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Sellier & Bellot’s .30-06 150 grain M2 ball

On a recent visit to the CMP’s operation in Anniston, where green ammo crates were once stacked 30 feet high in a warehouse that could hide a Wal-Mart, the organization now only has about 20,000 rounds of surplus ammo left on hand, and that figure is rapidly falling.

What they do have in quantity is a loading they have worked with S&B to develop, a new man M2 FMJ doppelganger loaded to military spec.

Given 100 rounds to T&E, I hit the range to see how they worked, and the “ping” was with me.

More in my column at Guns.com

Fire and ice

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dalton A. Precht

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dalton A. Precht (click to big up)

A U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank fires its main gun as it takes part in a live-fire exercise in Rena, Norway. The Marines are preparing themselves for Exercise Cold Response 16, which will bring together 12 NATO allies and partner nations and approximately 16,000 troops in order to enhance joint crisis response capabilities in cold weather environments.

More on Cold Response 16 including a bunch of videos in my column at Guns.com.