Login


Wolfe Publishing Group
    Menu
    Handloader December - January 2024

    Latest IssueView and Subscribe

    Handloader December - January 2024

    This issue features Precision Digital Bullet Seating, 45 Colt Rifle Standard Pressure, Non-Toxic Shotshells, 244 vs. 6mm Remington, The Ruger Mini-14 and Its Cartridges, and much more.


    Online Exclusive Content

     

    Watchtower Apache 9mm

    Jeremiah Polacek

    We review the Watchtower Apache double-stack 1911, chambered in 9mm. Load development resulted in... ...Read More >

     

    the 6mm Dasher, It's a shooter!

    Jeremiah Polacek

    Jeremiah works up handloads for the 6mm Dasher and tests them in a MasterPiece Arms rifle. This i... ...Read More >

     

    45 Auto Custom Gun and Ammunition

    Jeremiah Polacek

    Jeremiah tests a custom built 1911 in 45 Auto. A variety of Handloads are worked up for this cust... ...Read More >


    Sign up for our Email Notifications


    In This Issue View All Articles

     

    Reloader's Press

    Watchtower Apache 2011
    column by: Jeremiah Polacek

    Every gun enthusiast out there is familiar with the 1911 and most likely owns a 1911 or maybe even more. The 1911 is an extremely popular, well-known and well-respected firearm with good reason. Nearly every major firearms manufacturer has made their own version of the 1911. During times of war, some non-firearms companies even made 1911 handguns. One of the more notable companies that comes to mind is Singer, the sewing machine company. If you are like me, it was a handgun you admired from a young age. I can still remember bantering back and forth with my friend over the merits of the 1911 versus the Glock 17 for self-defense. At the ripe age of 10 years old, I am not sure how I could make much of an argument for either, but it was all good fun. ...Read More >

     

    Propellant Profiles

    Hodgdon US 869
    column by: Rob Behr

    Here is the load data for the Hornady 140-grain SST bullet that I tested in the 6.5 PRC using US 869. It’s pretty simple. Fill the cartridge to the top of the case mouth and then crunch the bullet down to a loaded length of 2.813 inches. That’s the wonder of very slow powders, they can do a lot of work, not always at top velocities and certainly not with great efficiency, but they can make a broad variety of cartridges work well enough to remain in the field when powders with more ideal burn rates are unavailable. In today’s market, that can be a Godsend. ...Read More >

     

    Bullets & Brass

    6.5 PRC Data / Mysterious Dents in My 38-40 Winchester Cases / Bullet Casting with Wheelweights
    column by: Brian Pearce

    Q: I greatly appreciate Handloader magazine, as there is nothing else that offers high-level information for such a variety of cartridges. I acquired a Howa 1500 chambered in 6.5 PRC, then I ordered new Hornady dies and a Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading Tenth Edition. However, upon receiving my new manual, there was no 6.5 PRC data. So, I swung by my local gun store and perused through other reloading manuals from Speer, Barnes, Ramshot and Lyman and still found no data. This leads to my question – can you give me data for the 127-grain Barnes LRX bullet and the 129-grain Hornady SST? ...Read More >

     

    Cartridge Board

    356 Winchester
    column by: Gil Sengel

    American’s attraction to lever-action rifles goes back to the first such successful design, the Henry, quickly followed by the Model 1866 and Model 1873 Winchesters. These models were not, however, intended to be hunting rifles. Self-defense against humans, singularly or especially in groups, was the purpose. A pocketful of cartridges to thumb into the side loading gate of a Model 66 or Model 73 gave its owner a chance to survive. A muzzleloading rifle or percussion revolver just postponed the inevitable. ...Read More >

    Wolfe Publishing Group