
First Breach begins trading on Nasdaq under FBDT ticker
The Maryland ammunition component maker has listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under FBDT, with the proceeds earmarked for expanding domestic manufacturing.
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Wednesday 23 September 2026
Ammunition news for the international trade: new loads and calibres, lead-free developments, military and law enforcement contracts, and the manufacturers behind them, from Federal and Fiocchi to Sellier & Bellot and Starline.

The Maryland ammunition component maker has listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under FBDT, with the proceeds earmarked for expanding domestic manufacturing.


Member States have backed a revised REACH restriction on lead gunshot after more than 18 months of negotiation, setting the timetable retailers will have to work to.


Nearly 70 staff from the Winchester division, finance, technology and human resources move into a new office in Clayton, Missouri.

The Greater Grand Island Community Foundation has recognised generations of Hornady family support for the Nebraska town that has been home to the business since 1949.

The 25-06 Remington joins the Starline range, giving handloaders and precision shooters another premium case made to the same quality standards.

A full line of dies and die sets covers the 25 X 47 Lapua, a wildcat-derived cartridge finding favour with precision rifle competitors and varmint hunters.

Seventy-five years of German toolmaking is now backed by a B2B portal, new metrology equipment and a widened range for the reloading trade.

The chairman of Nosler and son of founder John A. Nosler died on 2 September at the age of 79, after a lifetime spent building the bullet maker.

Lehigh Defense, the Wilson Combat sister company, has bought the assets of Performance Engineering, a long-established component maker in Hillsboro, Missouri.

The parent of FN Herstal and Browning is in exclusive talks to buy Sofisport, a leading producer of shotshells and shotshell components.