Reloading the 8mm Remington Mag
An excellent selection of 8mm bullets (.323) is currently available: (from left) Barnes 180-gr. Triple Shock-X; Nosler 180-gr. Ballistic Tip; Hornady 195-gr. InterLock; Barnes 200-gr. Triple Shock-X;...
View ArticleReloading the 7.62×39
There are a number of excellent .308-diameter bullets that expand the sporting utility of the 7.62x39: (from left) 100-gr. Speer Plinker; 110-gr. Barnes TTSX; 110-gr. Hornady V-Max; 110-gr. Sierra...
View ArticleReloading the .25 WSSM
An array of .25-caliber bullets is available to the handloader. These are the ones tested here: (from left) Sierra 87-gr. SP; Barnes 100-gr. TS-X BT; Nosler 100-gr. Partition; Speer 100-gr. Hot-Cor;...
View ArticleReloading the .44 Special
There are plenty of bullet weights and styles available for reloading the .44 Special: (from left) 180-gr. cast FP; 200-gr. cast RNFP; 240-gr. cast SWC; Hornady 200-gr. XTP; Hornady 240-gr. XTP; Nosler...
View ArticleCult Gauges: Reloading 12- and 28-Gauge Shotshells
The 16 forms a nice bridge between the 12 and 20, and the 28 makes a much better light-recoil gun for the field than the tiny .410. Both the 16 and 28 gauge seem to experience a meteoric resurgence...
View ArticleReloading the .222 Remington
Great .224-inch bullets for the .222 Remington are available for just about anything: (from left) Nosler 35-gr. Ballistic Tip Lead Free; Barnes 36-gr. Varmint Grenade; Sierra 40-gr. BlitzKing; Sierra...
View ArticleReloading the .450 Marlin
These are the .458 bullets used for our .450 Marlin loads: (from left) Barnes 300-gr. FN; Hornady 300-gr. HP; Sierra 300-gr. FP HP; Hornady 325-gr. FTX; and Speer 400-gr. FN. Introduced in 2000, the...
View ArticleReloading the 6.5 Creedmoor
Varmint, deer, target, big game -- this lineup of 6.5mm bullets covers a broad spectrum of uses: (from left) Hornady 95-gr. V-Max; Nosler 100-gr. Ballistic Tip; Sierra 100-gr. HP; Barnes 120-gr. TSX...
View ArticleReloading the .45 Colt
These six projectiles are a good cross-section of what’s available for the .45 Colt: (from left) Cast 200-gr. RN; Cast 244-gr. WC; Hornady 250-gr. XTP; Cast 250-gr. RNFP; Cast 255-gr. SWC; and Hornady...
View ArticleReloading the .280 Remington
From left to right: Hornady 139-gr. GMX; Hornady 139-gr. InterBond; Hornady 154-g. InterLock RN; Sierra 140-gr. Spitzer BT; Sierra 150-gr. Spitzer BT; Sierra 160-gr. HPBT; Barnes 120-gr. TS-X; Nosler...
View Article6 Reasons to Reload the .300 Blackout
The .300 Blackout is definitely a Kool-Aid kind of cartridge—you either love it or you don’t. Nobody I know has a Homer Simpson-like “meh” attitude about it. Me, I’m on the dark side. I have yet to...
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