handload
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handload
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By surface analysis, hand + load; possibly a back-formation from handloading (noun).
verb handloads · handloading · handloaded
- To load (cartridges for firearms) by hand. He handloads his match ammunition. For long range he uses 49½ grains of 4064 powder, the Sierra Match King (boattail) bullet and Government (F.A. [Frankford Arsenal]) primers. How does he get Government primers? He pulls the bullets out of […]
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To load (a firearm, usually a pistol or rifle) by hand.
Opposite: autoload
noun handloads
- A cartridge that is handloaded. Factory pressures on these items don't run over 46,000 but your handloads undoubtedly would, and the old action design seems to me a poor bet. If you want to build a 6 mm. single-shot, I'd suggest a Winchester high wall, or the action made by Wilbur Hauck of West Arlington, Vermont. —W.P.
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title = {handload},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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