Shooting Times

Every issue of Shooting Times brings you exciting, authoritative coverage of guns, ammunition, reloading, and the shooting sports. Written for the experienced and novice gun enthusiast by focusing on new product developments and activities in the shooting industry.

SHOOTING TIMES

An Example of Incredible .22 Hornet Accuracy

Davidson’s Exclusive Pietta King Trio

Is .22 K-Hornet Still Useful?

CMP M1 Garand • General George S. Patton’s favorite battle rifle model is still available from the CMP.

Alternative Bullet Materials, Then and Now • Plastics/polymers, aluminum, and tungsten carbide are some of the alternative materials used by bulletmakers. Even plaster was once tried.

Tips on Handloading the .45 ACP • With literally hundreds of components available, handloaders can easily duplicate almost any .45 ACP factory load.

THE BODYGUARD GETS A MAKEOVER • PUTTING S&W’S NEW BODYGUARD 2.0 .380 ACP MICRO-SIZE PISTOL THROUGH A SHOOTOUT WITH 10 DIFFERENT FACTORY LOADS PROVED IT IS BETTER THAN EVER.

THE FORCE B1 REALLY SINGS • HAMMERLI’S STRAIGHT-PULL BOLT-ACTION RIMFIRE FORCE B1 RIFLE IS PACKED WITH GREAT FEATURES AND PRICED RIGHT.

WRINGING OUT LEHIGH DEFENSE RIFLE BULLETS AND AMMUNITION • NOW THAT WILSON COMBAT OWNS LEHIGH DEFENSE, WE DECIDED IT WAS HIGH TIME TO PUT SOME OF THEIR RIFLE BULLETS AND FACTORY-LOADED RIFLE AMMO THROUGH A THOROUGH TEST. HERE’S HOW THEY PERFORMED.

EXPOSED: PIERCED PRIMERS & FIRING PIN EROSION • YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT PIERCED PRIMERS AND FIRING PIN EROSION, BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THEM? TAKE A GOOD LOOK.

A DOUBLE FOR TROUBLE • STEVE GIVES THE STOEGER COACH GUN HIGH MARKS AS A DEFENSIVE SHOTGUN.

SPRINGFIELD’S 1911s GO AOS • MOUNTING A RED-DOT OPTIC ON A SPRINGFIELD 1911 JUST GOT A LOT EASIER.

SHOOTING TIMES INDEX FOR FEBRUARY–DECEMBER 2024 (VOLUME 65)

Small Can Be Beautiful • The .32 ACP is still going strong as a popular choice among self-defense cartridges for two very good reasons.

A Tenacious Texas Ranger • Determined to neutralize the enemy by any and all means, Capt. Leander McNelly had a short but effective career as a frontier lawman.