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Show Reloading Reloading your own shells can be a fascinating hobby, as well as a means of saving money. For the man who wants to shoot lots of rounds through a heavy caliber rifle, it is almost a must. A shell which sells for 27 cents apiece over the counter, can be reloaded for 5 to 7 cents, doing the work yourself. your-self. Besides the obvious argument of economy, handloading offers other advantages. If you want to use your .30-06 for shooting gophers and prairie dogs, you can work up a minimum load which will give satisfactory satis-factory performance on the small target, without sacrificing perform-snce. perform-snce. Factory shells limit the hunter hunt-er as to his Choice of powder loading load-ing and bullet weight, but almost Infinite combinations are available !o the reload fan. For the target tnthusiast who desires pin point ccuracy, bullets are available for sandloading that are much superior !o anything loaded commercially. With national defense requirements Increasing the load on the factory loaders, it may soon be hard to get ihells, as it was in the war years. Save your empties and load them yourself, and you'll always have immunition to burn. Naturally, a man must know whnt ie is doing when he starts working vith gunpowder. Loading by guess ind by gosh can result In dangerous :omblnations which may ruin an xpenslve gun, or even cause the loss of an eye. The "Ideal Hand Book," put out by the Lyman Gun-iight Gun-iight Corporation, of Middlefield, Connecticut, should be the first pur-:hase pur-:hase for any new handloader. It iv ill serve as a guide to safe and efficient handloading in all calibers. AAA |