If you’ve recently purchased a new firearm, then you’re going to be in the market for ammo. But which ammo type is the best choice? With so many options and varieties available, it can sometimes cause the ammo buying process to seem overwhelming. On the Widener’s blog, we make finding the best ammo for your gun an easy task. Our series of ammo guides will help you quickly choose the correct caliber, and best weight and type of ammo for your intended purpose.
Enjoy browsing a huge assortment of ammunition articles on the Widener’s blog. We have in-depth articles with specific caliber comparisons that pits the virtues of various rounds against each other. We also have caliber-specific quick guides to help you identify the best ammo in a particular caliber or use type. Be sure to check out our ammo guides and share the information with your friends and family if you find it helpful.
As far as short-action, high powered centerfire rifle calibers go, the .308 Winchester and its clone the 7.62X51mm NATO standard are the reigning champs. The ammo is cheap, easy to find, and every possible type of bullet is available. Why? It’s because it is so common, and it shares the exact same bullet as its […]
The .300 Winchester Magnum, known as the .300 Win Mag, is a big, bad magnum power cartridge. Its metric dimensions are 7.62x67mm. That makes it 23.8% bigger than the popular .308 Winchester at 7.62x51mm, and 6.3% bigger than the .30-06 at 7.62x63mm. It uses the same bullets as the .308 and .30-06, but it pushes […]
The .38 Special is a classic revolver caliber, perhaps the classic revolver caliber of modern times. It’s impossible to go into any gun store and not find a selection of revolvers chambered in this classic round. It has a history as a workhorse. Though it may not be considered as powerful, or ballistically potent as […]
It’s safe to say that the .45 ACP is the undisputed reigning champ of big-bore autoloaders. It didn’t earn this title by sheer power alone, but by its enduring staying power, popularity, and sales volume. There are still law enforcement agencies issuing pistols chambered in and loaded with the best .45 ACP ammo as their […]
Without question, the 9mm cartridge is the best-selling pistol cartridge in the world. This isn’t a surprise, it’s the NATO standard. Used by roughly 30 nations as their preferred military sidearm caliber. The U.S. military alone has several million 9mm pistols and stores billions of rounds of 9mm for the Armed Forces to train with […]
