Best Of — Handloading

Unique: 5 Grains Is A Perfect 10!

By John Taffin Complaints about Unique being dirty, whether it’s the “old” Unique or the “new” Unique abound, and I

Can It Be Fired In A .44 Special? By John Taffin Smith & Wesson introduced the first successful big-bore, centerfire

Reloading The .455 Webley MKII By John Taffin I must admit I find myself fascinated by British revolvers; you know,

By John Taffin Where should we get reloading information? First, let’s look where we should not obtain data. The number

Being Cheap’s Too Expensive By John Taffin When I first started handloading more than 60 years ago I was not

By John Taffin Late last year I was trying to organize my reloading room a little better and as I

Heavyweight Bullets By John Taffin Although we call it the .38 Super the correct name is Super .38. Early advertising,

By John Taffin Standard bullet weights for the .38/357 are normally around 158 grains; for the .44 Special/.44 Magnum, 240–250

By John Taffin Bullets have gone through tremendous advancements, especially in the past 40 years, while cartridge cases have been

Rim Rock Bullets By John Taffin My initial reloading efforts were not the most fruitful. This was in 1956–1957 and

By John Taffin The first after-market “consumer” cartridge boxes for reloaders I saw needed improvement right off the bat, however

By John Taffin A handloader is an experimenter, constantly looking for better loads by changing components, powder, primer, bullets, even

The .44 Magnum By John Taffin Whether we travel the sagebrush, foothills, forests, or mountains these are the sort of

An Acurate Gentleman’s Cartridge. By John Taffin The .32-20 started life in the Winchester Model 1873 and then shortly after