Announced about a week ago, the new Nosler Reloading Guide 9 is now available for purchase. According to Nosler, the 9th edition manual has been in the making for five years and within its 800 pages, it contains comprehensive reloading data generated from thousands of [Read More…]
A Venice Florida home was recently set ablaze during a reloading disaster which resulted in over 10,000 rounds of ammunition being burned away in the blaze. According to the Fox 13 news report, the two-alarm fire was brought under control as neighboring houses were [Read More…]
In the course of its 77-year history, RCBS has grown from one man’s hobby to a reloading industry leader. When varmint hunting enthusiast Fred T. Huntington began crafting dies just for his personal use in the back of his father’s Oroville, California [Read More…]
Welcome to part two in our series in Precision Rifle Reloading for the Beginner (read part one here). We are now taking the second step in our journey to achieving a more consistent point of impact. We have narrowed down the brass we want to use. Now comes probably the [Read More…]
Welcome back to another edition of The Rimfire Report. In this series we discuss, explore and review various aspects of the rimfire world. Today we’ll discuss the concept of reloading 22LR. With the recent happenings across the globe I have been putting a lot of [Read More…]
A ROLLSIZER is a case resizer that removes any bulges that might be created by some chambers with brass expanding during firing and returns it a true concentrical state very close to original specs. It does this by passing it by a cam-like mechanism as the casing [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…]
Not wanting to wait for SHOT 2020, Hornady released most of their new product information back in October 2019. Most of the buzz centered around the new A-Tips. They are designed and packaged to be as consistent as possible. The aluminum tips are precision machined [Read More…]
The RL1100 is finally here. With all the hype, you’re probably wondering what sets the Dillon RL1100 apart from other offerings. First, the Dillon RL1100 can accommodate common cartridges, pistol, and rifle, from 32 ACP all the way up through 308 Winchester. With [Read More…]
Norma is known to the world over for their high-quality, factory-loaded ammunition as well as their components they have offered to the public, such as their rifle powders, so people could attempt to replicate that same quality with their own handloads. Now Norma is [Read More…]
Have you been reloading, and want to up your game? Is it time to refine your reloading skill and get more accuracy? TFB has got your back. We teamed up with Lyman to bring you a series on precision reloading. If you have never reloaded before, stop and check out the [Read More…]
At Rifle World Shoot 2019, I managed to get a few words with Kim Leppänen and another shooter from Estonia who has started using the 7.62 TKO by Uronen Precision. Kim Leppänen is a member of the Finnish Semi-Auto Open Team (yeah, they won Gold as usual) and below he [Read More…]
So what does reloaded brass look like once it’s been fired six times over and over? In this Picture Of The Day, we give you the answer. This brass is from a .338 Lapua Magnum which has been fired six times and as you can see the walls are still even and good [Read More…]
The Dillon Super 1050 is the most advanced reloading machine in the Dillon Products line. It will accommodate the common cartridges from .32 ACP up through .30-06, but the one in Today’s Picture is normally set up for 9×19 mm or .38 Super Comp. Here you can [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…]
Lyman has published a press release announcing the acquisition of Mark 7 Reloading ammunition reloading equipment manufacturing company. Here is Lyman’s press release in full: Lyman Products is extremely pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Mark 7 [Read More…]
Another Deals of the Week post back again! As always if there are deals, you want to see more, less, or any of please do not hesitate to let me know in the comments. 1000 .223 tracer bullets – $125 What the deal is: These are air pulled (no tool marks) 62gr red [Read More…]
Most readers have probably never heard of Capstone Precision Group, but if they are at all involved in precision shooting and reloading they have most certainly heard of the companies within the group. Lapua Lapua is known for making what most regard to be the [Read More…]
Here at Shot Show, I made it a point to drop in on our friends at Lyman. They have long been a big supporter of TFB so, I had to go see what they had brought out. I found some pretty cool stuff being introduced this year. Let’s take a look: BRASS SMITH CASE TRIM [Read More…]
I had a chance to speak to Chris Hodgdon himself this year at Shot Show. He had a pretty interesting announcement. This year Hodgdon is going “On The Road”. They and other reloading companies will be reaching out to retailers across the country to teach free [Read More…]
This Week’s Deals: Complete AR-15 uppers, the Ruger Precision Rifle, Hornady Reloading Kit, Ruger Magazines, and the Ruger LC9s. Aero Precision ATLAS Complete Uppers 20% off What the deal is: Aero Precision (same guys as last week, I know) are offering their ATLAS [Read More…]
Well, my friends, here we go. I thought all of this would be a pretty simple process. The learning curve was sharper then I expected, straight from the start. Welcome to Part 2 of TFB and LYMANS Bullet Casting for Beginners Series (you can find Part 1, the intro [Read More…]
Welcome to our second series regarding reloading! The good people of LYMAN have wanted to continue their partnership with TFB, and you the readers. The reloading series was a great challenge, and I enjoyed every minute of it. This series will be an entirely new [Read More…]
Speer Ammunition has been very busy so far throughout 2018 getting new ammunition released and securing more work for its employees. Leading up to and at SHOT Show 2018 they announced their new 10mm Gold Dot load. Then, in Feburary they secured the French National [Read More…]
Earlier this month, Russian RIA Novosti news agency reported that the amendment to the Russian Firearms Law allowing Russian citizens to reload rifle ammunition was approved by State Duma, the lower house of Federal Assembly which is the Russian national legislature. [Read More…]
One of the newer calibers to catch the favor of long-range shooters is the 6mm Creedmoor. If it sounds familiar that is because the 6mm Creedmoor is a necked down version of the even more popular 6.5mm Creedmoor. While there is a definite following and demand for this [Read More…]
Most grand endeavors come from humble beginnings and RCBS would be no different. They did not get their start in a garage like many tech companies from Silicon Valley and California, but it is pretty close. RCBS got their start in a small 72 square foot room (12’ x [Read More…]
SIG SAUER, Inc. is now manufacturing premium pistol and rifle ammunition components for precision handloaders at its state-of-the-art ammunition facility in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Elite Performance Ammunition shell cases are engineered to exacting tolerances and [Read More…]
Lyman® Products has voluntarily announced a product safety warning and recall notice on their black powder rifles and pistols due to the potential of separation in the breech plug. Lyman maintains a safety-first approach, so despite finding only a few firearms affected [Read More…]
During a raid in a warehouse in the small town of Strauch in The Netherlands, the Police found evidence of what they considered being the illegal manufacturing of ammunition. Further investigations lead to an area of Greenhouses, where a Dutch company was reloading [Read More…]