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Interesting Calibers We Encounter #2

9mm fired out of 40 S&W
Brass Failure Anyone?
16 x 300 WIN MAG

We don’t see this everyday.  Here’s what Wiki has to say about the 35 Winchester: The .35 Winchester (colloquially .35 Win) cartridge was created in 1903 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company for use in the Winchester Model 1895 lever-action rifle, and was also available in the bolt action Remington-Lee,[1] or the Model E-10 Factory Sporter Ross Rifle in Canada. Description and Performance Because of the 1895 rifle’s box...

Interesting Calibers We Encounter #1

9mm fired out of 40 S&W
Brass Failure Anyone?
16 x 300 WIN MAG

We managed to procure this uncommon and hard to find New Old Stock (NOS) 30 Remington brass.  Basically a semi-automatic version of the 30-30 WIN.  Remington introduced the 30 Remington in 1906 for their Model 8 Autoloader. Sometimes it is also referred to as “30-30 Remington”.  I imagine that this caused a bit of confusion...

Interesting Times At Range #1

9mm fired out of 40 S&W
Brass Failure Anyone?
16 x 300 WIN MAG

Well, welcome to our inaugural Bayou Brass & Ammo (BB&A) blog post. We’ll trying and keep things light, informative and hopefully interesting. Without further ado, here we go! We’ve been in the commercial brass and reloading business for some time now. We come across some interesting brass, both in condition and caliber. Most of this...