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Tuesday, October 15th, 2024

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Tuesday, October 15th, 2024

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John Tertuliani: A brief history on reloading ammunition

John Tertuliani learned at his father’s hand on the reloading bench at his childhood home. “I can still smell the powder,” he writes. “You do not outlive such a powerful impression when so young.” (Photo by Dan Ladd)

As long as I can remember, reloading presses stood in the basement. Two for shotgun shells and the single-stage for rifle cartridges.
Dad let me reload as soon as I was man enough to ditch the diapers. Looking back, I cannot believe he let me do the entire process. Perhaps he knew I would do exactly as he said, with or without him. Maybe weighing gunpowder bored him beyond his interest level. I trickled out every load of 4831 to the exact weight, having to take a couple of the rod-shaped (stick) granules out if the balance beam scale went over the line.

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