dow...

.224 cal - Barnes TSX This information was sent to us as a document. Please click here to view PDF....

.224 Cal - Hornady V-Max .223 Hornady 53 grain V-Max (factory) This rugged billy goat was taken with a...

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.224 cal - Hornady A-Max .223 75 grain A-Max Below are pictures of the 75 grain A-max, fired from a .2...

Effective Game Killing To become a successful hunter, one must understand the principles of effective g...

.224 cal - Winchester Factory Below, wounding from a .223 caliber rifle using Winchester 55gr soft point ammun...

Basic Rifle Accuracy and Ballistics As a hunting guide the biggest problem I am faced with (besides locating game) i...

.303 (.311-312) Cal FMJ military 7.62x39 These pictures come from an Eastern European hunter while in Mongolia. Cartri...

.303 cal - Hornady Interlock The following shows the wounding produced on a Bull Thar (Bull weights range fro...

.22 Hornet Developed by American wildcatters in the 1920's, the .22 Hornet was adopted ...

6mm - Nosler Partition Spiker Whitetail deer, rifle a Model 7 caliber .243. This was a snap shot in woo...

.22 Savage Hi Power Long before Roy Weatherby developed his high velocity ethos, the Savage Company ...

6mm - Nosler BT Below are pictures of a European (Czechoslovakia) Red Stag shot with a .243 Tikk...

.222 Remington First introduced by Remington in 1950, the .222 Remington was designed primarily...

6mm - Hornady SST Below is the violent wounding 95gr SST. MV 3050fps, range 180 yards, feral goat ...

.223 Remington By the end of the Second World War, the effectiveness of the German MP43 assault...

6mm - Sierra Gameking This Sika spiker was taken with a .243, using a 100 grain Sierra GameKing. Muzzl...

.220 Swift Based on the 6mm Lee Navy case necked down to .224 the 220 Swift was released by...

6mm - Berger VLD Below is a look at the 87 grain Berger VLD. Joseph Peter used this bullet in his...

.224 Weatherby Although Roy Weatherby's cartridges have been extremely successful as well a...

6mm - Barnes TTSX The following is from a reader located in the U.S who took his son hunting with ...

.22-250 Prior to the advent of smokeless powder the most effective calibers were those o...

.257 cal - Nosler BT Below we have a young hunter with his first wild hog. Our young hunter took his ...

.22-243 The .243 Winchester cartridge released in 1955 was without a doubt, an immense s...

.257 cal - Nosler Partition Deer taken with the 257 Roberts, range 270 yards. The animal was hit right in th...

.223 Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM) Introduced in 2003 the .223 and .243 WSSM cartridges were created by Winchester ...

6.5mm - Hornady A-Max Below is one of my favorites, the 140gr A-Max. Impact velocity here is 2650fps, ...

Bedding the Ruger 10/22 By Nathan Foster Although I have a passion for hunting medium game and studyi...

6.5mm - Nosler BT Below are the results of a 120gr Nosler BT at at impact velocity of approximatel...

.243 Winchester Introduced in 1955 the .243 Winchester is based on the 7.62x51 military (.308 Wi...

6.5mm - Lapua Scenar Below is the result of a 139gr lapua Scenar used on a feral goat, shot placement...

.244/6mm Remington In the early 1950’s, Remington engineers began research towards a 6mm cart...

6.5mm - Berger VLD Below is look at the 140 grain VLD. Muzzle velocity was 2950fps from a very fast...

.240 Weatherby Magnum Introduced in 1968 for the Weatherby Mark V rifle, the .240 Weatherby was yet an...

6.5mm - Sierra TMK A happy reader based in the UK bagged this nice Roe deer using his 6.5x47 rifle,...

.243 Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM) The first ever short but wide cased 6mm cartridge to be developed was the 6mm Be...

.270 cal - Hornady SP Below, a spiker Red Deer shot with the 150 grain Hornady SP. Impact velocity app...

.250-3000/.250 Savage The .250 Savage was designed by U.S wildcatter and cartridge designer Charles Ne...

.270 cal - Hornady SST Pictures that follow are of a Roe Deer taken at a range of 70 meters by a Spanis...

.257 Roberts The history of the .257 Roberts dates back to the 1920's, when a wildcatter ...

.270 cal - Hornady SST (Annealed) The hind shown in the next series of photos was taken using 150gr SST's out ...

.25-06 Remington By the end of the 1920's Arthur Savage’s .250-3000 had become a popula...

.270 cal - Nosler Partition Not something you see every day, a bear taken with a .270WSM loaded with the 160...

.257 Weatherby Magnum The .257 Weatherby was one of Roy Weatherby’s earliest creations and quick...

.270 cal - Nosler Accubond This spike-fork immature bull Moose was taken in the interior of British Columbi...

.25-303 The .25-303 first appeared in the 1930's when Australian wildcatters began l...

.270 cal - Rem Accutip Here we have pictures that show the result of a Australian Fallow deer that has ...

.25-08 (.25 Souper) The .25-08 wildcat first appeared in the mid to late 1950's. Its creation wa...

.270 cal - Remington PSP Below is a fox shot by a Spanish hunter. The fox was shot with a .270 running th...

.25 Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM) In 2004 Winchester announced the introduction of a third cartridge to be added t...

.270 cal - Barnes Below is the result of a 110gr Barnes TSX, used on a Mule deer, body weight appr...

6.5 Creedmoor Dear readers, please note that this is a temporary page, posted Sept 2017. Fo...

7mm - Hornady SST Below is a Red deer stag, harvested with a 7mm Rem Mag loaded with the 162 grain...

6.5x55 During the muzzle loading era, the most common bore diameters in Europe ranged b...

7mm - Hornady Interlock These pics show a 165 lb white tail deer, shot at 170 yards with 139gr Hornady I...

6.5x57 Like the 7x57, the 6.5x57 Mauser is based on the M/88 8x57mm case. Information r...

.256 Newton and 6.5-06 Charles Newton has often been described as the father of high velocity. As a car...

7mm - Nosler Partition This 13 year old hunter tagged his first big game animal, a very nice bull Elk, ...

.264 Winchester Magnum With the popularity of the 6.5 caliber in Europe it is no wonder that the first ...

7mm - Berger VLD Below: Wound channel created by the original Berger 180gr 7mm VLD "Hunting&...

6.5 Remington Magnum The 6.5 Remington Magnum was introduced in 1966 for the Remington Model 600 shor...

7mm - Matrix VLD A black bear taken at 70 yards by Hazel Murray using the 7mm Practical with a 19...

.260 Remington When Sweden upgraded their military service rifle, thousands of surplus 6.5x55 S...

7mm - Remington Core-Lokt Below is a young porker pig, shot by Scott Osbourne with a 7mm08 rifle and 140 g...

6.5-284 Norma When Winchester released the .284 Winchester in 1963, primarily for hunting, man...

7mm - Sierra Matchking The picture below shows a 7mm 168 grain Sierra Matchking bullet, recovered from ...

.270 Winchester The .270 has proven itself as one of the most versatile and effective medium gam...

.30 cal - Nosler Accubond The next series of pictures show a South Island, New Zealand Chamois Buck. This ...

.30 cal - Swift A-Frame Below is a Canadian Grizzly Bear shot with a .300 WSM. Hazel used the 180 grain ...

.270 Winchester Short Magnum Following the immediate success of the .300 WSM in 2001, the .270 and 7mm WSM we...

.30 cal - Hornady A-Max Hazel, so far our .30 cal champion provides us with more to view. Below is the r...

7x57 The 7x57 was designed during 1892 by Paul Mauser of Germany, based on the 8x57 c...

.30 cal - Hornady A-Max 2 300 Win Mag, 208gr A-Max, MV 2875fps, impact velocity 2466fps (340 yards) Ent...

7mm-08 Remington First experimented with by Wildcatter’s, the 7mm08 is based simply on the ...

.30 cal - Hornady FTX The pictures below are of a 90 pound boar shot at a range of 30 yards with a .30...

7-30 Waters Developed by wildcatter Ken Waters for lever action rifles, the 7-30 Waters is b...

.30 cal - Hornady ELD-X The below photos show the excellent performance of the Hornady .30 caliber 200 g...

.280 Remington The .280 Remington was introduced in 1957. Various sources suggest that Remingto...

.30 cal - Nosler Partition Below is a Grizzly bear autopsy. Animal weight was 100-120kg (220-264lb) Rifle w...

.284 Winchester Introduced in 1963, the .284 was Winchester’s answer to the .280 Remington...

.30 cal - TBBC Below is an African Oryx taken on safari in Namibia on Orua Ranch. This animal w...

7x64 Brenneke Introduced in 1917, the 7x64 was created by the famous German cartridge and proj...

.30 cal - Barnes The below pictures are a Red yearling shot with a .308, hunter used 130gr Barnes...

7x61 Sharpe & Hart Released in 1953 Americans, Phil Sharpe and Richard Hart designed the 7x61 S&...

.358 cal - Hornady Interlock Shown below is wounding created by a .35 Whelen utilizing Hornady's 200 grai...

7mm Weatherby Magnum The original introduction date of the 7mm Weatherby is unclear, however its appe...

.358 cal - Sierra Gameking This young stag was taken with a .35 Whelen AI using the 225gr Sierra Gameking p...

7mm Remington Magnum When the Mauser brothers designed the 7x57 cartridge for use in their M93 milita...

.338 cal - Woodleigh Below we have a series of pictures of an Australian mature Hereford scrub bull a...

7mm Practical Updated August 2018. The 7mm Practical is a cartridge of my own design. It wa...

.338 cal - Barnes TSX This Kudu Antelope was shot with a .338 Winchester Magnum, using a 225gr Barnes ...

7mm Shooting Times Westerner The 7mm STW was developed by Layne Simpson, gun writer for the Shooting Times We...

7mm Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum The 7mm SAUM was released in 2002 based on a shortened version of Remington'...

.375 cal - Spartan Frontier Below, an Impala shot with the South African made Spartan 300 grain Frontier bul...

7mm Winchester Short Magnum In 1963, Winchester introduced the .284, giving hunters optimum power in a short...

.375 cal - Woodleigh One of my own photos - from my poor quality (hardly took any photos) - photo tak...

7mm Remington Ultra Magnum Inspired by the Lazzeroni proprietary cartridges, Remington introduced the 7mm R...

.375 cal - Hornady Interlock The 225 grain Interlock was designed for taking light game such as the Impala. A...

.375 Cal - 270gr Speer BTSP A breath of fresh air after so many recent "what is the best load for my Cr...

.30-30 Winchester (.30 WCF ) In 1886 France adopted the 8mm Lebel, the world’s first smokeless military...

.458 cal - Hornady This 60lb pig was shot from 60 yards with a 300gn Hornady hollow point projectil...

.307 Winchester When the .30-30 was introduced in 1895, it was considered a major step forwards ...

.300 Savage The son of the British Commissioner to the West Indies, Arthur William Savage wa...

.308 Winchester (7.62 NATO) Toward the end of his second term as President of the United States, George Wash...

7.5x55 Swiss (GP11) Following European trends of the mid to late 1880’s and after exhaustive t...

.30-06 Springfield When the invention of smokeless powder led to France’s adoption of the 8mm...

.300 Holland & Holland Magnum Designed by the British firm Holland & Holland, the .300 H&H magnum was ...

.300 Weatherby Magnum Based on the .300 H&H case blown out to maximum capacity, the .300 Weatherby...

.308 Norma Magnum Although the .300 H&H magnum introduced the American shooting public to the ...

.300 Winchester Magnum In 1958 Winchester released the .338 Winchester Magnum, a potent, well balanced ...

.300 Remington Ultra Magnum In 1913 Charles Newton introduced the world’s first high capacity .30 cali...

.300 Winchester Short Magnum The .300 WSM was the first of Winchesters short magnum family, released in 2001....

.300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum Following the release of the giant .300 Remington Ultra magnum in 1999, Remingto...

.30-378 Weatherby Magnum Based on the giant .378 Weatherby case, the .30-378 Weatherby was designed as a ...

.303 British Over a period of 35 years the British military underwent major technological adv...

7.7x58 (7.7 Japanese) Contrary to Hollywood’s portrayal of a culture bound by tradition and unwi...

7.62x54R In 1882, the Russian chief artillery administration opened a commission to explo...

7.62x39 (M43) During the 1890’s military powers of the world abandoned single shot infan...

8x57JS Mauser 8x57JS Mauser, 7.92x57 Mauser, 7.9mm, 8x57IS Mauser. History At a time of ...

8mm-06 Long before western hunters experimented with the 8mm bore size, Germanic hunter...

8x68 S During the 1930’s the popularity of the 8mm bore reached an all-time high ...

8mm Remington Magnum In 1978, 39 years after RWS released the 8x68 S to the European market, Remingto...

.325 Winchester Short Magnum Following the introduction of the .300 Winchester Short Magnum (.300WSM) in 2000...

.338 Federal In December of 2005, the Federal Cartridge company announced the creation and ad...

.338 Winchester Magnum Like the .270 (.277”) caliber, the .338” bore diameter is of US orig...

.338-06 A-Square The release of the .338 Winchester Magnum in 1958 sparked the creation of two mo...

.340 Weatherby Magnum When Winchester released the .338 Winchester Magnum in 1958, they established th...

.338 Remington Ultra Magnum Announced in 1999 and released in 2000, the .338 Remington Ultra Magnum is one o...

.338-378 Weatherby Magnum The .378 Weatherby cartridge was developed by Roy Weatherby based on a belted ve...

.338 Lapua Magnum During the 1980’s a .338 caliber sniper cartridge appeared, sometimes refe...

.338 Edge The .338 Edge was designed by Shawn Carlock during the interim period between Re...

.348 Winchester The Winchester Model 1886 lever action rifle designed by John Moses Browning is ...

.357 Magnum Developed primarily as a law enforcement pistol cartridge, the .357 Magnum was i...

.35 Remington The .35 Remington is one of a family of cartridges that were designed for the Re...

.358 Winchester Famous for its lever action rifles, it is ironic that Winchester’s attempt...

.356 Winchester After poor sales of the Model 88 lever action rifle, the Winchester marketing de...

.35 Whelen The son of an aristocrat, it would come as a surprise to those around him that T...

.350 Remington Magnum In 1964, the Remington arms company introduced the Model 600 carbine rifle. This...

.358 Norma Magnum In 1899 British gun maker John Rigby introduced the first commercially successfu...

.358 Shooting Times Alaskan The .358 Shooting Times Alaskan is a wildcat created by gun writer Lane Simpson ...

9.3x57 Mauser The histories and chronological developments of European medium bore hunting car...

9.3x62 More than twenty different 9.3mm cartridges evolved during the period 1884 to 19...

9.3x64 Brenneke The advent smokeless powder had a profound effect on cartridge development. As c...

9.3x66 Sako Released in 2003, the 9.3x66 was developed by the Finnish company Sako for their...

.375 Holland & Holland Magnum Of the many rifles, shotguns and cartridges designed by the English gun making f...

.375 Winchester The .375 Winchester was released in 1978 as the initial chambering for Wincheste...

.376 Steyr The .376 Steyr was officially introduced in 1999, the result of a joint venture ...

.375 Weatherby Magnum Introduced in 1944, the .375 Weatherby is an improved version of the .375 Hollan...

.375 Ruger For those of us who love potent cartridges one of the ongoing bug bears of the M...

.378 Weatherby Magnum After creating the .375 Weatherby Magnum in 1944, Roy Weatherby eventually forme...

.375 Remington Ultra Magnum During 1999 Remington Arms introduced their .300 Remington Ultra Magnum, an extr...

.45-70 U.S Government Few cartridges have retained such long lived popularity as the .45-70 U.S Govern...

.450 Marlin The Marlin M1895 in .45-70, released in 1972 has without a doubt been a major su...

Dakota proprietary cartridges The term proprietary cartridge is used to describe a cartridge design that is ow...

Heavy Game Cartridge Overview (Note: some of these cartridges are or will be explored in full, in the knowledg...

Rocky Mountain Bullet Test Fire The use of large heavy bullets for precision long range shooting is a fascinatio...

Tables Species Height at wither Chest depth Vitals depth Weight ...

What is Rifle Bedding? Rifle bedding is fundamental to rifle accuracy. The term bedding refers to the f...

Wound Database As part of our ongoing research, we invite viewers to contribute autopsy photogr...

Sample drop chart for long range This is a basic drop chart generated for a client. Sample was requested on the f...

SST and Interbond annealing tutorial The following video details how to anneal an SST or Interbond projectile as desc...

The Effects Of The Meplat On Terminal Ballistics By Nathan Foster The word meplat is a term used in ballistics terminolo...

Berger VLD annealing tutorial The below video details the annealing of a Berger VLD to promote fragmentation a...

Determining COAL This article was written in response to a reader asking how to find his COAL wit...

True-Flite Rockwell tests The below tests were performed privately and independently in New Zealand, 2012....

Upcoming Cartridge Research This research has been completed but has yet to be uploaded. Please understand t...

Target Downloads (free) The following downloadable PDF targets are of my own design. I have been using t...

Homogenous copper bullets can be inhumane Please note that this article contains graphic pictorial evidence. In recent ...

Shushikai Karate Traditional Karate, Kata, Kobudo, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Kancho Alfre...

Hornady ELD-X and ELD-M Data Please note that this page has been created for the sake of containing (via the ...

Bullet diameter reducing dies This page is provided purely for the purpose of creating awareness towards the s...

Hand loading manuals and reduced load data This page contains links to our secure TBR server allowing readers to download p...