FUNDAMENTAL NOTIONS FOR THE RELOADING OF METAL AMMUNITION FOR PORTABLE WEAPONS

The manual reloading of metal ammunition for portable weapons (handloading) , is a process that allows the shooter to reassemble ammunition for short or long weapons, using it as a starting point the shells of result (spent cases) or, virgin shells (virgin cases), with which those same ammunition is made. This process, intrinsically not very dangerous, can become extremely DANGEROUS if carried out by incompetent subjects !! If a person who is not sufficiently experienced in the practice of reloading metal ammunition “… gets to work anyway …”, death or personal injury could very easily result from him or from other persons who may be present reloading pistol ammunition.

To minimize the risks inevitably connected to the recharging process, it is necessary to strictly observe the following rules:

– follow the instructions contained in the various recharging manuals

– never replace the recharging components indicated in the manuals with others of a presumably equivalent type

– never exceed the maximum and minimum dust levels provided for by the various recharging manuals

– try to understand exactly the meaning of each phase constituting the charging process in its entirety

– try to understand how each phase constituting the process must be performed recharging

– always pay the utmost attention to everything you are doing and never recharge when you are excessively tired

– program a certain procedural sequence to be followed in each recharging session

– organize the work area in such a way that order and cleanliness are always respected

– never smoke for any reason

– always wear protective goggles

– always keep everything out of reach of children

– never eat for any reason

In principle, reloading of metal ammunition is used for one or more of the following reasons:

– reduction of the maintenance costs of one’s firearms

– optimization of ammunition

– specific adaptation of ammunition to their weapons

– increase in accuracy

– possibility of using rare or obsolete ammunition

Normally, almost all shooters start and continue to reload their ammunition for purely economic reasons.

To start reloading metal ammunition it is necessary to have two categories of objects at hand:

– the reloading components

– the tools (tools) for reassembling the ammunition