Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Reducing the length of shotgun shells to 2 inches via handloading, adds ammunition capacity but the increase capacity is only helpful if the ammo performs.

The post Reduced length shotshells: Patterning and performance testing appeared first on Guns.com.

Besides satisfying a curiosity about how these rounds will pattern, there are essentially three practical reasons for loading reduced length shells.

The post How to handload reduced length 12 gauge shotshells (and why) appeared first on Guns.com.

Enter the 22 Nosler chambering, introduced at SHOT 2017 as ammo, brass, uppers, and full rifles. Here’s what you need to know about the new round.

The post 10 things you need to know about the 22 Nosler appeared first on Guns.com.

Shotshell reloading is like baking. Stick to the recipe, pay close attention and you’ll get something delicious. Improvise, and the results could be ugly

The post Safe handloading: Shotshell reloading isn’t cooking, it’s baking appeared first on Guns.com.

Reloading your own ammunition can seem very intimidating. Indeed, no matter your experience level, there is always a level of challenge to it. But the biggest hurdle to taking up reloading is getting into it in the first place. With hundreds — if not thousands — of equipment options on the market today, from cleaning […]

The post Gear Review: Reloading on a budget with the Lee Loader (VIDEO) appeared first on Guns.com.

While I have tried a variety of test media during the course of my ballistic misadventures, I much prefer working with gelatin.

The post Making photogenic gelatin blocks for backyard ballistics tests appeared first on Guns.com.

In the days when smoothbore, flintlock muskets were all the rage, crafty soldiers would slip in a few pellets of buckshot to increase the hit potential when firing less than accurate weapons.

The post Buck and ball: An age old military tactic meets modern self-defense loads appeared first on Guns.com.

Amateur terminal performance testing can provide a great deal of useful information about a load, especially when two rounds are compared side by side.

The post Finding the right material for your backyard ballistics tests appeared first on Guns.com.

I’m confident that within its range limitations, any load incorporating the DGS slug would be effective on any North American game animal or attacker.

The post Handloaded DGS slugs put an end to my quest for a shotgun slug load appeared first on Guns.com.

Whether or not you bleed Hornady red, here’s why reloaders and hunters need to know about ELD-X bullets and Precision Hunter ammo.

The post Ammo Review: Hornady ELD-X bullets and Precision Hunter ammo appeared first on Guns.com.

Still in hot pursuit of the perfect homebrew self-defense 12-gauge slug, I bagged round one and took on AG slugs modified for accuracy in smoothbores.

The post My (continuing) quest for the perfect self-defense shotgun slug load appeared first on Guns.com.

Over the past decade I’ve grown somewhat obsessed with shotguns, especially when they’re loaded up with slugs: ragged and imprecise, but powerful.

The post The quest for the perfect, all-in-one, homebrew shotgun slug load appeared first on Guns.com.