"handloader" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: handloaders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} handloader (plural handloaders)
  1. Someone who handloads their cartridges for firearms (shotguns, rifles, pistols, or revolvers).
    Sense id: en-handloader-en-noun-en:someone_who_handloads_cartridges Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33
  2. A firearm, usually a pistol or rifle, into which cartridges are loaded manually.
    Sense id: en-handloader-en-noun-en:firearm_that_requires_manual_loading Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: handload [noun], handloading [noun], speed loader

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] it's a handloader’s dream in that it shoots well with most anything you put in it. I have shot bullets of all types, weights and shapes, including lead[,] and they all worked. Savage, Marlin, Remington and various imported rifles all are chambered […]",
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