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The State of the Art in Rifle Bullet Stability

Overview The modern rifle is named for the spiral grooves cut in the barrel which impart a spin to the bullet. Spinning imparts gyroscopic stability, which is what keeps the bullet flying point forward. Longer bullets need to spin faster than shorter bullets to achieve stability. For many years, the relative proportions of bullets haven’t changed much, and so the twist rate of riflings has sort of stagnated around standard values. However in recent times, technology is advancing to the point where higher performance (longer) bullets can be made with greater precision, and so the thoughtful consideration of twist rate and stability is becoming important. [...]

ABM Ammo & Berger Bullets Sponsor NRA World Shooting Championship!

Update: ABM Ammo has become Berger Ammunition. For more info, click here. ABM Ammo & Berger Bullets are proud to announce that we will be sponsoring the NRA World Shooting Championship in 2015. This is one of the most highly awarded NRA matches of the year, with $250,000 in cash and prizes awarded over three days, including $25,000 to the winner. The NRA World Championship provides all firearms and ammunition for each of their stages, that way shooters compete with equal firearms and ammunition. This also alleviates the need for new equipment to be purchased for unfamiliar stages, and assists with international and domestic travel [...]

Brownells, Inc. & ABM Ammo’s LIKE to WIN Facebook Giveaway

Update: ABM ammo has become Berger ammunition. For more info, click here.

New 308 Winchester Ammo Featuring Berger 185gr Juggernaut Bullets!

Update: ABM Ammo has become Berger Ammunition. For more info, click here.

Introducing the New 6.5mm 130gr AR Hybrid OTM Tactical Bullet!

We are thrilled to announce that our recent tests were successful and our new 6.5mm 130gr AR Hybrid OTM Tactical bullet will soon be released to the public. For the past few years the Berger Bullets team has had to put all new product projects on hold due to overwhelming demand for our existing product lines exceeding our production capacity. The 6.5mm 130gr Match AR Hybrid OTM Tactical bullet was one such project. Tooling was made for this new design just before the industry surge took place in late 2012. Finally, thanks to new machinery coming online and the industry surge beginning to calm down, [...]

Troy Bennett’s Bull Elk

https://www.youtube.com/embed/q8RRLMkEIn4 Watch Troy's 5x5 Bull Elk drop at 8:05 on this YouTube video. (Warning parents, explicit language used!) Troy Bennett is an active member of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) for the United States Army and an avid hunter in his free time. This last hunting season, after coming back from deployment, he only had a short amount of time to get ready for his upcoming DIY Colorado Elk 4th Season rifle hunt. He turned to Applied Ballistics Munitions due to their reputation for being the highest quality ammunition available in the market. ABM ammo is loaded with premium Berger bullets, which [...]

2015 Southwest Nationals Wrap-Up

This year’s Southwest Nationals Long Range Shooting Competition has come to an end and we are proud to say it was the best one we have seen so far. The Desert Sharpshooters and Ben Avery Range can now proudly boast that this has become the largest long range match in the country. We had over 340 shooters that attended from 41 of the United States as well as from Scotland, Ireland and Canada. This was 80 more competitors than last year! Nightforce Optics stepped up to become a Title Sponsor alongside Berger Bullets this year. Over $17,000 in prize money and $120,000 worth of giveaways [...]

2015 SWN – New Building and Range Dedication

The 2015 Southwest Nationals is quickly approaching! We expect to hit our capacity of 270 shooters, and are excited to welcome shooters from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom, as well as all across the United States. We are also thrilled to announce a new building and second parking lot at the 1000 yard range! Berger Bullets and Nightforce Optics have teamed up with Arizona Game and Fish to make these new additions possible. We will also honor Middleton “Mid” Tompkins by dedicating the 1000 yard range to him. The new 1000 yard range building. Mid Tompkins is a legend in the highpower [...]

Meet the Berger Bullets Tech Team

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Last Chance to Enter to Win a Berger Bundle from Brownells!

'Tis the season of giving, and in that spirit Berger Bullets has teamed up with Brownells for the Get One, Give One Sweepstakes. The winner of the sweepstakes will receive a Berger Bundle that includes three 100ct boxes of Berger Bullets of your choice, a hat & shirt, stickers, a pen, cheek pad, hunting DVD and brochure. And since it is the season of giving, the winner will also be able to gift a free Berger Bundle to a friend! Both packages are worth $680, so head over to the Facebook contest page to enter now! Have you liked our Facebook Page yet? Like us [...]