Australian Hunter

Federal .45-70

These days many hunters use only limited ammo and rarely employ their rifles for much else but hunting, so handloading is out for them, especially when just annual hunts and limited opportunities are available.

Still, people like myself have the reloading gear on hand and even completing a few rounds for sparse hunting opportunities is on the charts and it has little to do with

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