For reloading rifle cartridges, a few accessories are indispensable. Among these are one or more reloading manuals (At a minimum I like to have the manual for every brand of bullets to be used.). Another is an accurate powder scale, necessary to set up and check the powder charges being ...
The cartridge case so designed will allow the user to reload the casing with any variety of bullet, or projectile weights and designs suitable for that caliber. It will also allow the reloading of that cartridge in the field with a minimal amount of reloading equipment and required skill level...
Stay tuned for more posts in this “What The Pros Use” series in the near future, as I cover other equipment these top shooters said they’re currently running. At least one of those posts will dive deeper in the reloading components, and it will share a little more related to cartridg...
But why? We'll take a look at the materials science behind cartridge brass annealing. RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme The RCBS Rock Chucker has been around for ages, and remains one of the most popular single stage reloading press. We take a look at the newest version. Centra/MEC Hand Stop ...
The 7.62x39 Russian(Reloading Page) As a hunting cartridge, there are about a hundred better choices, so why choose such an inferior cartridge for deer hunting? It will kill a deer at modest range with a hunting bullet and proper shot placement, but so will a .22 LR. That doesn't mak...
Rifle Reloading Myth #4: Loading for maximum pressure provides the most accurate load. This is almost never true. In mostrifle cartridges, there are at least two accuracy nodes. One is approximately three percent below maximum velocity. In a 3,000 fps cartridge, that would be roughly 100 fps...
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These PRC cartridges were designed for long range target accuracy and are somewhat faster, kick a bit more, than the aforesaid cartridges but not enough to replace them as a hunting cartridge. Others think similarly. As for target shooters, ceteris paribus, (all else being equal) it takes a...
Before we describe the ammo reloading equipment necessary to begin the hobby of reloading, let’s talk about the end product – ammunition. The anatomy of ammunition is broken down into four parts – the primer, the powder, the cartridge case and the projectile or bullet (each of these ...