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Handloader Magazine: June 1967 The sight of a typical loading bench stirs different feelings among reloaders, but common to us all is an overwhelming desire to "get into the act." |
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Handloader Magazine: February 1968 Old-timers, especially real old-timers will no doubt recognize these reloading "antiques,"
including the Lyman Tong Tool in caliber .38-40 and the UMC primers. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1969 The Thompson/Center single shot handgun, called the Contender, has been around a couple of years now, and we have every reason to believe that handloaders are especially fond of this gun. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1969 Ponsness-Warren, Inc. is a newcomer in the reloading industry, but in just a few short years the Ponsness shotshell presses have been well received by users and they have been given good
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Handloader Magazine: August 1970 Powder measures come in a variew of shapes, sizes and colors-far too many to show them all-but these four are typical of the more than two dozen quality measures offered handloaders. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1971 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.If there is a "romance" to guns, and who will deny it, then surely no gun has more romance than a much-used, sometimes abused, Colt Single Action in an obsolete caliber, such as the .38-40 on the cover. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1971 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.Bullet casting can be the most intriguing facet of the handloading hobby (or the most frustrating for the beginner), as John Wootters explains in his "Basics" article in this issue. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1971 Younger reloaders probably won't recognize the majority of these powder cans, but for you old-timers, the cover should conjure up some fond memories. |
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Handloader Magazine: February 1972 One of the prime irritations in load-testing is having to return to the home loading
bench to assemble a few more rounds of the load that looks most promising -
particularly if you're short on cases, as most of us usually are. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1972 Walk the line at Camp Perry - or just about any other major match and you're certain to spot several colorful jackets with emblems, brassards and patches proclaiming a lengthy shooting career that has taken the wearer to many ranges, and many matches. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1972 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.To a handloader, few sights are more delightful than the gleam of welldesigned bullets from a freshly opened box - which was the inspiration for this cover by Richard Aldis. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1972 The advent of homeswaged half-jacket bullets some 15 years ago was hailed as a great step forward, but they promised much more than they delivered. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1973 With the increasing emphasis upon greater accuracy, resulting from greater uniformity in components, more measuring tools are being made available to handloaders. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1974 This issue only available on CD-ROM.When Barbara “Charlie” Pickering decided to make her brother a completely portable needlepoint chessboard, she figured the crowning touch would be to use cases and components for a novel set of pieces. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1974 This issue only available on CD-ROM.In case you didn't immediately recognize the subject of this cover, you're looking at the points of the new Winchester-Western .30 caliber 168-grain flat base hollow point match bullets. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1974 This month’s cover provides a closeup inspection of the CCI 200 Large Rifle primers which will ignite many big game loads this fall. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1974 The bullet on this month’s cover is the .30 caliber
185-grain Speer/ Lapua “stepped” boattail, famed for long range competition, lying between the jaws of a Brown and Sharpe micrometer. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1975 Every movement and each stage in the loading of a shotshell on the Pacific DL-155 is captured in the multiple-exposed photograph on the cover. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1976 The potential of existing cartridges has been constantly improved with the introduction of new powders, and the development of newer cartridges has likewise spurred the development of newer, better-suited propellants. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1977 The Presentation Grade Crown and Exhibition Grade Super
Crown Krieghoff skeet guns on this month’s cover were
custom stocked in French Walnut by Jack Dockwiller. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1977 The 12 gauge Parker shotgun is a GHE Skeet Grade made about 1934 and has terrific handling qualities, according to Don Zutz, who photographed it. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1978 Posed for a formal portrait, the Saeco Model 24 electric melting furnace was the ancestor of the modern casting furnaces. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1978 In Bob Hagel’s hands, the Weatherby Mark V rifle leaning against this Idaho
boulder was the “test fixture” for not only the 7mm Weatherby Magnum cartridge but for the new Norma-made Weatherby brass. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1978 This Forster case trimmer cum neck turner is one of the latest tools evolved for producing cases that are as nearly concentric as possible. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1979 Ponsness-Warren's first loader for metallic
cartridges is this Metal-Matic P-200, a much-modified Du-OMatic Model 375 shotshell loader adapted to standard-thread dies for straight-wall cases. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1979 Premium reloading dies for the competition shooter - or any other shooter who wants concentric resizing and straightline seating - are the latest from RCBS. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1980 No ordinary camera-and-lighting system could “blink” fast enough
to catch this image of a thirty-caliber boat-tail bullet passing through the smoke, heat, and turbulence just above a candle flame. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1980 Engraving by a veteran and a novice: Bryan Bridges’ silver inlays of Kachina dancers on this Krieghoff are unique; the Hopi have asked that he not use these figures again. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1981 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.Proof that an old standard can be improved by fresh new thinking: Pacific’s 0-7 press is an advanced design, yet it’s somewhat overshadowed by its radical new automatic primer feed. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1981 The designer-maker of the widely used Ransom machine
rest for testing handguns and loads recently entered the field of progressive machines for reloading handgun ammunition. |
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Handloader Magazine: February 1982 The old and the new converge in the .45-70, a cartridge born at the dawn of breech loading and recently revived to become a great favorite of handloaders. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1983 With better barrels and bullets available these days, handloaders find that the once impossible one-hole group is now at least theoretically possible - but only with the greatest care and precision in handloading. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1983 Rare indeed is the experienced handloader who knows nothing of the reputation so long established and so well maintained by this veteran manufacturer of double-base powders for all kinds of ammunition. |
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Handloader Magazine: February 1984 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.The American military did not take long, after the advent of self-contained
and reloadable ammunition, to recognize the merits of providing equipment for field units to perform the basic tasks. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1984 Preparing to fire a traditional Independence Day salute is a model of a smoothbore Napoleon, a scaled-down version of the artillery piece which played such a prominent role in our Civil War. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1984 Handloaders who live in small apartments, trailers or other types of crowded
quarters needn’t give up their favorite hobby for lack of room. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1985 Examine a dedicated handgun competitor’s loading bench and you’ll probably find it equipped with a Pitzer Lubricator and Sizing tool. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1985 Pictured are just some of the obsolete and hard-to-get
bullets, brass and loaded rounds offered by Jim Bell’s
Brass Extrusion Laboratories, Limited. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1986 The shotgunner interested in rolling his own has a tremendous variety of cases, powders, wads, primers and shot to choose from. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1986 Thanks to Dave Corbin, anybody who wants to (and has a few bucks to invest in dies, tools and components) can design and produce jacketed sporting bullets with a minimum amount of time
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Handloader Magazine: August 1986 For reasons which aren’t too clear, sales of .32 ACP loading components increased unexpectedly in 1983 and have been climbing steadily ever since. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1986 Owners of rifles chambered for obsolete cartridges must depend on handloads, either their own or somebody else's, to keep them shooting. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1987 A few generations ago, all a bullet caster needed was a mould, a cast iron pot, a ladle, some bullet metal and a heat source. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1987 Whether their chambers are filled with .45 ACP Ball,
midrange handloads or .45 Auto Rim rounds, these old
Colt and Smith h Wesson Model 1917’s are as reliable and as accurate as ever. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1987 Judging from loading die and component sales, the tried and true .38 Special is still America’s favorite centerfire handgun cartridge. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1987 Although the 230-grain .45-caliber bullet is almost impossible to see through the smoke issuing from the Colt Commander‘s barrel, it’s there, nonetheless. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1988 The PPC cartridges may be the darlings of the benchrest set these days, but for many longtime shooters the .222 Kemington
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Handloader Magazine: June 1989 For the really big jobs, .50 BMG reloading dies, the MAXI-MEASURE and the Rock Crusher are available from Old Western Scrounger. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1989 Remington’s Model 1100 Special Field 20 gauge, with its 21-inch barrel and straight-grip English-pattern stock, is flanked by a shell bag, upland game knife and a screw-in set of chokes, all bearing Remington logos. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1990 The Colt lOmm Delta Elite Match Pistol features blue finish, black neoprene “pebbled” wraparound combat style grips and an Accroo rear sight that is adjustable for elevation and windage. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1990 Neil Jones Custom Products supplied the (left to right) Micro-powder measure, Sinclair neck turning tool, Micro die set, Whitetail primer pocket tool and Neil Jones arbor press. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1990 The Dillon Precision 550 progressive reloader is set up here for the .45 Colt with Hornaday XTP bullets and Winchester Large Pistol Primers. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1991 The RCBS AmmoMaster system is available as a standard single stage reloading press that can handle the largest belted magnum cases, or can be converted to take on the .50 BMG. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1991 The Volquartsen custom Ruger 10/22 features a 17.5-inch fluted barrel, integral 32-port expansion chamber-type compensator, custom trigger and Target chamber. The Volquartsen cusom V-2000 Ruger Mark II is fitted with a titanium trigger, fimmed underweight |
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Handloader Magazine: February 1992 The Hornady PRO-JECTOR progressive reloader is outfitted with optional auto powder drop and measure. The set-up includes Hornady's 10mm Auto/.40 S&W dies in the five-station press using Hornady 155-grain XTP bullets in Hornady brass. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1992 Winchester offers a wide variety of shotshell loads for upland game, turkey, waterfowl, clays and big game, including copperplated and nontoxic shot, buffered or nonbuffered. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1992 The RCBS Vibratory Case Cleaner is fan cooled with a 3-1/2 quart capacity, accommodating 400 .38 Special cases or up to 180 .30-06 cases. The RCBS Formula 1 walnut shell media is shown with a selection of brass. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1992 The Redding Benchrest Competition Bullet Seating die is designed for the .25-06 while the RCBS .25-caliber Competition Die is designed to accommodate the .25-06 Remington as-is, or use the extended shellholder for the .257 Roberts. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1992 J&J Products and Midway Arms, Inc. offer a colorful way to organize your reloading bench. The injection molded plastic cases are available in a variety of sizes to fit both pistol and rifle ammunition. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1992 The Barnes roundnose and spitzer solids are known for superior penetration while the Barnes X-Bullet offers expansion and penetration from a pure solid copper hollowpoint design |
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Handloader Magazine: February 1993 This Third Model Colt Walker is an exact reproduction manufactured on Colt machinery. As a special edition, only a few dozen guns were produced in honor of L.D. Nimschke (1832-1904), engraver for Colt, Winchester, Remington, Sharps, Smith & Wesson, Ballar |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1993 Herrett's Stocks offers a variety of custom handgun stocks for revolvers, semiautomatics and single-shot pistols. All orders are filled to fit the customer's indevidual physical requirements. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1993 Available in two different models, the new Hornady Apex shotshell loader can be purchased as a standard model with progressive indexing, shot/powder drop and primer feed; or as the fully automatic version (Apex Auto) that comes with the auto index, auto s |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1993 MTM ammunition boxes and portable maintenance center are shown with a selection of gun-care products from Birchwood Casey, Shooter's Choice, Barnes, Outers and Remington. The USRAC Winchester .22-250 Heavy Varmint rifle features a 26-inch stainless steel |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1994 Lyman Products’ precision digital micrometer and calipers compliment their line of bullet moulds, Pro Series powder d scales and Premium Carbide 4-Die pistol dies, including the multiexpand/powder charge die that offers simultaneous neck expanding and pow |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1994 The Colt Single Action Army .45 Colt with a 5.5-inch barrel (shown in the holster) is a special order from the Colt Custom Gun Shop (Colt's Manufacturing Co. Inc., PO Box 1868, Hartford CT 06144-1868, Attn: Custom Shop). |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1994 Significant entries in the 1994 new product line include the PACT Electronic Scale and the extensive line of Vihtavuori canister powders. Photo by Gerald Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1994 Upon retirement, after 35 years as the supervisor of the world renown RCBS Custom Order Department, Bill Keyes was presented this custom Contender chambered for the .22 BK (Bill Keyes). The special order Contender features engraving by Rachel Wells of Pre |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1994 The Premier Grade .454 Casull is shown with factory loads from Freedom Arms and Black Hills Ammunition. The cartridge belt and holster are from Bianchi. |
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Handloader Magazine: February 1995 The custom Ruger Old Model (three screw) Blackhawk .44 Special is by Bowen Classic Arms. Accurate powders No. 7 and No. 9 are available from Accurate Arms. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1995 The Ruger Vaquero .45 Colt is shown in stainless steel and the blued version with GOEX black powder. The holster and belt are from El Paso Saddlery. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1995 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.
Modern bullet designs for the .30-06 serve fro anything from varmints to heavier big game. With premium bullets from Hawk, Barnes, Speer, Nosler and others the .30-06 is still one of our most versatile cartridges. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1996 The Thompson/Center Contender revolutionezed the sport of handgun hunting. The Lyman (orange) and Redding (green) reloading presses are representative of the variety of tools available to handloaders. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1996 The Colt Single Action Army, New Service and Smith & Wesson First Model (Triple Lock) were the first of their kind to be chambered for the .44 Special. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 1997 The Cimarron Model 73 carbine features a 19-inch barrel. The Model 92 Winchester carbine was shipped in 1914 and was once owned by famous Winchester exhibition shooter Ernie Lind. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1997 The custom Ruger Blackhawk is chambered for the .458-400, a wildcat developed by John Gallagher, Sportsman's Center, 306 Highway 78 West, Jasper AL 35501. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 1997 The Redding turret reloading
press, powder measure and
competition bullet seating die combine to make first-class varmint loads |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1997 The Freedom Arms .45
Casull features express
sights on a 6-inch Mag-naported barrel and Freedom Arms leather. Factory loads are represented by Winchester and Freedom Arms. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 1997 A limited edition re-creation of the 1920's- era Colt single action. Exquisitely finished by Doug Turnbull this pistol features a 7-1/2" barrel in .45 Colt. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1998 Only Available on CD. The Remington Model 700 7mm Remington Magnum features custom engraving and deluxe wood courtesy of the Remington Custom Shop. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 1998 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.The Winchester Model 94 is one of the most popular sporting rifles ever made with over 7,000,000 sold to date. This matched set in .38-55 -rifle and carbine- came offthe line prior to World War I. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: June 1999 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.RCBS Cowboy Dies are designed specifically for cast bullets in a variety of older rifle
and sixgun cartridges. Photo by Gerald Hudson. Mule deer photo by John R. Ford. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: August 2001 Typical fixed-sighted revolvers are represented by a Colt New Service .44 Russian/.44 Special and a Colt SAA .41 Colt. Custom work on the Colt SAA by Turnbull Restorations and engraving by John Adams Jr. Photos by Dave Scovill and Gerald Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2001 This issue is only available on CD-ROM.The Rifles, Inc. custom .25-06 Remington is based on a Remington Model 700 action and topped off with a Burris 4-16x scope in Burris rings and mounts. Rifle photo by Stan Trzoniec. Pronghorn photo by John R. Ford. Purchase the CD-ROM here |
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Handloader Magazine: December 2001 In its heyday, the Browning Model 71 in .348 Winchester was considered potent bear medicine. See page 34 for updated loads. Grizzly photo by Jeffrey Rich. |
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Handloader Magazine: February 2002 Cover photos include the Smith & Wesson Models 625 Mountain Gun and 27. Below (left to right) sixguns include the Ruger Vaquero, New Model Blackhawk and Colt Single Action Army. Colt pistol photo by Dave Scovill. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 2002 A couple of Model 94 Winchesters represent the nearly 7,000,000 rifles shipped since 1894. Whitetail deer photo by John R. Ford. Rifle photos by Gerald Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 2002 Stan Trzoniec used a custom Ruger Model 77 MKII .284 Winchester topped with a Burris 3-9x scope to develop handloads with the Barnes X-Bullet in Winchester Brass and Redding dies. Photo by Stan Trzoniec. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 2002 A Kimber Custom Shop .45 ACP and Smith & Wesson Model 625 .45 ACP were used in Brian Pearce's report on page 62. Coyote photo by John R. Ford. Kimber photo by Gerald Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2002 The Cooper Arms .218 Mashburn Bee is outfitted with a Leupold 40X scope(photo by Stan Trzoniec). The five shot stainless Taurus Model 455 Stellar Tracker .45 ACP features a 4-inch barrel (Photo by Steve Gash). Red fox photo by Ron Spomer. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 2002 The Ruger Blackhawk .30 Carbine has been in the company lineup since 1968 (photo by Gerald Hudson). Stan Trzoniec loads the classic favorites, including the .44 Smith & Wesson Special, .38 Smith & Wesson Special, .45ACP and .38 Super (photo by Stan) |
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Handloader Magazine: April 2003 The Thompson/Center Encore .357 Maximum features a 15-inch Hi-Luster blue barrel with "Muzzle Tamer" and 2.5-7x T/C scope set in Duo-ring mounts. Photo by Stan Trzoniec. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 2003 The stainless steel Smith & Wesson Mountain Gun is chambered for the .44 magnum and features a 4-inch barrel with adjustable sights. The Springfield Armory XD-357 is chambered for the .357 Sig with a ported barrel. Alaskan Brown bear photo by Ron Spomer. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 2003 The Savage Model 16 features a stainless steel barreled action mounted in a synthetic stock with a 6x Nikon Monarch UCC scope. Rifle photo by Stan Trzoniec. Caribou photo by Ron Spomer. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2003 Ruger's Model 77 MKII Target rifle sports a Leupold scope and is chambered for the .220 Weatherby Rocket. Rifle photo by Stan Trzoniec. Inset photo by Gerald Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 2003 The Smith & Wesson Model 627-4 .38 Super comes from the Performance Center with a compensator, 5.5-inch barrel and Miculek stocks. Mule deer photo by Ron Spomer. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 2004 The Ruger Model 77 MKII 6.5x55 Swede is outfitted with a Nikon 4x scope in Ruger rings. Rifle photo by Gerald Hudson. Red fox photo by Ron Spomer. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 2004 The Hornady Lock-N-Load AP five station press is shown with the CZ Model 85 Combat 9mm. Loading press photo by Stan Trzoniec. Pistol photo by Steve Gash. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 2004 The Turnbull Cowboy Classic features color case frame and carbona blue on the barrel, cylinder and grip frame. Ivory stocks are by Jim Alaimo (www.nutmegsports.com) and engraving is by Adams and & Adams, PO Box 66 Vershire, VT 05079. Photo by Gerald Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2004 The Freedom Arms Model 1997 (bottom) is chambered for a variety of cartridges from the .17 HMR to the .45 Colt and is a scaled-down version of the full sized Model 83 (top). The round butt grip and shorter barrels are custom options. Pistol photos by Gera |
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Handloader Magazine: February 2005 The Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 629 Compensated Hunter is set up with a Burris 2-7x scope. The Model 629 Hunter features an 8.75-inch barrel and square butt stocks. Cover photo by Stan Trzoniec. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 2005 The Ballard High Wall .45-70 is outfitted with an Axtell tang sight. The new Ruger Vaquero is available in stainless steel or blued barrel and grip frame with colored frame. Rifle photo by John Barsness. Pistol photo courtesy of Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 2005 A Daly-Sauer drilling in 12 gauge over .30-30. Photo by John Barsness. Colt Peacemaker Centennial Frontier Six Shooter with bison bone grips. Photo by Mike Venturino. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 2005 The Kimber Model 1911 Custom Stainless II is chambered for the .45 ACP, .40 S&W and .38 Super. The Ruger Mark III features a 5 1/2-inch barrel and target sights. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2005 The Thompson/Center Custom
Shop Encore is chambered for
the .35 Remington and topped off
with a T/C 2.5-7x scope. Photo by Stan Trzoniec. |
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Handloader Magazine: February 2006 The M1D military sniper rifle is
shown with the issue scope. Rifle
photo by Yvonne Venturino. Elk
photo by D.R. Franz/Royal Tine
Images. Turkey inset photo by
John R. Ford. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 2006 The First Generation Ruger Blackhawk Old Model, circa 1957, is shown with a New Model 50th
year Blackhawk 1955-2005 .357
Magnum (foreground). Pistol
photos by Gerald Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 2006 Clockwise from top right, a Model 29 with 5-inch barrel, Hand Ejector 4th Model Target, Model 21-4 Thunder Ranch and Model 29 with 8.75-inch barrel. Pistol photos by Gerald Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 2006 The RCBS Pro 2000 reloading
press is shown with the Model
460XVR Smith & Wesson revolver.
Photos courtesy of RCBS and
Smith & Wesson. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2006 A Browning Model 1886 .45-70 (Montana Centennial) is shown with a U.S. Repeating Arms Model 1886 .45-70 and an
original Winchester Model 1886 Lightweight .50-110 Express. Rifle photos by Yvonne Venturino. Deer photo by Donald R. Jones. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 2006 The Ruger 50th Anniversary
Blackhawk .44 Magnum is
shown with a U.S. Fire Arms
Custer Battlefield Single Action
.45 Colt. Photo by Yvonne
Venturino. Coyote photo
by Michael H. Francis. |
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Handloader Magazine: April 2007 The Super Redhawk (left) is fitted with a Leupold 2x 20mm scope in Ruger rings. The Target Grey Super Redhawk is chambered for the .454 Casull and .45 Colt. Photo by Stan Trzoniec. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 2007 The New Ultra Light Arms
is chambered for the .257
Roberts and features a Cabela’s
3-9x Alaskan Guide scope.
The Model 94 Winchester is
chambered for the .25-35 WCF. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2007 The reproduction of the Keith No. 5 .44 Special by Hamilton Bowen and the custom Ruger Bisley .45 Colt by Ben Forkin feature carbona blue and color case finishes, respectively, by
Turnbull Restorations. |
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Handloader Magazine: December 2007 The custom Remington XR-100
Rangemaster .20 VarTarg features an E.R. Shaw barrel and Bushnell Elite 3200 5-15x scope in Leupold rings and bases. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 2008 The E.R. Shaw Mk-VII rifle is outfitted with a 30mm Leupold VX-III 4.5-14x 40mm scope with side focus parallax adjustment. Photo by Stan Trzoniec. The 1938 vintage Czech VZ24 sniper rifle photo by Yvonne Venturino. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2008 The “DT” Turnbull Restoration single action .44 Russian/S&W Special features color case frame and hammer and ivory stocks. Below, the .45 Colt is fitted with a 5.5-inch barrel, stag-horn stocks, color case frame and Bisleystyle hammer with mid-coverage en |
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Handloader Magazine: November 2008 Celebrating 100 years of John Wayne, the John Wayne Red River D® Classic is a USFA Single Action .45 Colt with the Duke’s “movie gun” re-created with a worn blue finish and mellow-aged ivory stocks. The holster set was issued by Helgen Industries, Inc. an |
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Handloader Magazine: December 2008 Nearly 6,250,000 .30 Carbines were made between late 1941 and early 1945. Carbine photos by Yvonne Venturino. Elk photo by Royal Tine Images. |
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Handloader Magazine: February 2009 An original Smith & Wesson Model 1917 is shown with (top to bottom) Classic Models 22, 25 and 29. Model 1917 photo by Yvonne Venturino. Others
courtesy of Smith & Wesson. |
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Handloader Magazine: June 2009 The new Lipsey’s Ruger Blackhawk .44 Special is available with 45/8- and 5 1/2-inch barrels. The Smith & Wesson .45 Colt Mountain Gun and 5 1/2-inch barreled Blackhawk feature Herrett’s Custom stocks. Pistol photos by G. Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: August 2009 Savage Model 12 6mm Norma BR (12-inch twist) is shown with a Zeiss Victory Diavari 6-24x56 T* scope. Rifle photos by G. Hudson. |
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Handloader Magazine: October 2009 The stainless Smith & Wesson 1911 Pro Series 9mm features a lightweight target-type trigger, Novak sights and 10+1 magazine capacity. Photo by Stan Trzoniec. |
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