The new edition launched at the SSAA Shot Expo in Melbourne which welcomed over 13,000 visitors across the two days. While we weren’t giving away the Handloaders’ Guide for free this year, the extremely generous attitudes of all attendees meant we raised $2,170 for Soldier On; a not-for-profit organisation that supports our troops and first responders who are physically or psychologically injured during their service.
With the new Handloaders’ Guide, the first since 2016, there have been some significant changes. The printed version has had a range of obscure and less popular data removed but it still includes a vast array of the more popular cartridges, as well as a range of new load data, including for APS350 and APS450.
New cartridges that have been added to this edition of the Handloaders’ Guide include:
- 224 Valkyrie
- 22 Nosler
- 24 Nosler
- 6 x 47mm Lapua
- 6mm Creedmoor
- 6.5 x 47mm Lapua
- 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum
- 6.5 PRC
- 300 HAM’R
- 300 PRC
- 30 Nosler
- 33 Nosler
- 350 Legend
- 450 Bushmaster
Some of you might ask, why have we made the Handloaders’ Guide smaller? Well, the incremental increase in guide weight over time, combined with significant increases in both postage fees and printing costs has meant that had we left the Handloaders’ Guide the same size it would have been far more expensive to have it delivered.
Rather than produce a more expensive guide, Australian Munitions has produced a Handloaders’ Guide which focuses on providing data for the most widely utilised cartridge types.
