Shootability: Finding the perfect hunting/shooting cartridge (Cartridge Wars 2)

This video tests the performance of four popular hunting cartridges when fired into solid concrete, moving beyond typical ballistic gelatin testing. The focus is on evaluating the bullets' efficiency, penetration, and knockdown power against a very hard, unconventional medium. Slow-motion footage captures the destructive impact, offering a unique visual and analytical perspective on cartridge capabilities in an extreme scenario. The content aims to provide surprising insights into what happens when these rounds meet solid concrete.

The .350 Legend is a niche straight-walled cartridge designed for states with specific hunting regulations. While it's the weakest in its class compared to calibers like .450 Bushmaster, it offers significantly lower recoil, making it suitable for hunters with physical limitations. It performs adequately for deer hunting at short to medium ranges and is more affordable to shoot than larger straight-walled options.

This video showcases the newest .22 LR ammunition offerings for 2025, highlighting the enduring appeal of the .22 Long Rifle cartridge. The creator emphasizes its affordability, low recoil, and versatility for various shooting applications, including small game hunting, training, and target practice, noting its suitability for survival firearms. The video aims to introduce viewers to these new ammo options and provide a brief overview of what to expect.

This video explores the potential of the 5.7x28mm caliber, which the creator believes has remained underdeveloped despite its impressive characteristics. Nutnfancy highlights the caliber's high velocity, small size, lightweight design, accuracy, high capacity, and low recoil. He acknowledges its limitations and current cost issues but argues for its untapped potential, suggesting future developments like a compact 15-round pistol and specialized ammunition. The video focuses on reducing the cost of shooting 5.7x28mm and hints at future reviews of new firearms in this caliber, including the KelTec PR57 and Sub 2000 5.7. Support for the channel through Patreon is also emphasized.

This video explores cartridges that might be superior to the .30-06, a popular and historically significant rifle cartridge. The title suggests a comparative analysis, aiming to identify alternatives that offer advantages in various performance aspects. The description also includes a promotional code for a Manta Sleep mask, indicating potential product placement or a sponsor. The video's content is geared towards firearm enthusiasts interested in ballistics, rifle performance, and cartridge selection.

The 7mm Rem Mag offers superior trajectory and wind drift compared to the .30-06, with comparable energy and only slightly more recoil. Despite its historical popularity, its long-action requirement and older twist rates (1:9-1:10) hinder its ability to stabilize modern heavy bullets, making newer cartridges like the 6.8 Western more competitive. Other 7mm variants like the Weatherby, WSM, and STW face their own market or technical limitations.

This video demonstrates that a suppressed .22 LR pistol firing subsonic ammunition can be quieter than a compound bow. It explains how suppressors work by slowing gas release and highlights the sonic crack produced by supersonic rounds. Subsonic ammunition is shown to be crucial for maximum noise reduction.

This Backfire LLC #shorts video debunks a politician's claim that an AR-15 weighs as much as 10 moving boxes and shoots .50 caliber bullets. The AR-15 typically weighs around 6.5 lbs, and most variants chamber .22 caliber rounds like 5.56mm, not .50 caliber. While rare AR-15s can chamber .50 Beowulf, this is distinct from the common .50 BMG.

This short demonstrates the destructive power of a 12-gauge shotgun using ballistics gel. Slow-motion footage reveals 7.5 shot pellets traveling at 1300 fps, creating a 5-inch deep wound with a 1-foot spread from approximately 350 lead balls. The video also dissects a shell, highlighting the wad and gunpowder responsible for the impact.

The used gun section can reveal firearms that owners regret purchasing, often due to excessive recoil. A Browning X-Bolt Pro Featherlight in .300 RUM, despite its high-end features and cost, is frequently resold because the caliber's extreme recoil makes it unpleasant to shoot. This highlights the importance of considering practical shooting experience over raw ballistics when choosing a rifle.