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Reload Now, Regret Never: A Practical Guide to Getting Started

By Tom McHale|2026-01-12T10:45:28-05:00January 14th, 2026|

Now is the perfect time to start reloading. If you wait until the next political panic sets in, it’s just not gonna work. Prices will be sky-high, but that won’t really impact you because you won’t be able to find any products that you need, so you won’t spend a dime. At least you won’t be paying through the nose for gear and components. Then again, you won’t have any gear and components.

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Things You Learn… Reloading Your Own Ammunition

By Tom McHale|2026-01-11T19:01:33-05:00January 12th, 2026|

Every new venture comes with a learning curve… Wouldn’t life be great if you could watch a video, read a book, or talk to a friend and learn everything you need to know about some topic, process, or project? Sure, you can get the basics, and usually enough to get the job done, but there’s always a Mariana Trench-full of details and obscure scenarios you can only learn from experience.

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Reloading While at the Range?

By Tom McHale|2024-11-08T15:15:35-05:00November 8th, 2024|

Lindsey shares some useful ideas on developing the ideal handload by reloading and making adjustments while at the range. Rather than prepare a bunch of load variants at home and hope for the best, sometimes it’s easier to make load adjustments on the fly when you’re able to immediately see how they perform.

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At the Mercy of Reloading Component Shortages? Life As A Lead Scrounger

By Tom McHale|2024-11-08T11:45:58-05:00November 6th, 2024|

Out-of-control reloading component shortages, lasting years, are becoming a regular event thanks to pandering politicians and a hysterical media. So perhaps the time is not to start casting your own bullets. It’s fun, satisfying, and most importantly, puts you squarely in charge of your own destiny. Mike has some tips.

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Columnist Lindsey Bertomen on Reloading

By Tom McHale|2024-02-14T16:27:56-05:00February 18th, 2024|

American Handgunner's Tom McHale met Lindsey at a haunted bed and breakfast bar, where he was beating the crap out of other event attendees. Naturally, the two got to talking and quickly figured out Lindsey was a penultimate reloading geek, fully qualified to take on the mantle of American Handgunner's Handloading column. Tune in to hear some fun (and weird) reloading discussion and what Lindsey has found interesting at SHOT Show 2024.

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Shooting Chrony Beta Master Chronograph

By Tom McHale|2015-01-14T19:30:05-05:00April 25th, 2012|

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