Recently our ballistician had some extra time in his schedule, and asked what he should work on next. We said, "Just for the heck of it, see how many times you can fire our .308s before you experience failure." So that's what he set out to do.

You are at the bench with the riser of your custom .338 Lapua stock against your cheek, and the butt is comfortably adjusted in your shoulder pocket. You give your breathing and heartrate a quick acknowledgment. You focus the crosshairs as you blur out your distant target.

Recently one of our employees was at the range and other shooters began to gather around his bench. Of course he presumed it was because of his prowess as a marksman. But instead of asking for his autograph or his expert advice, they asked him, "Where did you get that box?!"

Do you think neck tension on brass rifle casings increases or decreases with continued firings from the same casing? At Peterson Cartridge, many of our customers are long-distance, competition shooters who reload and re-shoot our casings over and over again.

Recently a shooter sent us their fired Peterson Cartridge .260 Remington casings to make us aware of an issue that they were having with the brass. The casings had chunks missing out of the heads. This had us concerned that the case-heads were splitting, cracking, or had some other unknown issue.

The main variables that cause differences in weight from case to case are as follows: Material removed when cutting in the extraction groove. External head thickness. Head diameter. Sectional density of the webbing (the base of the casing)

A change in internal volume will change the performance of your load, and potentially your results at the target. The internal volume of Winchester casings is different than Hornady, which is different from Lapua, which is different than Norma, which is different from ours.

Regarding the Peterson .308 family of casings, in large-rifle-primer size, your primer pockets seem tighter than others?

Chamfering the mouths of casings, prior to loading them with a bullet, has been a topic of debate in the reloading community since reloading became popular with private consumers. Does it make a difference in accuracy or consistency of bullet seating depth? Does it make a difference in how accurate

At Peterson Cartridge we are always striving to improve the quality of our products, and we have a pretty talented group of caliber development guys who can do it. Recently we released our .22 Creedmoor casings.

After thousands of rounds of function testing, and years of degradation testing, we have finally eliminated the step of chamfering the inside and outside of our casing mouths.

It is perhaps one of the most frustrating obstacles a hunter or shooter ever has to deal with. Going into a sporting goods store in the current market and attempting to buy powder, bullets, brass, or primers will have you shaking your head in disgust.

Every fall over one hundred million hunters take to the woods, mountains, and fields across our great country. It is a time-honored tradition that goes back generations and one that is woven into the fabric of America. Memories will be made, old stories will be recounted, and a lot of truths will be

In modern society, the word hunter is used as a blanket description for a very large segment of our population. Should that be the case? Are all hunters created equal? We would argue that there are four basic archetypes in the hunting world.

The first hint of spring in western Pennsylvania will cause most outdoorsmen to turn their thoughts to cold, clear trout streams and dense hardwood ridges booming with the echoing gobble of eastern thunder chickens.

Well, you just got the results from your Arizona trophy elk unit lottery, and you didn't draw. The same thing happened last week in Nevada. And the week before that for Wyoming. Now what do you do? You want to head west and hunt this fall, but your tag wallet looks like Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard

If you're anything like me, and your life revolves around hunting, the months of June, July, and August are a painful time of year. Unless I can convince my wife that I NEED to sneak out west on a spring bear hunt or that I absolutely HAVE to travel to Africa or Australia on safari

Marketing and advertising in the firearms and ammunition industry follows a pretty basic formula: highlight your product in a tactical or hunting situation, publish some statistics about how badass it is, tell customers where they can buy it, then make the product available.

Since the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, the idea of conservation has grown and evolved into a full-blown cultural movement. It has drawn the attention of people from all walks of life. It crosses political and socioeconomic lines. It even ignores international borders.

Let's face it, guns and ammunition are awesome. What red-blooded American doesn't enjoy the smell of gun powder or watching their bullet impact the target. I don't care if you're hunting Dall sheep in the Mackenzie Mountains, competing at the GAP Grind in Tennessee, or plinking soda cans in the back

The last couple of months before leaving on a western hunt always seem to go by in both a blur and with agonizing slowness. How is this possible? How can something be both fast and slow at the same time? Well, it's all about perception.

It's three weeks before you're supposed to leave for the hunt you've spent the last ten months planning. You've got your gear ready, a bunch of waypoints marked on OnX, and you're making the final checklist for packing the truck. This is it. It's go time.

Temperatures throughout most of the country are still warm enough to require air conditioning and the trees are still wearing the green leaves of summer. But the evening breeze and the fog of early morning foretell the coming of autumn.