handloader

Noun

1. Someone who handloads their cartridges for firearms (shotguns, rifles, pistols, or revolvers).
   • Their household subscribes to a monthly magazine devoted specifically to handloaders.
   • […] 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...
2. A firearm, usually a pistol or rifle, into which cartridges are loaded manually.
   • So I told him he should ditch his handloader and get himself a nice autoloader, like an M1911.

   Antonyms: autoloader semiauto semi-auto semiautomatic semi-automatic