Author: Paul-Martin Foss

Every time a new cartridge comes to the market, wildcatters immediately try to tinker with it, necking it up or down to create new cartridge variations. And every now and then, the daughter cartridge ends up becoming as popular or more than the parent cartridge. That could end up being the case with the 6mm […]

The 9.3x62mm Mauser has been around for over a century, but only in the last 5-10 years has it begun gaining a greater foothold in the United States. The cartridge was originally developed for use by European colonists in Africa, allowing them to use their Mauser rifles to harvest just about any game on the […]

It’s always hard to tell when a newly developed cartridge is really going to take off. Some are introduced with a big bang and then slowly fizzle. Others see marginal but not solid adoption. And others are created and ignored for years before finally getting their chance to shine. That latter category encompasses niche cartridges […]

Like many magnum revolver cartridges, the .44 Magnum wasn’t developed out of whole cloth. It was developed from a predecessor that once fell out of favor, but that recently has been making a resurgence, the .44 Special. The .44 Special was an outgrowth of the 1870s-era .44 Russian, itself a development of the 1860s-era .44 […]

It’s no secret that the endgame of the federal government is to control and then eliminate the private ownership of firearms. Every infringement on the right to bear arms, from background checks to registration requirements to outright bans on certain types of weapons, is calculated to chip away incrementally at the right to bear arms. […]

The .348 Winchester is unique in that it was only chambered in a single firearm, the Winchester Model 71 lever action rifle. And the Model 71 is unique in that it was, aside from some very rare special productions, only chambered in .348 Winchester. Because of that, the .348 Winchester and the Model 71 never […]

With so many choices among defensive pistol calibers, it can be hard for new calibers to break into the market. That’s particularly true when the pistols in which they’re chambered are well outside the price range of the average shooter. But some show such potential that you just know that someone is going to make […]

When it comes to getting more power out of the AR-15 platform, shooters have been limited for years. The need for more power out of a semi-automatic rifle was recognized long ago, but it is only in the last decade or two that manufacturers have stepped up to offer more options. The two primary big-bore […]

In many areas of life, things that are old eventually become new again. And in the firearms world that is just as true. Many old cartridges that once were thought to be obsolete have obtained a new lease on life. Among those is the .30-40 Krag. The .30-40 Krag has the distinction of being one […]

Despite the recent ammunition shortage, we live at a time in which firearms owners have perhaps more options than ever before. And when common calibers are unavailable, sometimes less common ones remain on the shelves. Among those is the .30 Luger. If that name sounds familiar, or if you think it has something to do […]