We love trying out new powders! This time we’re testing Winchester’s WinClean 244. This is a great general purpose pistol powder with an integrated copper fouling reduction agent. Watch and read on as we cover multiple pistol cartridges and scenarios, compare it to other powders, take a look at burn rate, and more. Disclaimer Ultimate […]
SAAMI-Certified .25 Creedmoor is new for 2025. I built a .25 Creedmoor back in 2020, but it was still a wildcat at the time with no factory rifles or ammunition available. It’s time for an update! Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you accept […]
Hunters nearly always have favorite pet loads they rely on year after year. I wanted to take a moment to recap some of ours! Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you accept these terms). The content on this website (including videos, articles, ammunition reloading […]
Here at Ultimate Reloader we’re all about data. We’ve shown a few pressure tests featuring Alpha Munitions Brass but are approaching this one with a new methodology. Follow along as we push Alpha Munitions 7mm SWC brass to the limit, but don’t try this at home! Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: […]
Everyone recognizes the single-stage RCBS Rock Chucker, but are you familiar with the Pro Chucker 7, RCBS’s 7-station progressive reloading press? Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you accept these terms). The content on this website (including videos, articles, ammunition reloading data, technical articles, […]
Lapua brass has been synonymous with winning for years. I’ve had great success with it as have many world-renowned shooters. When Gavin presented me the opportunity to try one of Lapua’s newest brass offerings, 6mm GT, I couldn’t resist trying it for myself. Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this […]
Most of my rifle builds require a complete machine shop. In this video, I’ll show you how to build a custom rifle around an Aero SOLUS action without a lathe! Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you accept these terms). The content on this […]
This year, we partnered with Mark 7 Reloading and Mojo Precision to take on our most insane project yet— bulk processing two 55 gallon drums of brass through auto-driven Mark 7 presses. In part one, we processed over 40,000 .223 cases on the Apex 10. Next up is 90,000 pieces of 9mm through the Mark […]
There’s a tendency to think of Berry’s plated bullets as only handgun bullets. This is not the case at all — they produce a number of bullets for popular lever action rifles. Here at Ultimate Reloader we’ve used them in the .30-30, .357 Magnum, and .45-70 lever actions with great success. Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC […]
Sierra Bullets’ latest expansion of the MatchKing line, the MatchKing X, was designed to offer match accuracy with reliable expansion for improved performance on game. Today we’re testing the 6.5mm 142 grain HPBT MatchKing X (MKX) and .30 caliber 200 grain HPBT MKX, looking at velocity, precision, and ballistics gel results. Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC […]
If you anneal brass, you are bound to encounter a piece of brass that you just aren’t sure about. How many times has it been annealed? What effect could this have on performance? In this video, I torture test brass with Annealing Made Perfect’s AMP Mark II DB and analyze the results. Watch and read […]
Over the years I’ve used a lot of different handgun powders. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was primarily Bullseye, Unique and 2400—powders that are no longer readily available. I often used Unique as a general purpose powder, useful for every handgun cartridge I loaded. It was a great powder, but in those days it […]
Bergara just announced their newest lightweight hunting rifle — the CIMA CF (Carbon Fiber). This rifle is the lightest in the B-14 series at 5.8 lbs. and has a carbon fiber stock and CURE carbon barrel. Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you accept […]
Are you tired of making trips back and forth to the range to test different loads? If you’ve ever been at the range looking for the optimal powder charge or seating depth and realized you haven’t found what you needed but were out of hand loads, this video might be for you. In this video, […]
The Dillon XL750 is a very popular progressive reloader among both pistol and rifle shooters. We recently completed a massive bulk .223 loading process on this press. I wanted to give case processing on it a try! Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you […]
If you’re shooting new brass in your belted magnum rifle you most likely have grossly excessive shoulder head space. Peterson Cartridge offers long magnum brass that fixes this issue! Disclaimer Ultimate Reloader LLC / Making with Metal Disclaimer: (by reading this article and/or watching video content you accept these terms). The content on this website […]
