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Thread: Are there any GOOD Magazines on Casting Bullets and Reloading in General ?

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    Are there any GOOD Magazines on Casting Bullets and Reloading in General ?

    Sometimes, some stores have a big magazine rack.

    I have looked thru some for any magazines on Reloading.

    Zip.

    Barnes & Noble's Book Store here in Spokane's Big Shopping Mall has
    a huge Magazine Rack and had only one Reloading Magazine which
    costs $52 per year for a subscription (12 issues) !

    My Lord God...is the magazine printed on the same paper they print
    money on ? !

    Am I just not in the right place or are there very few Reloading or Bullet
    Casting Magazines out there ?

    If you know of any - let us know !

    I need some good literature to read when sitting on the throne.

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    I would just like to ask -
    WHOM does our Current Government represent, anyway ? !


    It sure as Heck doesn't represent ME ! How about you ?
    Seems to be just a Big Mafia run by the current set of criminals in office.
    Have we EVER been this close to losing our Country ? !

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    Doc, look for "Handloader".

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    A second here for Handloader. It has articles by Mike Verturino, who has a wide-ranging number of cast bullet interests, and there are a couple of regular columnists in the front, Brian Pearce and Jeff Scovill, who are good on CB pistol loads. For deeper study, Lyman's Handbook of Reloading # 49 is basic and excellent. Also just out is the Fourth edition of Lyman's Cast Bullet Handbook, make sure you get the Fourth, as the Third came out n 1980.
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    Gotta vote for Handloader, too. Brian Pearce is really worth paying attention to, as is
    our own Mike Venturino. Editor Scovill is an old school loader and shooter and I like his style, too.

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    OK....
    http://www.amazon.com/Handloader-Magazine/dp/B000BVEEM8

    $23 for 6 bimonthly issues.....$46 per year.

    are they 50% advertisements too ?

    Scientific American or Discovery Magazine don't cost that much.

    I guess there just are not enough enthusiasts out there to bring the
    price down.

    That is maybe two boxes of Gas Checks value for 6 magazines....

    I think that way. I am cheap.....

    DoctorBill
    I would just like to ask -
    WHOM does our Current Government represent, anyway ? !


    It sure as Heck doesn't represent ME ! How about you ?
    Seems to be just a Big Mafia run by the current set of criminals in office.
    Have we EVER been this close to losing our Country ? !

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    Are there any GOOD Magazines on Casting Bullets and Reloading in General ?

    Sadly, not anymore DoctorBill....

    Your capitalized "GOOD" even leaves "Handloader" out! The last issue John Haviland writes an article on 'Handloading .410 Shotshells' ....... He claims he loads 9 OOO buckshot into the .410! That's his data now... the picture shows 8. WOW! 9 OOO buckshot weigh an ounce and a half! Some load for a .410! WE DON'T NEED IDIOTS LIKE THIS LISTING DATA!!!!! Lucky this combo wouldn't fit; some mistakes will.

    This was in Handloader No. 269...... I have EVERY issue of "handloader' dating back to 1966... but I won't have anymore come to my door....

    Eutectic

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    "$23 for 6 bimonthly issues.....$46 per year."

    Nope, $23 per year...six issues.

    Borders carries it.

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    "$23 for 6 bimonthly issues.....$46 per year."

    Nope, $23 per year...six issues."

    Of course.....I was thinking were it one issue a month...

    I have my head up my butt tonight.

    then you'd say, "Right...only tonight ?"

    Anyway....is it a good Magazine or kinda run-of-the-mill ?

    Most magazines anymore are blah blah...the writers are generally out to
    hype and 'popularize' everything to the point of being asinine - then the
    ads that fill the other half of the pages are bizarre.

    DoctorBill


    I would just like to ask -
    WHOM does our Current Government represent, anyway ? !


    It sure as Heck doesn't represent ME ! How about you ?
    Seems to be just a Big Mafia run by the current set of criminals in office.
    Have we EVER been this close to losing our Country ? !

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    Handloader, is the best one left out there, but that don't mean it's great, I buy it and like it. Could it be better ? You bet, but it is what it is the best of the bunch. Dennis

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    Handloader is the only magazine I have subscribed to for the past few years. It is worth getting and keeping. Some issues don't have much that interests me but it sure is nice to have stacks to look through on cold winter day.
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    Handloader is the best there is. There's usually at least one fairly decent article. It's not what it used to be. Try buying back issues from used sites or Ebay. The older articles were far more technical.

    If you don't have Ken Waters "Pet Loads" your library is incomplete.

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    Handloader (along with Successful Hunter and Rifle Magazine) are all available online through Wolfe Publishing for a meer $20 a year for all three magazines (they're in pdf format).

    http://www.riflemagazine.com/home/index.cfm

    This should keep you busy for a while: http://www.riflemagazine.com/backiss...dex.cfm?type=0

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    handloader is the best out there ! although not as good as it used to be ! ive been subscribing to it since the mid 70s ! and i have kept all issues, i made photo copies of the indexs for fast reference. its funny what was written about allways did not intrest me at the time i read it but new intrest come along all the time and my fist place to look is the handloader index!

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    I of course get the NRA magazine but the Handloader and Rifle the best gun magazines out there. The are really along the lines of technical journals. I like to keep the original copies as I like to look back through them and do research. I have copies all the way back to the early 70s. My experience is that most other magazines are BS. I know I am an old stick in the mud but if you wish to gain a great deal of understanding of reloading and technical background, obtain a copy of Sharps "Complete Guide to Handloading." I know much in it is dated but a great deal is not and in provides insight in all aspects of the various components.

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    First, I no longer subscribe to any magazine. I do buy individual copies of Handloader after I glance through the index to see if there is anything in there that I am interested in. Having said that, even a subscrition at $52 a year is only $1 a week (less than a cup of coffee!). The reason I don't subscribe to anything is that I just plain got tired of paying good money for what amounts to a "mini-calalouge"!
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    If you spend time in the archives here you can learn a lot without the advertising. That doesn't mean you should neglect our sponsers, just that they are not in your face.
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    Pet Loads

    If you don't have Ken Waters "Pet Loads" your library is incomplete.

    And it makes a great Christmas present. $37.80

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/187...DQMHR43MF5MPRT

    I love this "book". I read and re-read and re-read...

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    The Handloader/ Rifle combo is about the best of the commercially available magazines. I add Rifle because they sometimes sneak some loading stuff into the gun articles. Neither is as technical as they used to be but they claim they had to change to meet the commercial market.
    The absolute best source is this website.
    The Cast Bullet Association and the ASSRA both have membership magazines that are quite good (The Fouling Shot and Single-Shot Journal). You might want to check out their websites as well.
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    Handloader is also published on line by Wolfe Publishing. You can get Handloader, Successful Hunter and Rifle magazine for like $20 per year. Download all the magazines and you don't have the clutter...

    Best Reagrds,
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    The CBA has all of Frank Marshall's "Speaking FRANKLY" on a DVD. I think it cost $15.00 dollars and is well worth it. I printed mine out and put in a 3 ring binder.A lot of good reading on that DVD.He wrote some of the best articles the CBA has ever had in the Fouling Shot.......Terry

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