Reloading for Handgunners, 2nd Edition

Reloading for Handgunners, 2nd Edition

by Patrick Sweeney
Reloading for Handgunners, 2nd Edition

Reloading for Handgunners, 2nd Edition

by Patrick Sweeney

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Overview

Never run short of handgun ammo again!

Driven by an ongoing demand for economical, reliable handgun ammunition, interest in reloading for popular centerfire handgun calibers (9mm, .45 ACP., .38, .357 to name but a few) has grown right along with the interest in handgun shooting for recreation, competition and self-defense. Patrick Sweeney's advice in Reloading for Handgunnershas guided countless new and advanced shooters into an understanding of the advantages of manufacturing their own ammo.

Now, in this 2nd edition featuring 50 more pages and more than 100 new photos, Sweeney brings his advice into the new decade with updates and coverage of the many advancements in products, components and methods that benefit novices and more experienced reloaders alike.

Sweeney's step-by-step instructions cover every aspect of how to reload handgun ammunition safely and economically. That information is complemented by technical data not found in the first edition, plus detailed information such as:

- The basics of handgun load development

- Loading data for the most popular calibers

- Specialty loading info for competitions: IPSC/IDPA, Bullseye, Steel Challenge, Cowboy

- Advice on loading for heavy magnums and big-bore handguns

- Coverage of new powders

- Pressure-test info on common calibers

- New info on loading for pistol-caliber carbines

- Understanding barrel-twist considerations


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781951115302
Publisher: Gun Digest Books
Publication date: 05/04/2021
Series: Reloading for Handgunners
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 640,070
Product dimensions: 8.20(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Patrick Sweeney is a certified master gunsmith and armorer instructor for police departments nationwide. He is author of many Gun Digest books, including Gun Digest Book of the 1911 Vols. 1 & 2, Gun Digest Book of the Glock Vols. 1 & 2, Gun Digest Book of the AR-15 Vols. 1, 2, 3 & 4, Gunsmithing: Rifles, Gunsmithing: Pistols & Revolvers 1 & 2, and Gunsmithing the AR-15 Vols. 1 & 2.

Table of Contents

Dedication 4

Introduction 5

Section I Getting Started

Chapter 1 What You Need 10

Chapter 2 Brass 26

Chapter 3 Bullets 36

Chapter 4 Powder 54

Chapter 5 Reloading Die Set Up 64

Chapter 6 Statistics 73

Chapter 7 Testing 78

Chapter 8 Primers 86

Chapter 9 Pressure Tests 96

Chapter 10 Brass Prep 106

Chapter 11 Load Development 116

Chapter 12 Rifling Twist 124

Section II Reloading Data by Caliber

Chapter 13 .32 Revolvers - Short, Long, Magnum, .327 and .32-20 128

Chapter 14 .32 Auto 138

Chapter 15 8mm Nambu 142

Chapter 16 .38-40 144

Chapter 17 .38 Smith & Wesson 150

Chapter 18 .38 Special 156

Chapter 19 .38 Super and the Super 9s 164

Chapter 20 .380 Auto 180

Chapter 21 9mm Parabellum 184

Chapter 22 .357 Sig 196

Chapter 23 .357 Magnum 200

Chapter 24 .40 S&W 206

Chapter 25 10mm 214

Chapter 26 .400 Cor-Bon 222

Chapter 27 .41 Magnum 224

Chapter 28 .44 Special 230

Chapter 29 .44 Magnum 236

Chapter 30 .45 ACP 242

Chapter 31 .45 Colt 254

Chapter 32 .460 Magnum 262

Chapter 33 The Big .50s 267

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