A new online resource I’ve been following lately is GunBot, which helps you find in-stock ammo realtime through various online dealers. You can quickly sort by different calibers and find out the price per round, total cost and even whether it’s in-stock or backorderable (if that’s a word.)
While still in beta, I really like the quick return that GunBot provides and the easy to read break-down of cost per round, etc. If you’re looking for ammo, give GunBot a shot. They’re still in beta, but currently you can search for 2.23/5.56, 7.62×39, 22LR, 9mm, .308/7.62×51, .45 ACP, .300 AAC, Whisper, .40 S&W, 5.45×39, .380 Auto, 5.7×28, 10mm, 30-06 and 6.8 SPC.
Some of the upcoming features that GunBot will be integrating, are magazines, more calibers and even primers for reloading. Here’s the current list of the online retailers that are queried on each search: [Read More…]
Over the weekend I attended the final hours of my NRA RSO (Range Safety Officer), Rifle and Shotgun Instructors training. While I won’t get into the NRA’s embargo on the word “weapon,” or that a few instructors freaked out when I carried a firearm with the muzzle pointed at the ground, I did learn something from our readers on Facebook I’d like to share with everyone.
Throughout my time in the Military, I’d always referred to M855/SS109 5.56 Ammunition (Green Tip) as armor piercing rounds or AP. For the life of me I can’t recall where I first heard that mentioned, but it was fairly common for it to be referred to as that.
One of the final taskers for the NRA courses was to construct a training aid and you’ll see a photo below of what I put together. [Read More…]
A new product was recently brought to our attention by an ITS reader, the Taser XREP.
The XREP is a a self-contained, wireless electronic control device (ECD), that deploys from any 12-gauge pump-action shotgun.
It delivers a similar Neuro Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) bio-effect as the handheld TASER® X26™ ECD, but can be delivered to a maximum effective range of 100 feet (30.48 meters), combining blunt impact force.
The battery supply is fully integrated into the chassis and provides the power to drive the XREP projectile engine, while the nose assembly of the XREP projectile contains four forward facing barbed electrodes. [Read More…]
1/23/13 Update: AmmoEngine.com is currently offline and appears shut down.
An astute reader just sent in a great tip on a new Web site called AmmoEngine!
This site is truly awesome, it crawls the web automatically looking for the lowest prices on ammuntion and updates the site every morning around 3 a.m.
The site owner developed AmmoEngine because he was “tired of spending hours trying to pinch pennies on ammo purchases.”
Rimfire and shotgun ammo listings are not yet listed on the site, but are coming soon.
Now we have someone searching for the best deals on ammo for us while we sleep! So much for our post on online ammunition eh?
Today we bring you another fascinating article written by Dr. Gary K. Roberts, who we have covered extensively here on ITS in regards to his body armor testing.
The article we bring you today is a transcription of a talk Roberts gave to the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) entitled “Time for a Change.”
For those of you not familiar with Dr. Roberts, please read the following bio from our previous article. Dr. Roberts was an independent researcher on the most recent FBI Body Armor Test Protocol.
We’d like to thank Dr. Roberts for giving us permission to repost this information here for our readers. [Read More…]
We wanted to take this opportunity to list a few places we’ve bought ammo from online where we had a good, positive experience and wouldn’t hesitate buying from again.
We’d also like to ask our readers where they’ve had success purchasing ammunition and how their experience was. [Read More…]
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