Handloader 361 April-May 2026

Product Description

About the Cover: A custom-built Pacific Tool & Gauge rifle featuring their Drakkar action chambered in 25 Creedmoor. A GPO Centuri Compact 4-16x 44mm scope was added to help keep the weight down. Handloader is celebrating its 60th year in print. Photo by Jeremiah Polacek.

COLUMNS

4 Pacific Tool & Gauge Custom Drakkar 25 Creedmoor
Reloader's Press
Jeremiah Polacek

10 Vihtavuori N150
Propellant Profiles
Rob Behr

12 9.3x62mm Mauser Data
Bullets & Brass
Brian Pearce

14 6.5 Creedmoor
Cartridge Board
Gil Sengel

18 New Ruger RXM 9mm Luger
From the Hip
Brian Pearce

22 What Kind of Bullet Is a BCRBTS?
From the Bench
Art Merrill

24 260 Remington Improved
Wildcat Cartridges
Layne Simpson

66 Bullet Ideas - Old and New
In Range
Terry Wieland

FEATURES

28 Reloading the 7mm Backcountry
With Extra Care and Caution, You can
Lane Pearce

34 Handloading for NRL Hunter
Where Precision Reloading Meets Hunting
Alan J. Garbers

40 Hunting Loads for the 30-30 Winchester Bringing a Venerable Cartridge up to Speed with Modern Bullets
Patrick Meitin

46 270 Weatherby Magnum A Proven Magnum That Keeps Getting Better
Brian Pearce

56 6.5 Millimeters of Magic Outperforming Since Bismarck
Terry Wieland