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Revisiting a Classic: A Deep Dive into Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal, October 2011 – Issue Number 274

In the golden era of print media for firearms enthusiasts, few names carried as much weight as Handloader magazine. For decades, it has served as the technical Bible for the metallic cartridge reloading community. While digital forums and YouTube tutorials now dominate the reloading landscape, the tactile, methodical, and deeply researched content of past issues remains irreplaceable. Among those treasured back-issues is Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal October 2011 Issue Number 274.

Turning to page 42, Griz found the notes. They were handwritten in faded blue ink, full of cross-outs and odd symbols. The powder wasn’t IMR 4895 or H380. It was a blend: 31.5 grains of old DuPont IMR 4064, but only after it had been “sun-dried on a tin sheet for two August afternoons.” The primer was a Remington 9½, but with the anvil “tapped 1/8-turn counter-clockwise.” The brass had to be once-fired Winchester, and the bullets—82-grain custom swaged soft points “lubricated with melted beeswax and a single drop of bear oil.” Revisiting a Classic: A Deep Dive into Handloader

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: Mike Venturino breaks down the complexities of 15 different options for Sharps cartridges, making sense of a historically diverse category. The 9mm Federal The powder wasn’t IMR 4895 or H380