THE KEITH BULLET

Bullet technology for handguns these days has become incredibly advanced in theory, but in terms of general performance in the field, not much has changed in the past century. Having been involved in the testing of projectiles for several companies and many small ones, I’ve come to believe that marketing has as much of an influence on which bullets are brought to marked as does the real results of testing.

Though it might seem like a controversial opinion, I believe there’s no finer bullet for shooting game than those designed by Elmer Keith nearly 100 years ago.

BULLETS IN REALITY

In the Gun Digest Buyer’s Guide 2021 (Volume 38, Issue 11), I penned an article titled “Nine, Ten, and Eleven (Point Five),” where I discussed my direct experience with projectile failure rates.

In this context, failure constitutes the projectile’s inability to meet a general set of advertised functions.

The preponderance of handgun ammunition is, regardless of cartridge, generally rooted in the 800- to 1,200-fps range; essentially on either side of the subsonic barrier and not generally exceeding it by all that much. Mass is