Articles by Ammunition Depot

+P ammo is a standard handgun round that has a little more gunpowder in the cartridge, making the round more powerful. For defensive gun owners looking to balance between power and accuracy, +P ammo can offer a great fit. It’s one of the innovations that lets you max out on power without seriously affecting other factors. Read on to get a feel for whether +P ammo is right for you.

What does grain mean when you're talking about ammo? We could give you the quick, simple answer and tell you it refers to the weight of the ammunition, but this doesn’t really give you a good understanding of how the concept applies to your shooting. In order to learn the history of the term and its contemporary significance, continue reading.

No matter where you start with your shooting, you will at some point have to decide on a caliber. Which begs the question: What’s a caliber? The short answer is that it’s the measurement of the barrel of a gun, but when hunting down ammo, that answer proves pretty quickly to be insufficient. Learn more about what “caliber” can refer to and figure out which may be best for you.

Maybe you want to buy something a lot of other people want because it signifies it’s a good quality caliber; or maybe you want to buy something that's common in case of emergency. Whatever the reason, it can be helpful to know what types of ammo are most common. Interestingly, there’s more than one answer. Find out which types are most common by reading on.

Is it a bullet or a round? Which is correct? Is it both? With numerous ways to describe virtually every part of a gun as well as its ammunition, it’s not uncommon for misunderstandings to lead to things being inaccurately described or the correct term being used the incorrect way. Read on to learn more about the history of the “round” and to what the term refers.