It also creates a wickedly wide wound cavity due to its high impact velocity. While expansion and wound cavity size are not as large as the 100- or 115-grain Speer GoldDot loads in this chambering, penetration is, for all practical purposes, identical. And, the Federal American Eagle load is a good bit less expensive.
| Load | MV (fps) | PEN (inches) | EXP (inches) | RW (grains) |
| .327 Fed. Mag. 100-grain JSP | 1,572 | 16.00 | .51 | 97 |
Since 1961, the O.F. (Oscar Frederick) Mossberg company has sold more than 11 million of its Model 500 pump-action shotguns, making it the most popular shotgun of all time, if not one of the most sold guns in any category, period.
Got a gun with that has seen better days? Perhaps Grandpa’s favorite gun was obviously “well loved?” Talented gunsmiths and other artisans are out there who can give your favorite firearm a much-needed face-lift.
Dead Air Armament is adding the Primal, a new.46-caliber magnum rated suppressor to their lineup of firearms sound suppressors.
There are still heroes in this world. We mourn the loss of one some 20 years later on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
Yes, you may never have to fire your handgun in defense of your life or family, but the possibility always exists.
In retrospect, Smith & Wesson had nobody to blame for the situation but themselves. The company didn’t invent the subcompact, lightweight, single-stack nine, of course. Walther and Beretta had preceded the original Shield to market by a few years with the PPS and the Nano, respectively, and Kahr had more or less created the niche back in the 1990s.
