handloader

For the handloader most major manufacturers of bullets offer something for the 9.3mm.

Loading dies and reloading data are readily available to the handloader.

Powder is another significant cost of reloading, and one over which the handloader has significant control.

A balance has to be struck between what is needed for the responsible handloader and what would present a danger in case of fire.

A more economical alternative was made available to the handloader in the 1980s, the copper plated bullet.

A bullet puller allows the handloader to disassemble mistakes.

As German law gives maximum pressures for every commercial caliber, the handloader is allowed to non-commercially give away his ammunition.

Load references can be found in the September/October 1973 issue of the Handloader Magazine.

This flexibility in powders translates directly to versatility in muzzle energy that a handloader can achieve.

This allows the handloader to produce a GP90 load that is safe for the Schmidt-Rubin Model 1889 rifle.

Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions.

The strategy for that revolt was principally developed by Mr. Knox, then editor of Rifle magazine and Handloader magazine, which are independent of the organization.

Custom bullet molds are available from a number of sources, allowing the handloader to pick the exact weight, shape, and diameter of the bullet to fit the cartridge, firearm, and intended use.

The handloader is afforded a wider selection of bullet weights than can readily be found in commercially loaded ammunition, and there are many different powders that can be used for any given cartridge.

A handloader can add a rim, by swaging a ring of metal onto a rimless case, then turning it down, but this is very labor-intensive process and requires a special swaging die and precision metalworking lathe.

In addition, the single shot Contender and Encore pistols can safely use pointed bullets, which allows the handloader to gain additional retained velocity at long ranges for uses such as handgun hunting and metallic silhouette shooting.

However, as no mainstream ammunition manufacturer loads these bullets, tailoring such loads for lion or leopard is strictly an option available only to the handloader or for those willing to have custom ammunition made to order.

Even using a 5-inch barrel it would be difficult for a handloader with canister-grade powders to hit 1,450 feet per second with a 125-grain bullet in the .357 SIG, while definitely staying within SAAMI pressure limits.)

A lubricating/resizing press, which is a special purpose bullet processing press, can be either a standalone press dedicated to lubricating and resizing bullets, or can be an add-on to a reloading press, at the option of the handloader.

The handloader can easily make cartridge cases by necking up and fire-forming cases from any similar,.532-inch base diameter, belted magnum: the .338 Winchester Magnum, .308 Norma, etc., or by shortening and forming longer belted magnums.

For ultimate accuracy and performance, the handloader also has the option of using a wildcat cartridge; wildcats are the result of shaping the cartridge and chamber themselves to a specific end, and the results push the envelope of velocity, energy, and accuracy.

Nonte authored more than a thousand magazine articles that were published in more than a dozen outdoor and gun magazines, including The American Rifleman, Guns & Ammo, The Handloader, American Handgunner, The Rifle, Guns, and Shooting Times.