All right folks, imagine you've got a brand new custom dream rifle.

It's put together with all the very best components you could find,

by one of the best gunsmiths in the business and a cartridge that you've researched

and dreamed about for months. Now what? Well it's time to work up a handload that gets the best

out of that rifle.

And in recent weeks I have received an almost overwhelming number of requests from listeners

on how to work up a hand load for their hunting rifle.

I don't know if this is just because folks are starting to look ahead toward the fall

hunting season or maybe they're sick and tired of not being able to find

ammo at the local dealer, at least not

ammo they want to shoot, or maybe they're just

getting into hand loading for the first time

and really interested.

Maybe they've been handloading for a long time.

You know, just judging by the emails and messages I've got on Instagram and Patreon.

Man, I think the interest in this covers all of these bases and more.

A lot of people want to know how to take your run-of-the-mill hand load from, well, run-of-the-mill to something really special,

something that's tuned for your rifle, whether that's a base model that you picked up as a kid from, you know,

the local sportsman's shop or a fine custom rifle like the one described earlier.

So that's what this entire episode is going to be about.

Developing a hand load for your hunting rifle.

We're going to talk about ladder tests, their applicability, their weaknesses, because

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