• accessory products on the market for use in conjunction with handloading. The quintessential handloading equipment is the press, which uses compound leverage...
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  • Hornady (section Handloading)
    range of handloading components including cartridge cases, bullets and shotgun shell components. Hornady also produces a wide range handloading equipments...
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    manufacturing company based in Bend, Oregon, known for producing ammunition and handloading components and specializing in high-performance hollow-point and soft-point...
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    Sharpe, Philip B. Complete Guide To Handloading (1953) Funk & Wagnalls p. 60 Davis, William C., Jr. Handloading (1981) National Rifle Association of...
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    of engaging military targets from point blank range to 1,200 meters. Handloading costs for the 6.5mm Creedmoor are roughly equivalent to other 6.5mm cartridges...
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    Hatcher, Julian S. and Barr, Al Handloading Hennage Lithograph Company (1951) p.34 Davis, William (1981). Handloading. National Rifle Association of America...
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  • civilian models. The cartridge uses a propellant presently unavailable for handloading and available smokeless powders may not be designed for that pressure...
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    bullets may have to be full-length resized to work in newer guns. Speer handloading guidance states that the loads they show should be used only in handguns...
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    to make the case ductile enough to allow reshaping so that it can be handloaded many times, and fire forming can help accurize the shooting. Steel casing...
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  • dimensions are just different enough to make them non-interchangeable. For handloading, reloadable Boxer-primed cartridge cases can be made from 5.56×45mm NATO...
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    firmly. RCBS produces a reforming die. 8×56mmR Mannlicher brass for handloading is produced by Prvi Partizan, although availability is irregular. Chargers...
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    The .400 Corbon (10.2x22mm) is an automatic pistol cartridge developed by Cor-Bon in 1997. It was created to mimic the ballistics of the 10 mm Auto cartridge...
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    .22 TCM (section Handloading)
    and reliability. Renowned firearms author John Taffin has published handloading data for the .22 TCM in GUNS Magazine on two occasions: in 2017, focusing...
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    combines a flat trajectory with moderate recoil. According to the 1986 book Handloading, "the modern science of wound ballistics has established beyond reasonable...
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    time. Starline makes brass with the proper dimensions and headstamp for handloading use. .45 Super .460 Rowland John J. Donnelly (2011). The Handloader's...
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    comparison with the veteran, highly esteemed 7×57mm Mauser. American rifle handloading writers such as Ken Waters, Frank B. Petrini, John Wootters, Clay Harvey...
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    7.62×38mmR (also known as 7.62 mm Nagant and Cartridge, Type R) is an ammunition cartridge designed for use in the Russian Nagant M1895 revolver. A small...
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    The .470 Nitro Express / 12.7x83mmR is a rifle cartridge developed by Joseph Lang in England for dangerous game hunting in Africa and India. This cartridge...
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    steel-cased and uses Berdan primers, which effectively hinders its use for handloading. However, with the increased popularity of surplus Eastern-bloc Mosin–Nagant...
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    must adhere to specifications of the .460 S&W Magnum. The .45 BPM can be handloaded using a .460 S&W Magnum brass casing, a standard large pistol primer,...
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    is more a hobby for serious sport shooting, hunting, gunsmithing and handloading enthusiasts, particularly in the United States. There are potentially...
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  • The Austro-Hungarian 8×50mmR Mannlicher or 8×50mmR M93 is a service cartridge dating back to the days of semi-smokeless powder. It was later replaced by...
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  • The 7-30 Waters cartridge was originally a wildcat cartridge developed by author Ken Waters in 1976 to give better performance to lever-action rifle shooters...
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    Model 1876 Sporting Rifle in .45-60 Winchester Handloading the .45-60 WCF (from LoadData.com) Handloading the .45-60 WCF (from Rifle Magazine) Tom Horn...
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    falling-plate events. It is an excellent round for those considering handloading ammunition, as it is economical and consistently performs well. The ...
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    (1951). Handloading. Vol. 1. Washington, DC: National Rifle Association of America. pp. 36&38. Sharpe, Philip B. (1953). Complete Guide to Handloading (3rd ed...
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    cartridges during World War II and has been manufactured for sale to handloading civilians since 1960. The United States military replaced black powder...
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    The .460 Weatherby Magnum is a belted, bottlenecked rifle cartridge, developed by Roy Weatherby in 1957. The cartridge is based on the .378 Weatherby Magnum...
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    weapon or destroy a weaker one. While this occurs most often because of handloading by inexperienced reloaders, squib loads are known to occur even in reputable...
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    example is the elbow-joint press, which is used in printing, molding or handloading bullets, minting coins and medals, and in hole punching. Compound balances...
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