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BY THE time you read these lines, big game hunting seasons will be over in much of the continent. During those cold days before the turkeys start to gobble and [...]

ONE EXAMPLE OF RIFLE HANDLOADING knowledge that used to be true but is not necessarily true today is the assumption that handloads always shoot most accurately with bullets seated close [...]

THE 7.62x25 TOKAREV WAS DEVELOPED IN 1930 and chambered in a then-new Soviet TT-30 semiautomatic pistol, which evolved into the TT-33 pistol. This cartridge was also chambered in the Czechoslovakian [...]

Have you ever heard of the 6.5 Creedmoor? Of course you have--that is, unless you've desperately avoided shooting ranges, gun magazines, firearms retail stores, outdoor television and the Internet for [...]

Parker Otto Ackley wore many different hats. He was a college professor, a gifted machinist, a writer, a barrel maker, a bullet maker, a builder of rifles and an avid [...]

My copy of the Oxford Dictionary defines 'Acme' as 'the highest point; the peak of perfection.' In the old Road Runner cartoons Wile E. Coyote was always getting products from [...]

The perfect minimalist varminting combination might not actually exist as a factory option but the CZ 527 Varmint Model in .17 Hornet comes very close. While Hornady .17 Hornet ammunition [...]

INTRODUCED BY BUSHMASTER AND HORNADY in late 2007, the .450 Bushmaster was an attempt to improve the ballistic performance of AR-15 rifles. Launching a .45-caliber, 250-grain bullet at 2,200 fps [...]

SPEER'S NEW GOLD DOT RIFLE BULLETS ARE NOT conventional cup-and-core jacketed bullets. Instead, they are made using Speer's proven production process of electrodepositing a thick copper sheath on a swaged [...]

'Every shipment to military units is manufactured as if each cartridge had to protect a life.' This perspective helped Jeff and Kristi Hoffman start an ammunition firm before they had [...]

Historically, metallic cartridge hand-loaders have believed they have wide latitude in load parameters-bullet type and seating depth, propellant type and charge range, primer type and case type; and in handloading [...]

Naturally we clearly remember the 'firsts' in our lives--first gun, first car, first date, etc. I remember fondly my first experience with an antique lever gun because it started my [...]

Andy Larsson--head honcho and chief floor sweeper at Skinner Sights--has the uncanny ability of knowing what shooters want, before said shooters even know it. This ability means Andy is acutely [...]

THREE TRADITIONAL REASONS FOR HANDLOADING are economy, accuracy, and power. A fourth-sometimes more important than any of the others--is simply allowing an old rifle to shoot once again. This can [...]

SOME TIME BACK, WHILE WRITING ABOUT SPEER'S Gold Dot component rifle bullets, I mentioned that Federal Premium would soon be announcing a new series of component bullets. Those new bullets [...]

I enjoyed John Taffin's April 'Handloading' column on the .30-30. I've always been a .30-30 fan. Since I don't hunt anymore, my .30-30s are mostly used for Cowboy Action shooting. [...]

LAST FALL, I FOUND A REALLY NICE VINTAGE Marlin Model 94 .44-40 lever action for sale. Made in 1905, the color-casehardening on the frame and lever had mostly faded, but [...]

Having been an active hunter, shooter and outdoor enthusiast since my mid-teens, I found it necessary by the mid-1960s to learn to 'roll my own.' I read the March/April 'The [...]

Like so many shooters my age, I began handloading with the .38 Special in 1966. Throughout life I've been a 'lister'--my made-up word for someone who keeps lists. By 1980 [...]

I just bought a pre-war Colt .38 revolver. The last patent date is Oct. 5,1926 and the serial number is L615XXX. It has mother-of-pearl grips and the Colt medallion in [...]

ANY TIME YOU START HANDLOADING FOR AN obscure round--especially a wildcat--the process is challenging. But when the outcome is finding a load that a special rifle shoots well, it's definitely [...]

Hodgdon Powder Company has announced the acquisition of the Ramshot and Accurate smokeless powder brands and the Blackhorn 209 muzzleloader brand from Western Powders. This acquisition is effective Oct. 1, [...]

Kudos to Mr. Taffin's praise of Lee dies in Handloading, May/June 2020. I like 'em too. I use a precious--can't find them anymore--stash of military (WCC) .38 Special cases for [...]

Re: January 2020. A good issue, especially Handloading, Think Tank and GUNS Insider. As an inmate of 'San Franfreako,' you can't imagine how bad it really is here ... Fred [...]

You recognize the signs. You're gnashing your teeth, clenching your jaws and gulping down anger before getting to your melting point. You need a way to pour your stress out [...]

In 1849, William Oswell set off from Kolobeng, Bechuanaland, to escort missionary David Livingstone across the Kalahari Desert in search of Lake Ngami. Among the stores the men packed on [...]

Want some cutting-edge bullets for your next reloading project? Federal is now offering Syntech Component bullets. You know, those eye-catching bright red ones? In the past, reloaders have had to [...]

Q: I enjoyed the recent article about the Uberti Model 1873 chambered for .45 Colt. I have a different version of that gun also chambered for .45 Colt and want [...]

I just finished John Taffin's June 'Handloading' column on loading for .32-caliber leverguns. John mentioned no one chambers a rifle for the .327 Federal. I just wanted to mention Henry [...]

There are certain items absolutely necessary for handloading. The list is shorter for the reloader than for the handloader. Yes, there's a difference although we often use them interchangeably. The [...]

There are few things more rewarding than improving the grouping ability of a firearm through handloading and fewer things more humbling than having a factory round shoot so well you [...]

Thanks to all of you who make Handgunner what it is. Specifically to John Taffin's 'Everyday Workin' Loads: The .44 Magnum' (Handloading, Sept/ Oct 2016). At 74 years of age [...]

I just read John Taffin's mythbusting about 'cast bullets need to be sized to fit the barrel' in (Handloading, Sept/Oct 2014). He writes about bullet distortion from sizing bullets to [...]

As Steve Martin once said, 'Let's get small.' Hornady is now offering cases for the .25 Auto and .32 Auto--allowing defensive and sporting shooters a new option for handloading these [...]

In Mark Hampton's story in the August issue on the Mossberg Patriot in .300 Win Mag, he shows a handload of 78 grains of H4895 on page 38. That, sir, [...]

I have a Walther PPK in .32 ACP with a bulged barrel about 1 1/2' back from the muzzle. The bullet has been removed and the slide is still on [...]