Nice Basic Handloading Article in Handloader Mag.

[The Norseman]

Handloader Magazine Feb 2019 #318
has a very nice article on Handloading
Basics.

The Handloading Basics article, I think
explained how to start Reloading at a
very Basic Level, good for the Beginner.

I admire the Handloader Magazine,
and find it interesting Read every
month.

I always learn something. Thank you
Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal
Magazine!

 

[rockquarry]

Wolfe Publishing Company's HANDLOADER and RIFLE remain the best publications in the business. I haven't yet received HANDLOADER #319, but I'll bet the article is worth a beginner's time.

Regrettably, it appears many of today's handloaders get their education from unedited YouTube and Internet sources that may be of questionable worth. They may never have read a handloading manual and miss out on a lot of the most basic aspects of the endeavor.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Handloader is an excellent mag. I read every issue.

 

[LAA]

I don't have February's yet, but I grab one off the shelf every time a new addition is out. I too, believe they're an excellent magazine.

 

[SMSgt]

If you want to know how to do one thing right, YouTube will show you 100 ways to do it.

 

[Bakebfr480]

Handloader Magazine Feb 2019 #318
has a very nice article on Handloading
Basics.

The Handloading Basics article, I think
explained how to start Reloading at a
very Basic Level, good for the Beginner.

I admire the Handloader Magazine,
and find it interesting Read every
month.

I always learn something. Thank you
Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal
Magazine!

What did you learn this month? I saw a recycled article from Mike V. on versatile cast bullets.

 

[The Norseman]

Calling me out

This month in Handloader Magazine
I found out in the Reloading Article
that Electronic Weigh Scales measure
by Pressure. Atmospheric (Air Pressure)
effects them.

A Balance Beam Scale gives a more
exact weight.

All my Reloading, since 1977 has been
with a RCBS Balance Beam Scale, that's
all I've ever had, no desire for the Electronic.

Also, Page 39, the .38 Super Auto., during
the 1920's there was demand for Handgun
Cartridges that could penetrate car bodies.
Colt responded.

Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal
is the "Best".

 

[df06]

It and Rifle are some of the very few worth reading these days

 

[ggibson511960]

Air Pressure or Air Current??

This month in Handloader Magazine
I found out in the Reloading Article
that Electronic Weigh Scales measure
by Pressure. Atmospheric (Air Pressure)
effects them.

A Balance Beam Scale gives a more
exact weight.

All my Reloading, since 1977 has been
with a RCBS Balance Beam Scale, that's
all I've ever had, no desire for the Electronic.

Also, Page 39, the .38 Super Auto., during
the 1920's there was demand for Handgun
Cartridges that could penetrate car bodies.
Colt responded.

Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal
is the "Best".

Electronic scales measure by either a piezoelectric cell or a strain gage, neither of which is affected by air pressure. Both electronic scales and balance beam scales are affected by air currents. That is why very precise laboratory scales are enclosed in glass. Which type of scale gives a more "exact" weight is highly dependent on the skill of the operator, conditions, and cost of the equipment. A dirty balance beam scale in a drafty room will be neither repeatable nor accurate due to fulcrum point friction and hysteresis. An electronic scale with check weights handy for occasional calibration yields quicker results, and always checks its zero when load is removed. Balance beam scales are incredibly simple and repeatable, but checking calibration or zero involves touching the beam and counterweights.

 

[sniper]

Probably a very good review for some of us olde pfarts, whose memory isn't what it usta was! Thanx for the info. I'm going to buy one.

 

[Pondoro]

Handloader and Rifle are two of the best. Too many other magazines rehash the same old controversies every month: I've read 300 articles on the 1911 and 500 articles on the 9mm Parabellum and 200 articles on how the 44 magnum was invented. Yes it's my own fault, time I'll never get back.

 

[GB]

A fairly good article on the basics. I thought it was worth the read. Handloader and Rifle are my two favorites. The magazine eventually gets read from cover to cover. I read the stuff I like and later go back a read the stuff that I have less interest in. Everything is usually well written. Sometimes we forget that just because we have been involved in the shooting sports since God was a young person, not everyone is as involved or as evolved as we are. These two magazines are a good mix of the basic and the technical.

 

[dogdoc]

Handloader is my favorite magazine by far but most readers are advanced handloaders. I doubt many regular readers will gain much from a beginner article but I will read anyway as I read about anything on the subject.