Warning: SAAMI standard pressure for the 45-70 Government is 28,000 PSI. All of the listed loads are approximately 40,000 psi. They are not intended for use in original trapdoor single shot rifles or early Marlin Model 1895 or Winchester Model 1886 lever action firearms. Bullet selections are specific, and loads…...
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Summertime 45-70 Gov't Handload Tuneup
I like machines. They have no attitudes, they have no agendas and how they perform and react is always logical. When it doesn’t appear that way, it is only because there is something we’ve overlooked or don’t understand. Persistence in problem solving will always prove the previous to be true…....
22-250 Remington 1:12" Twist
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…...
308 Winchester
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 270 WSM XPR
I want to say that this rifle makes me want to move to Wyoming, or Montana, or New Mexico and hunt antelope. Especially since Maine’s current political climate has Mainers heading toward commuting on electric powered roller skates and dining on rhubarb and tree bark. I may head out of…...
Winchester XPR Sporter in 243 Winchester
Prologue… is not a city in the Czech Republic Behind eye popping marketing catch phrases, copy hyperbole, misappropriated initialism and acronyms, and other forms of language diversity, an excellent product can be found. Which is certainly the case… in this case. Marketing departments communicate in nifty nicknames and bullet points…...
Ruger's Hawkeye Predator in 223 Rem Part I
I want to change, I try to change, but with so many years of life’s momentum, I just keep missing the on ramps. For the sake of a brand new year, I decided I would attempt an infusion of singers/groups under the individual or average age of sixty into my…...
Ruger's Hawkeye Compact Rifle Part I
It’s been four weeks since attempting a new article. I know, “Joe, we didn’t realize you were gone”. Yeah, yeah, yeah… The problem is I am easily distracted under the best circumstances. I start writing about a gun stock and end up researching “Walnut Through The Ages” and, at the…...
Winchester's Model 70 Featherweight 280 Rem Part II
The 280 Remington data that follows is based on performance in concert with the Winchester Model 70 Featherweight. No, they are not appearing with James Taylor or The Reverend Horton Heat, I just mean that handload performance can best be assessed with the intended firearm and not optimized to a…...
Hornady's Lock-N-Load Auto Charge™
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…...