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The loading of cartridges for firearms when it is done by hand and (especially) at home (in semi-homemade manner): assembling them from the individual components (e.g., casing, primer, gunpowder or other charge, and shot or bullet).
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Usage: uncountable
Examples
- With handloading of their practice rounds, they can save money, especially in light of how expensive the store-bought cartridges can be these days.
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The loading of a firearm, usually a pistol or rifle, by hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: autoloading
present participle and gerund of handload
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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By surface analysis, hand + loading. The verb (handload) is possibly a back-formation from the noun.