Handloader Mag. Failure!

[GypsmJim]

Funny thread....made me reminisce.

Back in the day my 03FFL afforded me straight pulls at bargain basement prices. As far as I knew at the time (right or wrong) 8x56R bullets, molds and dies were not available. On that basis, I bought a lifetime supply of ammo from CAI.

I did come across a web site that gave loading data, but as yet I have not gone any further.

At $1.56 a box how could you go wrong? I was shocked recently at how much that ammo is currently going for, especially the Nazi marked boxes.

I won't sell them for a profit. But I will shoot them from time to time. They kick like a mule but fun fun anyway.

 

[mtgianni]

Gun mags peaked with loss of Finn Aagard. When Handloader let Ross Seyfried go the cause was over with.

 

[85win]

The Browning Acera is a blast from the past…very cool. I wished they had offered it in a caliber other than 30-06.

 

[zeke]

Brian Peirce is the main reason i keep up the subscription. And like all people that actually do something, he misses occasionally. I just skip over the pukes ( i say this because Venturio tried to nickname himself the "Duke" in another publication he writes the same content for) continual rehashing of the same calibers, loads and firearms. While his content is informative, it gets repetitive over the decades.

This is the only magazine i subscribe to anymore, and have learned quite a bit over the years. And i keep em, in addition to the complete reprint of Ken Waters, who provided me with some very accurate loadings still using today.

 

[BarryinIN]

Rifle and Handloader has a pay-access website called “Load Data” that is a library of all their load data going back to day one. Almost a year ago, I started reloading several calibers I had not loaded in years, so bought a year’s access. It has been useful for that.

I just took a look there. Under 8x56R, it shows they’ve ran six different articles with load data over the years. There have been a total of 53 loads printed those articles.
The two most recent were published in 2013.

Six articles and 53 loads in the very same magazines he’s writing for.
And he couldn’t find any?
Maybe he needs to subscribe to his employer’s own service.

 

[BarryinIN]

I just skip over the pukes ( i say this because Venturio tried to nickname himself the "Duke" in another publication he writes the same content for) continual rehashing of the same calibers, loads and firearms. While his content is informative, it gets repetitive over the decades.

I know what I’m going to see in every article he writes. If it’s on a handgun caliber:
Three powders- Trail Boss, Titegroup, W-231 (and maybe Accurate 5744).
The bullet will be cast from a duplicate of military ball or an RCBS CM (cowboy mould).

Until not too long ago, his only other topic was Sharps rifles and cartridges. This is interesting stuff… except when it’s presented every month in everything he writes for.

Thankfully, he started writing about WWII guns, so he has a third note on his guitar. That is also made up of the same loads over and over, but at least the rotation now has a third item in the mix.

I’m being unfair. He does shake things up sometimes and gives us an article on lever actions… using the same handgun cartridges he wrote about two months before, loaded with Trail Boss, TiteGroup, W-231, and maybe AA5744.

 

[rockquarry]

I know what I’m going to see in every article he writes. If it’s on a handgun caliber:
Three powders- Trail Boss, Titegroup, W-231 (and maybe Accurate 5744).
The bullet will be cast from a duplicate of military ball or an RCBS CM (cowboy mould).

Until not too long ago, his only other topic was Sharps rifles and cartridges. This is interesting stuff… except when it’s presented every month in everything he writes for.

Thankfully, he started writing about WWII guns, so he has a third note on his guitar. That is also made up of the same loads over and over, but at least the rotation now has a third item in the mix.

I’m being unfair. He does shake things up sometimes and gives us an article on lever actions… using the same handgun cartridges he wrote about two months before, loaded with Trail Boss, TiteGroup, W-231, and maybe AA5744.

It does more good to tell the editor what you think rather than the readers here who can do nothing about your concerns. I don't doubt what you say, but Venturino still has quite a following among readers. He's the senior member of the staff with well over forty years tenure. Not an excuse, but he's also about seventy-five. Covering new material may be more of a chore for him these days.

 

[WR Moore]

I've got some copies of the American Rifleman from post WWII. They had articles heavy into the technical aspects of DIY gunsmithing. I need to make time to find the one with the article by Fred Huntingdon of RCBS on chambering rifle barrels. Not only most helpful, but hysterically funny in places.

I guess the decline of the concept of owning up to making mistakes and accepting responsibility for the results doomed the practice.

 

[SMSgt]

Hummmm, many of us have been reloading longer than he has been alive. Some 20 something year old “ dealer” at a show told me there was no Colt 1911 that shot 38 Spl. When I showed him my Mid Range he was speechless and told him “ you have a lot to learn”….

Well, everybody knows if it doesn't shoot .45 ACPs, it's not a real 1911!