Frankford Arsenal claims that their Perfect Seat Hand Primer is “designed so you can have the perfect primer seat every time.” That is a bold claim, but in a world where primers cost $90/1000 if you can find them, it hurts to waste any to improper seating. [Read More…]
A lot of people within reloading circles have been wondering, “where has all the powder gone” as of late? With Hodgdon Powder providing the handloading community with so many popular brands of smokeless propellants – Hodgdon, IMR, and Winchester [Read More…]
Federal Premium‘s coveted Hydra-Shok bullet that has been backed by law enforcement and civilians the world over is finally being sold as an individual reloading component so you can handload your own Hydra-Shok ammunition. Over the past year Federal Premium has [Read More…]
A European company called Armanov makes different firearm parts and accessories as well as reloading equipment. In this article, we’ll take a look at a case gauge box made by this company which makes the headspace checking of loaded ammunition a much faster [Read More…]
Hodgdon Powder Company announced the introduction of a new smokeless powder for 2018 under the Winchester Smokeless Powders brand. Called WinClean 244, this new ball powder is formulated to be a good powder for handgun cartridges like the .38 Special, 9mm and .45 ACP. [Read More…]
IMR recently announced an addition to its Enduron line of powders. The new powder is the IMR 8133. The 8133 is the fifth powder offering in the Enduron line. IMR considers the Enduron line to be one of its “improved powders” that offers increased temperature [Read More…]
The 6.5mm Creedmoor finally has some more published data behind it for prospective reloaders of the caliber. Sierra Bullets, the company known for good bullets in green boxes, finally has some published data on the hot little Creedmoor. It is interesting if you notice [Read More…]
The following is a guest article written for TFB by reader Tim about his efforts with his friend Paul to recreate the historical .280 British (7x43mm) round developed for the EM-2 and FAL rifles during the early pre-NATO rifle trials of the late 1940s. Enjoy! [Read More…]
Earlier this year, Redding Reloading Equipment added a pair of new Premium Die Sets to its catalog: one for the 26 Nosler and a second for the 280 Ackley Improved. Both calibers can be had in either two or three die sets. The two die sets offer a full length sizing die [Read More…]
Why do some cartridges burn barrels more than others? What makes a smaller-caliber, higher velocity round toastier to your bore, and how can you compare one caliber to another in this respect? While it’s not the whole answer to this question, today we’re [Read More…]
Just in time for Christmas, Nosler released the eight edition of its Reloading Guide. The Reloading Guide is a hard bound book that has been updated to include information on the 26 Nosler, 28 Nosler and 30 Nosler. The book also has updates to reflect current powder and [Read More…]
Hornady Manufacturing added a number of reloading components to its line-up recently. Bullets .338 caliber, 285 grain A-MAX, BC: .720, SD: .356, MSRP: $50.59/100 8mm, 170 grain SST, BC: .445, SD: .233, MSRP: $42.08/100 Brass .275 Rigby, MSRP: $50.59/50 .50 BMG Match [Read More…]
Barnes Bullets announced the addition of a .270 caliber bullet to the company’s LRX line of component bullets. The new bullet is 129 grains and will retail for $39.46 for a box of 100 bullets. The LRX line of component bullets are designed for long range [Read More…]
Blackfork is trying to develop subsonic loads for his .223: I looked on the Hogden site and found a subsonic load: 3.1 grains of Titegroup and a 55 grain bullet. I tried 3.1 grains of Titegroup under a Nosler 69. It works, doesn’t cycle the rifle but it’s [Read More…]
A South African on rec.guns asked about hunting geese with his 30-06! Hi guys. Jacques here from South Africa. I use my 30-06 to hunt wild birds especially Egyptian geese for research purposes.My problem is that this is my only rifle and I need a load to minimize meat [Read More…]
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