How to Pick Rifle Ammo

Rifle ammunition is manufactured in large and small calibers for differing hunting or target practicing situations. The type of rifle itself will best determine the kind of ammo used. Use the following tips to pick the rifle ammo that's right for your situation.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Determine the type and manufacturer of the rifle used. The rifle manufacturer will recommend particular ammo for their rifle or suggest an alternative range of ammo to use.

2. Decide on the use of the ammo. Within the family of rifle ammo available there will be a range of uses for different rounds. Deer hunting ammo might be a 30-30 gauge, whereas a target practice round might be a .306 caliber.

3. Find out the speed of the ammo. Bullets are pre-loaded by the manufacturer with a particular amount of powder to achieve different results. The higher the powder count or grain, the faster the bullet will travel in feet per second. Higher capacity rounds travel farther and typically have greater stopping power.

4. Choose rifle ammo for the ability to reload. Most rifle ammo today can be purchased at gun shops and farmer's supply depots. This ammo can be reloaded at home with the proper tools and skills. This will save hunters or sportspersons money in the long run. Discuss with the staff what type of rifle ammo can be reloaded.

Tips & Warnings

• Use only the type of ammunition caliber for the rifle being used.
• Place environmentally safe shot into the shot if reloading at home or purchase it at the gun store.
• Extreme caution must be used when handling rifle ammo.

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Resources

• Find a wealth of rifle ammunition information here.
• View Remington's description of typical rifle ammo here.

[bighorn9]

on 5/19/2009 A 410 is not a gauge but a caliber measuring the bore size it is the only shotgun measured this way all others are measured by how many lead balls the same size as the bore it takes to make one pound.

[crow33]

on 12/9/2008 The author of this article is incorrect. There is no “3030 guage” or “30.06 caliber”. Both are cartridges in the 30 caliber family. The 3030 started out as the 30 WINCHESTER SMOKELESS and the 30.06 was a 30 caliber military round issue issued after the turn of the last century and is named after the combination of the caliber and year of issue (30.06 or 30 caliber, 1906).
Caliber is usually used for rifles and pistols to describe bore size. When used in America, it usually means hundredths of an inch. Hence 30 caliber is 300 hundredths of an inch or .30. When expressed in millimeters (mm), it denotes bore size based on the metric systems in millimeters (mm).
Shotgun bores are usually listed as “gauge” and mimics the nomenclature usage of wire gauges, smaller gauge means larger tube. Hence a 410 gauge is small than a 12 gauge.
According to the website the author is “eHow Sports