Perhaps the least discussed advantage in loading your own rifle ammo is that most reloaders become better shooters.

The press is undoubtedly the centre of the reloading operation, but several smaller hand tools are both useful and practical.

Technology has not made handgun hunting any easier. The stakes are summed up nicely in Ohio’s 2023-24 deer harvest statistics. Less than 1% (526) of deer were shot with a handgun.