Federal Premium Ammunition
Technology is the lifeblood of Federal Ammunition, and it’s been pumping through our veins since 1922. That’s when our founding president, Charles L. Horn, started a culture of innovation that has guided everything we’ve done for nearly a century, turning a company that began humbly in Anoka, Minnesota, into one of the world's largest producers of sporting ammunition. It’s led to the development of thousands of specialized, high-quality shotshell, centerfire and rimfire loads for hunters and shooters. It’s instilled manufacturing and quality control processes that have made our ammunition the most trusted in the industry. Every day we manufacture products to enhance our customers' shooting experiences and provide an ideal choice for any pursuit. It's what makes us the most complete ammunition company in the business. Today, we carry on Horn's vision for quality products and service with the next generation of shooters. With our CEO Jason Vanderbrink at the helm, we maintain our position as experts in the science of ammunition production.www.federalpremium.com
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Sep 27, 2026
Gary LewisHOST
And then they would sell the feathers and might end up in some lady's hat in England or in New York or in Germany.
Gary LewisHOST
Okay, 1922. federal ammunition was formed in Anoka, Minnesota.
Gary LewisHOST
And it was a man named Charles Horn who was the founder and then Federal ammunition pushed for adoption of the Pittman-Robertson Conservation Act, and federal ammunition would go on to become the world's largest ammunition manufacturer.
Gary LewisHOST
In 1935, Smith & Wesson introduced the .357 Smith & Wesson revolver cartridge, Now we call it the 357 Magnum, and it was immediately popular.
Gary LewisHOST
It was promoted by people like Elmer Keith.
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Gary LewisHOST
So 1964, the AR-15 became available as a semi-automatic for the consumer market and the 223 Remington which was similar to the NATO cartridge, was the caliber of choice for the AR-15 in most cases.
Gary LewisHOST
1976, Winchester introduced the first shot shells loaded with steel shot.
Gary LewisHOST
And then 1977 saw Federal Premium establish a new market tier that incorporated components, higher quality, non-proprietary custom bullets, formerly utilized only by hand loaders, and then that kind of paved the way for other ammunition manufacturers too to offer premium ammo that was previously only available to hand loaders.
Michael MelitoHOST
And like I said, there's a little bit of variation, but let's say the most common load is 125 grains.
Michael MelitoHOST
Winchester Ranger T, which is like one of the definitive go-to defensive handgun loads, is launching 125 grain at $13.85. And then Federal Premium, Jacketed Hollow Point, 125 grain at $14.30. And your Spear Gold Dot, another iconic one, 1385 feet a second.
Michael MelitoHOST
And then Underwood launching a Spear Gold Dot at $14.50. And since I am home, we will go to the Hornady Reloading Manual, which is a good manual.
Michael MelitoHOST
You hear me quote it often, but it is not known for super hot loads.
JimHOST
Okay, bullet performance.
JimHOST
So the ELDX, the reason that I like that, and that's what we used, we used the Federal Premium, load with a 175 ELDX and a 7 PRC is what we picked for this hunt.
JimHOST
It's a custom rifle with a Bartlein barrel put together by Koda Precision, Defiance Action, and in the backlight chassis with a Nightforce NX-8 4-32 scope.
JimHOST
So that's kind of the build that we used for this.
GarthHOST
Yeah, and I think, I think SOCOM is just gonna undercut what SIG was developing for the military, the Army, outright.
GarthHOST
Federal, Federal Ammunition and then this, this work with SOCOM is just gonna pull the rug out from under their full size battle rifle that SIG was... or intermediate battle rifle that SIG was trying to develop.
GarthHOST
Um, unless, of course, Federal happens to get their hands on the case dimensions and make 277 Fury out of just their alloys to have a two parse ca- two piece-
DuskyHOST
Fury