“handloads”

With modern factory ammo performing at levels unheard of 50 years ago, fewer shooters are taking up the art of handloading. However, there’s still a market for hunters demanding the precision and specifications from their ammo that only handloading can deliver. Federal’s new Custom Shop can provide the magic they’re looking for.

I was at the range the other day working with some new handloads. Normally, I have the place all to myself during weekdays but not this day. There was a young man there wringing out his rifle. He was, shall we say, rather proud of the fact that his rifle was guaranteed to be sub-minute-of-angle (moa). Unfortunately, on this particular day, his rifle was printing groups of about 1 1/4 inches—not bad, but not sub-moa. He was crestfallen.

While Federal itself offers factory TSS loads in a wide selection of gauges and payloads, the Custom Shop takes the selection even further, with hard to find loads such as 12-gauge 2 3/4-inc, 28-gauge or 16-gauge loads.

Customizing a rifle is a great idea—but don't wait until the last minute to do the work. Otherwise, you might learn some lessons a little too late.

Nikon Sport Optics has announced the release of its all-new Prostaff 7 Riflescope series. Featuring a 30mm main body dude, the Prostaff 7 is designed to provide a wider maximum internal adjustment range, which should make dialing in the elevation and windage adjustments for long-range shots easier.

Handloading's not a new concept, but more hunters are adopting it in order to save money and get through ammunition marketplace shortages.

Effective July 1, 2019, certified non-lead ammunition is required when harvesting any game with a firearm in California.

Alzada, MT—Thompson/Center’s first headstamped cartridge—the .30 TC—is hardly new. In fact, it was announced several years ago, along with T/C’s first repeater, the Icon.

If you zero your rifle in the fall, then shoot prarie dogs in the summer, will your rifle shoot to the same point-of-impact?