Quick FYI -- Handloader Magazine on YouTube

Dave DeLaurant · Sep 27, 2020

Last week I bought a copy of Rifle Magazine at the newsstand (ouch -- expensive!) and noticed an ad for their sister publication Handloader's relatively new YouTube channel.

There isn't a huge amount of content there yet, but you'll find a few fairly lengthy videos (by YT standards) on rifle cartridges.

The videos were produced in compliance with YT's hostility to guns in general and ammunition handloading in particular, so most videos focus on shooting rather than the actual loading processes. They've also made their videos available via the publisher's website:

https://www.handloadermagazine.com/videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcn78bfFCKQnpBRqR4Ik0vg/videos

redneck2 · Sep 28, 2020

I haven’t looked at Handloader in years, but when I was really into Reloading it was a treasure trove of information

doubleh · Sep 28, 2020

Thanks. I bookmarked both links to pursue later today as the weather isn't very pleasant. I watched the "range closed" video. I liked the antelope but dude!, get rid of that cheesy beat up hat, it just looks dumb. At the very least clean it and re-block it and if that doesn't fix it throw it in the trash and buy a new one.

Dave DeLaurant · Sep 28, 2020

doubleh said:
Thanks. I bookmarked both links to pursue later today as the weather isn't very pleasant. I watched the "range closed" video. I liked the antelope but dude!, get rid of that cheesy beat up hat, it just looks dumb. At the very least clean it and re-block it and if that doesn't fix it throw it in the trash and buy a new one.

My guess is that they had to settle for the only editorial staff member who didn't sound like Ralph Kramden (now there's a dated reference!) whenever he got in front of a camera.

I agree, but I've seen much worse on YT. Perhaps he went from rodeo to guns, or he's channeling Elmer Keith?

CraigC · Sep 29, 2020

Very cool, I subscribed.

MistWolf · Sep 30, 2020

doubleh said:
...get rid of that cheesy beat up hat, it just looks dumb. At the very least clean it and re-block it and if that doesn't fix it throw it in the trash and buy a new one.

That hat has plenty of miles and a lot of history behind it and deserves respect. Still plenty of life left in it. Not a hat a man would just toss aside.

doubleh · Oct 1, 2020

MistWolf said:
That hat has plenty of miles and a lot of history behind it and deserves respect. Still plenty of life left in it. Not a hat a man would just toss aside.

Respect? It certainly doesn't appear to have received much so far. As a long time hat wearer I've never allowed one to become that decrepit looking. Also who needs a hat inside? I was taught at an early age to remove mine when inside but that appears to be a courtesy that has withered on the vine like a lot of others but maybe it's hiding a bald head. I didn't see any sweat stains from long use, just dirty and with the brim bent out of shape. It needs a brush and some steam. I'm not taking advise on reloading from someone that let's his hat get in that shape.

MistWolf · Oct 1, 2020

The sweat stains show better in a different video. I have had hats I put a lot of miles on. They were like old friends and I mourned each at their loss. One is at the bottom of deep crevasse in the Island In The Sky area after being taken by an errant gust of wind.

Did Hopalong Cassidy remove his hat on set?

'Nuff said

doubleh · Oct 1, 2020

Gonna have to eat crow on the sweat stain comment. I watched another video and they were plain to see in it. Please have that poor ol' hat cleaned and blocked. It deserves better treatment than it is receiving and good hats aren't cheap.

MistWolf · Oct 1, 2020

doubleh said:
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good hats aren't cheap.

Locally, there's a custom hat maker, using tooling and methods dating back to the 1800s. A hat made of beaver felt starts at $750. They are beautiful.

doubleh · Oct 2, 2020

MistWolf said:
Locally, there's a custom hat maker, using tooling and methods dating back to the 1800s. A hat made of beaver felt starts at $750. They are beautiful.

That's what I was getting at. Hat's, even mass produced hats, are expensive. I bought a new pair of cowboy boots late last year and kind of glanced at some of their hats and the prices on them. The boots cost less than most of the hats.

That's why I suggested you give that one some tender, loving care.

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