Gear & Ammo

New York State Senator Patty Ritchie (R-Heuvelton) has sent a letter to officials at Wal Mart, asking why Wal Mart stores in New York apparently require customers to present a state pistol permit when buying handgun ammunition.

Consistent, quality loads are the key to productive handgunning. These new titanium dies from Redding will speed things along at the reloading bench so you have more time at the range.

Certain lots of recently manufactured 45 Auto ammunition may contain an incorrect propellant charge. Use of product from these lots may result in firearm damage and possible serious injury.

Whether you handload to save money, improve accuracy or just have a hobby you have lots of options.

Like anybody, Hampton has his favorite handloads. But at the end of the day, it’s best to load what you can shoot confidently.

With so many projectiles available in so many shapes and sizes, how do you find the one that's best? It depends on your intended reloading and shooting application.

With the increased prices of factory loaded ammunition, interest in handloading should also increase – and apparently it has, judging from the recent backorder situations at many manufacturers of reloading tools and components.  The equipment covered in this update doesn’t cover everything available, but it should provide an idea as to what is currently available and what’s new.

The purpose of primers is to ignite the main powder charge. However, there are more considerations than mere caliber and type when looking at the ignition end of a cartridge.

With the run on ammunition and threats from elsewhere, it pays to store your ammo right.

Weighing powder charges requires as much care as throwing the charge. Your powder measuring technique, no matter how careful, will be useless if you can't weigh the charge accurately. These tips will give you a head start on accurate powder weighing and save you from many of the tough lessons I learned the hard way.

Dave Morelli, our Precision Marksmanship columnist, describes how to select powder to achieve the best accuracy for your loads in this exclusive video.

One hears about several types of shotshell pressure, but for handloading there is only one pressure that you truly need to understand, service pressure.

Modern reloading powders are divided into three basic types on the basis of their use. These are pistol, shotgun, and rifle powders. But for the beginning reloader, these are but a starting point in selecting the right powder for the desired load.

So you’re going to begin reloading. For $250 or perhaps even less, you can get set up with excellent new reloading equipment and buy all of the components you require to begin building your own shotshells. This article will help you get started.

Watch this video to learn how to change a mold in a Magma Engineering Bullet Caster.