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In This Issue

Featured Story

SAAMI Setting the Standards
By R.G. Bimson

It is a typical Saturday morning at your local gun club, and along with the large gathering of shooters, are shotguns and ammunition from just about every conceivable manufacturer.

SAAMI’s lineage dates back to the World War I era and the Society of American Manufacturers of Small Arms and Ammunition. Photo courtesy of SAAMI

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Special “reference ammunition” has been a major part of the SAAMI standards to qualify ballistic laboratory test equipment and process for over 70 years. Photo courtesy of SAAMI

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A universal test receiver setup with a 12-gauge barrel, fitted with a piezoelectric quartz pressure transducer to capture chamber pressure and velocity data. Photo courtesy of PCB Piezotronics, Inc.

A typical universal receiver for testing loads and capturing chamber pressure as well as velocity. This one is ready to test what appears to be .44 Magnum loads. Photo courtesy of PCB Piezotronics, Inc.

Additional Story

Mental Training > Why Mental Training Tools Work
By Michael J. Keyes, By M.D.

“I can make you faster, but I can’t make you fast.”
—Jerry Baltes, Head Coach, Grand Valley State University Track and Field

On The Cover

June 2017
Volume 39, Number 6

“Dakota Bulls-Canvasbacks”
by Thomas Moen.
Artwork provided courtesy of
the artist and Wild Wings.
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