It is always good to check out new equipment as the effort can sometimes lead to improving handload production, quality and/or quantity. Methods of weighing and dispensing charges are central to any reloading set up and their applicability varies with reloading objectives. Reloading in support of a 1,000 round a…...
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Hornady's Rotary Case Tumbler
Brass cleaning can be serious business. No, not so much as an object of intense focus, but more of a task that doesn’t typically put a smile on a person’s face. The result is that the average handloader keeps an accumulation of twenty metric tons of once fired brass in…...
S&W’s Model 19 Classic Part II
I am trying to take it easy more often. Mellow out. Chill. Have you seen the world out there? I’m afraid it is Bob Dylan all over again… I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I…...
7x57mm Mauser - Modern Bolt Action
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…...
Winchester's Model 1873 Short Rifle Part 2
Writing is a lot like life. Sometimes you board an airplane in New York, land in San Francisco five hours later as anticipated and go on about your business. Sometimes a flight gets delayed. You end up in the airport bar, have a few drinks with new friends, and wake…...
458 Winchester Magnum
Handload Data 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…...
Winchester’s Model 70 Safari Express 458 Winchester Magnum Part II
As a baseline, three factory loads intended for quality big and dangerous game were checked out. Recognizing that few will be hunting Elephant or Cape Buffalo, the purpose of this live fire is to check against specification performance, before moving on to handloads. A 500 grain expanding bullet, as represented by…...
Thompson / Center's Venerable Contender Pistol in 7-30 Waters Part I
Creative genius in people seems to manifest itself as the good ideas many people have, but with an ability to turn those good ideas into successful realities. The combination of Thompson / Center Contender and 7-30 Waters cartridge seems to be a culmination of lots of good ideas, although I…...
7-30 Waters
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…...
Winchester's Model 1886 Short Rifle in 45-90 Winchester Part I
OK, the 45-90 WCF cartridge is an excuse to spend time with the Winchester Model 1886, this short rifle version in particular. It all seems to come together; old guy, old gun, old cartridge… before the time of fancy lads and man buns on the firing line. A time when…...