![]() ![]() This was followed up earlier this year with a contract to actually begin production of the new NGSW rounds at the ammo plant. In 2016, Olin was selected by the Army to supply as many as 100 million rounds of 9mm ammunition – M1152 Ball, M1153 Special Purpose, and M1156 Drilled Dummy Inert – to the Pentagon as part of SIG Sauer’s new M17/M18 Modular Handgun System.įinally, Olin won a 10-year contract in 2019 to run the Army's historic Lake City ammo plant and prepare it for the production of the new 6.8x51mm Next Generation Squad Weapon cartridge family. The company has been very busy when it comes to the military in the past few years. According to company documents, they are the "Number one producer of small arms ammunition globally." Olin dates to 1892, when it was originally formed as a small blasting powder supplier, and acquired Winchester's ammunition concern in 1931. ft. facility in the Magnolia State has steadily expanded its workforce in the past decade, as Olin moved over 1,000 manufacturing jobs there since 2010 from the company’s traditional Illinois location. The work is set to be performed at the company's Oxford, Mississippi plant with an estimated completion date of Sept. Army Contracting Command at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, announced on June 30 that Winchester was awarded a $64,441,277 modification to a 2021 contract for the manufacture of more ammunition for the service. At an age when many are thinking of retirement, Bob is working a 60-hour week and awaits being taken up in a whirlwind many years in the future.The Pentagon recently announced that Mississippi-based Olin-Winchester is the winner of a large contract to supply the military with small arms ammunition. He is training his grandchildren not to be snowflakes. He has written curriculum on the university level, served as a lead missionary, and is desperately in love with Joyce. Campbell served as a peace officer and security professional and has made hundreds of arrests and been injured on the job more than once. (He gets it honest- his uncle Jerry Campbell is in the Boxer’s Hall of Fame.)Ĭampbell has authored well over 6,000 articles columns and reviews and fourteen books for major publishers including Gun Digest, Skyhorse and Paladin Press. Campbell considers unarmed skills the first line of defense and the handgun the last resort. He holds a degree in Criminal Justice but is an autodidact in matters important to his readers. Winchester 9mm Forged makes the grade for training and practice.ĭo you have a favorite training ammunition? Do you reload? What is your opinion of steel-cased ammunition? Share your answers in the comment section.īob Campbell’s primary qualification is a lifelong love of firearms, writing, and scholarship. Firing from a solid barricade rest, simulating firing from cover, it wasn’t difficult to fire five-shot groups of two to three inches. The loads were reliable and the Forged line was clearly accurate enough for meaningful practice.Īs for absolute accuracy the Forged line is more than accurate enough for practice and general target shooting. I fired over 100 cartridges as quickly as I could fire, re-holster, draw, fire and reload during rapid fire drills. The 9mm Forged load isn’t loaded hot, but it is service grade in order to provide meaningful practice. This is a great design from an old line maker. This pistol was carried in, and drawn from, a DeSantis Hidden Truth inside the waistband holster. This pistol features a full-size Glock 17 grip and the shorter Glock 19 slide. The Winchester Forged 9mm was loaded and tested for this review. The Forged ammo has performed well in a number of handguns. This is a fast-burning powder that leaves little powder ash and features a modest muzzle signature. The powder charge is a cannister grade of Olin type powder-at least it appears to be-probably an industrial grade of Winchester 231. The cartridge case is gray finished and features a copper jacketed bullet. In response, Winchester came up with the Winchester Forged line of steel cased ammunition. Foreign produced loads often use powder technology that isn’t up to American developments. I have fired and used some, and found it useful. Makers turned to steel for cases and millions of steel cased. During World War II, cartridge brass was becoming scarce. This isn’t the first time major American makers have turned to steel cartridge cases. Winchester set out to develop an American made loading, offering American powder and bullets with inexpensive steel-cased cartridge cases. This ammunition was not always consistent, but it was always cheap. Some time ago, the inexpensive ammunition market was flooded with foreign-produced steel-cased ammunition. ![]()
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