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handloads

handloads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of handload.

Meaning of handload

Verb

handload (third-person singular simple present handloads, present participle handloading, simple past and past participle handloaded)

  1. (ambitransitive) To load (cartridges for firearms) by hand.
    • He handloads his match ammunition. For long range he uses 49½ grains of 4064 powder, the Sierra Match King (boattail) bullet and Government (F.A. [Frankford Arsenal]) primers. How does he get Government primers? He pulls the bullets out of […]1956, Sports Afield, volume 138, page 85
  2. (ambitransitive) To load (a firearm, usually a pistol or rifle) by hand.
    Antonyms:
    autoload

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Questions about handloads

What is handloads the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Handloads is the third-person singular simple present indicative of handload.

Words near handloads in the dictionary

  1. handload
  2. handloaded
  3. handloader
  4. handloaders
  5. handloading
  6. handloads
  7. handlock
  8. handlocked
  9. handlocking
  10. handlocks
  11. Handlon

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