Handloader Magazine - April - May 2017

In this issue

On the cover: This Schultz & Larsen Model 65DL with a Zeiss scope is chambered for the iconic .358 Norma Magnum. This issue features The Heavyweight .358 Norma, Beginning Bullet Casting – Part III, Deer Bullets for the .45-70, .243 Winchester, Duplicating Factory Ammunition, Necking to a Short Magnum to 6.5, and much more.

The Heavyweight .358 Norma

On June 26, 1959, Sweden’s Ingemar Johansson demolished Floyd Patterson in the third round of their first heavyweight title fight in New York. Johansson’s main weapon – in fact, his only one – was a devastating right hand that boxing writers called the “Hammer of Thor.”

7 mins

.243 Winchester

New Powders and Bullets for the Most Popular 6mm.

7 mins

Duplicating Factory Ammunition

Sometimes the reward is worth the work.

9 mins

Necking A Short Magnum To 6.5

There are so many different rifle cartridges that there is no tangible reason to add expense and trouble by working with a wildcat, but the intangibles attract us.

10 mins

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Handloader Magazine Description:

Handloader the ammunition reloading journal is the only magazine in the world dedicated to the sport of reloading. Handloader has been published for 50 years and covers reloading for pistols, rifles and shotguns. In addition to reloading it covers the science of pressures and bullet performance.