303 British

Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity,  pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may […] [Read More]

Handload Data Base Version 1.0 Beta Test

If you were poking around the “Members” top menu button, you might have noticed  a new active drop down menu line ” Handload Data Base”. We put this beta version up so we could get a live test, clean up the active program and add features and information while it […] [Read More]

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

If you are unaware, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart, the family friendly store owned and operated by a family of billionaires has elected to bar Christmas from their stores. I guess there is no limit to the money you can make in the absence of character. It is unfortunate because it was their […] [Read More]

Tools for .45-70 handload development - Part II

I wrapped up the previous installment with the heading “No pain, no gain”; I wasn’t joking. Fitting a firearm for a strain gage takes care, if the resulting reading as are to be credible. I’m not suggesting this is a difficult process, it just isn’t a casual process and instructions […] [Read More]

8x57mm Mauser

Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity,  pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may […] [Read More]

325 WSM

Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may […] [Read More]

Tools for .45-70 handload development - Part 1

There is great satisfaction in shooting handloaded ammunition, that has been assembled with an optimized selection of components, “optimized” defined as yielding the best possible combination ingredients for a specific application. The application may be low cost target ammo, something for maximum bullet expansion on big game, an emphasis on […] [Read More]

7.5x55 Swiss Handloads It was only a matter of time

I was planning to handload a bunch of 7.5x55mm Swiss, but I was having a heck of a time finding brass. Most of the usual suspects catalogued the item, but all were out of stock, so I had to look to a donor source at $14 per box. The Prv […] [Read More]

8x56R Mannlicher

Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet material and length will alter net case capacity,  pressure and velocity results. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These data represents maximum loads in […] [Read More]

IOSSO - no I don't know how to pronounce it

Sure, I know those vibratory cleaners can be fun. I know some of the best fun I had with mine was dropping a mouse in the open top, bolting on the screen cover, and watching the little guy disappear, and reappear, and disappear, and reappear, and…  A downside to vibratory […] [Read More]