J. D. Jones (born November 21, 1936) is an American firearms and cartridge designer, firearms writer and founder of

SSK Industries SSK Industries, Inc. is an American designer and manufacturer of firearms and accessories in Wintersville, Ohio. Founded in 1977, the company is known for its custom Contender and Encore barrels. Started by hunter and gun enthusiast J. D. Jones ...

. Jones began hunting at an early age, and became interested in bullet casting and

handloading Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components ( metallic/ polymer case, primer, propellant and projectile), rather than purchasing mass-assembled, factory-loaded com ...

firearms cartridges. In the 1960s, Jones collaborated with Lee Jurras to create the Super Vel line of high-performance handgun ammunition. In 1977, Jones founded SSK Industries, a company focused on cartridges and barrels for high-power handguns for hunting and target shooting (such as the

Thompson Center Arms Thompson/Center Arms is an American firearms company based in Rochester, New Hampshire. The company was best known for its line of interchangeable-barrel, single-shot pistols and rifles. Thompson/Center also manufactures muzzle-loading rifles a ...

Contender rifle-calibre pistol). Also in the late 1970s, Jones founded Handgun Hunters International, an association of like-minded hunters who used handguns for their sport, and HHI's attendant newsletter, ''The Sixgunner.'' Jones is primarily known for two lines of firearms cartridges. The first are the JDJ cartridges, primarily intended for the T/C Contender, ranging from .224 to .577 calibre. The second is the "Whisper" cartridge family, intended to cause maximum damage at subsonic speeds, making them nearly silent when used with a firearm suppressor. He is also known for creating the .950 JDJ, the world's largest rifle cartridge, alongside the rifle that fires the cartridge. Jones is a member of the

National Rifle Association of America The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent Gun politics in the United States, gun rights ...

and

Safari Club International Safari Club International (SCI) is a US organization composed of hunters dedicated to protecting the “freedom to hunt.” SCI has more than 40,000 members and 180 local chapters. SCI members agree to abide by the organization's code of ethi ...

and has authored two columns for ''

American Handgunner ''American Handgunner'' is a magazine dedicated to handguns, handgun hunting, competition shooting, reloading, tactical knife and other shooting-related activities in the United States. It is a sister publication to ''Guns'' and ''American Cop ...

'' magazine.

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JDJ Cartridges
at Ammo-One.com
Firing the 950 JDJ
- Video {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, J. D. Ammunition designers Living people 1936 births American gun rights activists Gun writers

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