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Cartridge Identification: Start With the Headstamp

Corrina Peterson — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:40:34 +0000

Cartridge identification is important to anyone who works with ammunition cartridges, whether it's reloading or collecting. While it isn't foolproof, often the easiest way to identify a cartridge is to look at the headstamp.

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Reloading: What Do You Really Need to Get Started?

Corrina Peterson — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:48:24 +0000

While the basics are simple when it comes to getting set up to reload ammunition for your handgun, there are still some critical choices that need to be made. Here's some advice from long-time reloader Patrick Sweeney, from "Reloading for Handgunners."

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Ammo: Reloads or Factory?

Corey Graff — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:00:14 +0000

Have the benefits of reloading been outpaced by modern factory-loaded ammo?

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Find Out Who Won: Reloading Essentials Giveaway

Corrina Peterson — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:09:15 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered for a chance to win two ammunition reloading essentials from Gun Digest. While there is a handful of partiers among us, it looks like the overwhelming majority will be staying home on New Year's Eve. Notable exceptions are those who will be out there working for our safety and security - A special "thank you" to all of you folks for your service.

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Giveaway: Ammunition Reloading Essentials

Corrina Peterson — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:43:32 +0000

Whether you're a new firearms enthusiast, experienced cartridge collector or serious handloader, you'll want to get in on this chance to win two of the best reloading reference guides available.

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“Cartridges of the World” Winner Announced

Corrina Peterson — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:23:07 +0000

Thanks to everyone who commented for a chance to win the latest, greatest edition of "Cartridges of the World." With coverage of more than 1,500 cartridges, including the latest commercial cartridges, wildcats, and old/obsolete rounds, this book contains everything the active cartridge collector and firearms enthusiast needs to know.

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Giveaway: Win the New “Cartridges of the World”

Corrina Peterson — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:40:38 +0000

Win a copy of the completely revised and updated 13th edition of "Cartridges of the World," reloading data for over 1500 current and obsolete cartridges!

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Handloads: Will Your Gun Blow Up?

Wayne van Zwoll — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 18:34:46 +0000

Firearms come apart when gas pressures from burning powder can’t leave soon enough. Time matters. Pressures can’t build to dangerous levels if you don’t give them time. On the other hand, you must give pressures time to build to useful levels. The bullet is an obstruction. Its resistance (friction and mass), plus barrel length [...]

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Handloads: Not a Good Idea for Concealed Carry

Corrina Peterson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:59:25 +0000

As an expert witness in shooting cases over the past few decades, Massad Ayoob has drawn a few conclusions about what works and what doesn't. Find out why he avoids the use of handloads in self defense applications.

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True or Not? Shotshell Reloading Myths Dispelled

Corrina Peterson — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:29:11 +0000

Whether the results you get from shotshell reloading are "good" or "bad" depends on what you were trying to do. In "ABCs of Reloading," author C. Rodney James points out several problems that you can't blame on the loads, and goes on to dispel a few "false notions and home truths" about shotguns and shooting.

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