# handloading

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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).
2. The loading of a firearm, usually a pistol or rifle, by hand.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, hand + loading. The verb (handload) is possibly a back-formation from the noun.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/handloading