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January 24th, 2025

SHOT Show Day 4 — Last Show Day of 2025

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SHOT Show 2025 in Las Vegas concludes today, January 24, 2025. This was an impressive show with thousands of vendors displaying products on 830,000 net square feet of floor space at Caesars Forum and The Venetian EXPO. There were many innovative new products, including new optics, chassis systems, barrels, “smart” guns and much more. For this Friday Day 4 of SHOT Show we offer a showcase of interesting product report videos.

Hodgdon Report — Availability of H4198, H4895 and ENDURON

At SHOT Show 2025, Chris Hodgdon took the time to talk about the availability of some Hodgdon powders for the months ahead. Regarding H4895 he said they hoped to have both powder in stores “Sometime this spring [2025]” so check the Hodgdon.com website for availability.

Regarding Enduron, Chris posted: “Big question here at SHOT show… where is the ENDURON? ENDURON has not been discontinued. We are working diligently with our supplier to get it back in stock. It may be a while before our supplier can produce it.”

Seekins Precision PH3 with Many New Features

In this video True Pearce, Editor of GunsAmerica Digest, reviews the new lightweight hunting rifle from Seekins Precision, the impressive model PH3. This boasts a modern composite chassis with adjustable comb and many notable new features.

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Backfire Channel SHOT Show 2025 Highlights

The Backfire channel is one of our favorite gun-centric YouTube services. The host is smart and articulate and he does considerable real-world testing in the field. He has produced 294 videos and now has 961,000 subscribers — that’s impressive. This Backfire SHOT Show 2025 video runs 45 minutes and has already garnered 155,000+ views. It covers a host of products. Here are some highlights:

F-Class john erik cortina2:50 New Tikka T3X Ace
5:35 Aarken Outlier Precision Chassis
8:04 Shooters Global Smart Shooting Glasses
9:35 Seekins Precision H3 Rifle
11:24 Interview with Erik Cortina and F-Class John
17:12 MDT Chassis Systems and Bipods
20:18 Palmetto SA — New Hunting and AR-type Rifles
21:48 Interiew with Gavin Gear, Ultimate Reloader
25:45 Horizon Firearms Light Hunting Rifles
27:15 KRG Chassis for Ruger, Savage, Howa, Tikka etc.
31:30 Smith & Wesson — New Revolvers, Pistols, Rifles
33:08 Watchtower Rifle with Lattice Titanium barrel
33:40 RCBS Booth — New Reloading Equipment
35:10 Howa — New Pump-Action AR-style Rifle
36:05 Aero Precision — Tactical Lever-Action Rifle

New Chassis Options for Rem, Savage, Tikka, Ruger and more

The above video features an impressive new lightweight chassis from MDT. This will soon available for a variety of popular actions including Ruger, Remington, Savage and Tikka. This chassis is also featured in the vertical-format video on the right below.

Burris XTR PS Scope with Internal Ballistics Display

The new Burris XTS PS scope combines traditional glass lenses with an internal electronic display that shows hold-over and ballistic data to the shooter. Customizable “data zones” display dial-to-distance, wind hold, wind speed/direction, density altitude, angle compensation, and scope level. The scope features a unique new clickless turret with a digital position sensor for ultra-fast 1/30 MIL elevation adjustments.

MDT SEND-iT Electronic Level — Gen 2

Here’s a cool product that can benefit marksmen in many competitive rifle disciplines. The Generation 2 MDT LRA SEND iT – MV3 Electronic Level provides an instant “green light” visual signal showing that your rifle is level so your shot should land on target. Instead of waiting for a spirit (bubble) level to move, the SEND-iT LEDs are 3-5 seconds faster and are much easier to see.

Handgun Highlights — Walther, SIG, Canik, and HK Pistols


Walther Arms booth PDP Polymer and Steel Frames

SIG Sauer P226 X5 Steel Frame, single action only
NOTE: The SIG Sauer P226 X5 short video is incorrectly labeled “SIG Sauer 225″ — a typo by the creator.

Canik Rival S with steel frame and brass magwell

Heckler & Koch HK VP9 Match

Parting Shot — Massive Swarovski BTX Binocular Spotting Scope

Swarovski offers an impressive BTX Binocular Spotting Scope System. This is available with four different objective lens modules: 65mm, 85mm, 95mm, and 115mm. The image below shows the BTX with the 115mm objective. BTX price, as fitted with this huge 115mm objective, is a whopping $6648.00 MSRP!

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January 24th, 2025

Bullets Spinning Fast Enough? Use Twist Rate Stability Calculator

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Berger Twist-Rate Stability Calculator
Berger twist rate calculatorOn the Berger Bullets website you’ll find a handy Twist-Rate Stability Calculator that predicts your gyroscopic stability factor (SG) based on mulitiple variables: velocity, bullet length, bullet weight, barrel twist rate, ambient temperature, and altitude. This cool tool tells you if your chosen bullet will really stabilize in your barrel.


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How to Use Berger’s Twist Rate Calculator
Using the Twist Rate Calculator is simple. Just enter the bullet DIAMETER (e.g. .264), bullet WEIGHT (in grains), and bullet overall LENGTH (in inches). On its website, Berger conveniently provides this info for all its bullet types. For other brands, we suggest you weigh three examples of your chosen bullet, and also measure the length on three samples. Then use the average weight and length of the three. To calculate bullet stability, simply enter your bullet data (along with observed Muzzle Velocity, outside Temperature, and Altitude) and click “Calculate SG”. Try different twist rate numbers (and recalculate) until you get an SG value of 1.4 (or higher).

Gyroscopic Stability (SG) and Twist Rate
Berger’s Twist Rate Calculator provides a predicted stability value called “SG” (for “Gyroscopic Stability”). This indicates the Gyroscopic Stability applied to the bullet by spin. This number is derived from the basic equation: SG = (rigidity of the spinning mass)/(overturning aerodynamic torque).

Berger twist rate calculator

If you have an SG under 1.0, your bullet is predicted not to stabilize. If you have between 1.0 and 1.1 SG, your bullet may or may not stabilize. If you have an SG greater than 1.1, your bullet should stabilize under optimal conditions, but stabilization might not be adequate when temperature, altitude, or other variables are less-than-optimal. That’s why Berger normally recommends at least 1.5 SG to get out of the “Marginal Stability” zone.

In his book Applied Ballistics For Long-Range Shooting (3rd Ed.), Bryan Litz (Berger Ballistician) recommends at least a 1.4 SG rating when selecting a barrel twist for a particular bullet. This gives you a safety margin for shooting under various conditions, such as higher or lower altitudes or temperatures.

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January 24th, 2025

Cheap Tricks — Ten Great Budget Items for Reloaders

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Useful reloading gear does not have to be costly. Here are ten handy (and very inexpensive) items that belong on your loading bench or in your range kit.

magnifying glassMagnifying Glass – We use a flat, 2″x2″ pocket 4x-8x magnifier. This folds up on itself. Very handy, we use it to inspect bullets and brass. Use this to check your flash holes for burrs, and check the meplats of your bullets before loading.

Clear 35mm Film Cannister – Use this to transfer the thrown powder charge to the little measuring cup that sits on your scale. That way you don’t get any kernel splash. Also if the charge weight is obviously off, it’s easy to dump back in the measure. A film canister works pretty well as a trickler too.

Compressed Air in a Can -- Get these at office supply stores. Use the can (with tube attached) to blow crud out of cases after cleaning the neck with a brush, and blast loose debris out of primer pockets.

Pin Vise – A simple pin vise with a #53 bit is perfect for deburring small PPC and BR flash holes without reaming the flash-holes any larger. The Lapua PPC/BR flash-hole diameter is 1.5 mm, or 0.059″. Amazon.com sells a handy $8.29 pin vise kit with 10 bits, including the ideal 1.5mm bit. Other vendors offer a #53 pin vise bit that measures .0595″ or .060″ (depending or source). You can find pin vises and bits at hobby stores — here’s an example below with ten bits including 1.5mm. Pin vise sets can be found from $7 to $15.

pin vise 1.5mm Lapua Flash hole

Bounce Dryer Sheets – The common dryer sheets eliminate “static cling” on your plastic reloading parts such as powder measure cylinders, powder funnels, and reloading press plastic bins. Thanks to Doc76251 for this tip.

BallistolBallistol Aerosol – Try using this versatile lubricant/solvent for full-length sizing. Spray some on a patch and you can wipe the carbon off your case necks. Then, continue to apply a very small amount of Ballistol on the case bodies — just thin sheen is all you need. Ballistol is super slippery, and easy to remove. For general full-length sizing (on small cases) it works great and doesn’t leave a gooey, waxy, or chalky residue. For heavier case-forming jobs, we recommend Imperial Die Wax.

Shotgun Mop – Stick this in the chamber when using Wipe-Out foaming bore cleaner. This will seal off the chamber so the foam doesn’t flow into your action. For long chambers screw on one section of cleaning rod to aid extraction.

Colored Sharpie Marking Pens – Mark your bullets ahead of the bearing surface, and the color transfers to the target. This way you can shoot multiple loads at the same point of aim and discern which load shoots the tightest. (Recommended for 300 yards and beyond). With colored bullet tips you can test multiple loads “round robin” to equalize wind effects. When testing seating depths for example, you can mark the longer-seated set of bullets red and the shorter-seated set green and shoot them during the same sequence. Just look at the colored marks on the target to see which grouped better.

Sharpies Pens

Thin Latex Gloves – You should keep a box of inexpensive, disposable latex gloves (the kind doctors use) in your loading room. These will prevent contamination of primers or powder kernels that you handle directly. Also, use the gloves when handling fine blued tools or firearms to prevent transfering body oils and salts that promote rust.

Plastic Washers for Neck Mic – If you use a Sinclair Neck-wall Micrometer Gauge with integral stand, you can use thin plastic washers to adjust the height of the case on the mandrel. This makes it much easier to measure the same point on the case neck every time. Thanks to MikeCR for this tip (and photo).

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