Loads of Bacon

Between bullet casting, reloading, 3D printing, and other various tasks and projects around the shop, I often find myself reaching for a set of calipers. I must admit that I do not always return them to their original cases. Quite often they get set down on the nearest horizontal surface, and the next time I […]

We now offer an entire turret head stacking and storage system for the Lyman Brass Smith All-American 8 and Redding T-7 turret presses.

I’m very excited to announce that we now offer both round ball molds and freshly roasted coffee in the store here on The Reloaders Network. The molds for casting round balls are built and sold by Marty’s Arms. He makes these clamshell design molds by hand in his workshop in North East Minneapolis, Minnesota. The […]

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We are now offering roller handles for the Lee Automatic Processing Press, or APP! These ergonomic roller handles enable you to upgrade the stock grip on your Lee APP. There are two available handle styles: one with finger grooves, and one without the finger grooves. The handle with the finger grooves is a design by […]

Friday, the fourth and final day of SHOT Show.  Many of the attendees have already left town.  It’s a great opportunity to tie up any loose ends, say goodbye to a few people, and then head back home. I stopped by the Sierra booth to see what they had on display. For those unaware, Sierra […]

Day 3 of SHOT Show - powder dispensers, revolvers, and a whole lot more

Day 2 of SHOT Show 202 started out rough, but it ended well. Check out the highlights.

Lots of people desire to go to SHOT Show because they want to see all of the great new products, but I have found that the best part of SHOT is the people that you meet, and that you reconnect with as well. That said, there are certainly plenty of products on display as well. Here are some of the highlights of my first day at SHOT Show 2020.

Is wet tumbling with Brass Shine better than using a combination of Dawn and Lemi Shine? Loads of BaconLoads of Bacon enjoys bullet casting, reloading, hunting, and most other outdoors activities.  He began creating YouTube videos in 2017, and built The Reloaders Network in 2018.  You can find more information, links to all of his […]

I want to take time to thank each and every one of you for being a part of this! This has been a crazy and exciting few years.

Anyone that has ever watched videos on YouTube has been relentlessly and continuously instructed to “be sure to like, share, subscribe, hit that notification bell, and comment down below…” We hear it so often that it is often just ignored, but did you know that you can do most of those things here on The […]

I created the Headspace site (https://headspace.thereloadersnetwork.com) several months ago as a place for our community to interact.  You will find a link to that site in the menu under the Community heading.  We have not done much advertising of the site yet, and you’ll likely see some more advertising soon, but I wanted to take […]

Next week I will be attending SHOT Show in Las Vegas, NV. For those unaware, SHOT stands for Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoors Trade, and it is a massive annual industry trade show. There are multiple acres of exhibit space, and thousands of exhibitors. I am attending to spread the word about our community here at […]

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Shooting the 45 ACP with a 230 FMJ/TMJ into Clear Ballistics Gel from my 1911.

Shooting the 45 ACP cast with the penta hollow point into Clear Ballistics Gel from my 1911.

Shooting the 45 ACP cast with the round hollow point into Clear Ballistics Gel from my 1911.

Shooting the 45 ACP cast with the penta hollow point into Clear Ballistics Gel from my 1911.

Shooting the 45 ACP cast with the round hollow point into Clear Ballistics Gel from my 1911.

I tested the 10mm 180 grain Hornady XTP shot from a Glock 20 into ballistics gel. These were loaded with 9.5 grains of Hodgdon Longshot powder.

Shooting the 44 Magnum cast with the large round hollow point, 1:16 alloy with a BHN of 10.4 into Clear Ballistics Gel from my S&W 29 with a 6.5" barrel.

Shooting the 44 Magnum cast with the penta hollow point, 1:16 alloy with a BHN of 10.4 into Clear Ballistics Gel from my S&W 29 with a 6.5" barrel.

Shooting the 44 Special cast with the penta hollow point, 1:16 alloy with a BHN of 10.4 into Clear Ballistics Gel from my S&W 29 with a 6.5" barrel.