What other reloading manuals should I look in to?

January 27, 2005 06:36

So far I have the Lee and the Speer manuals.. I'm thinking of getting that $6 hodgdon magazine/manual, and maybe the lyman.. what do you suggest?

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CHGOTHNDER

January 27, 2005 06:48
You can prit almost everything online.

PJ

If nobody seen you do it, how could you have done it. NRA Endowment Member, AF&AM, Shriner Life Member, A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois "Chicago Chapter" Founding Member & Board Member
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ruger270man

January 27, 2005 06:50
im not just talking load data.. like the speer manual for example, taught me a lot of good things about pressure, velocity, parts of a cartridge, burn rates, etc.
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hardtyms

January 27, 2005 06:53
I like the the lyman and hornady the lee is ok too I look at all of them as it seems they are always quite different in areas

Load on Sunday shoot all week!!!
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ruger270man

January 27, 2005 06:54
The Lee just seemed like a big advertisment to me.. I did learn a few things from it, but the Speer is better.
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hardtyms

January 27, 2005 06:55
the older hornady has good examples and trajectory charts in the rear it will ask a question like if shooting 300 yards on a windy day which bullet weight and velocity is the best and it will tell you why

Load on Sunday shoot all week!!!
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CHGOTHNDER

January 27, 2005 06:55
Another good site full of info...

http://www.fortliberty.org/military-library/reloading-data.shtml

PJ

If nobody seen you do it, how could you have done it. NRA Endowment Member, AF&AM, Shriner Life Member, A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois "Chicago Chapter" Founding Member & Board Member
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ruger270man

January 27, 2005 06:57
great link, thanks! +1 bookmark
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ContacFront

January 27, 2005 07:01
Ruger,

Once you figure out what bullets you want to use, get the reloading manual for that particular brand. I have Sierra, Hornady, and Nosler.
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ruger270man

January 27, 2005 07:03
quote:Originally posted by ContacFront
Ruger,

Once you figure out what bullets you want to use, get the reloading manual for that particular brand. I have Sierra, Hornady, and Nosler.

got a xerox machine?

J/K [:D]

I'll be getting them all eventually, poops expensive [:(!]
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ZERODIN

January 27, 2005 07:34
Get the latest edition of the Nosler manual.
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knucklehead14

January 27, 2005 07:47
RCBS has a good vhs tape on basic reloading.

Bad spellers of the world

"UNTIE!"
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Snellstrom

January 27, 2005 08:12
Ruger I've loaded for a long time started when I was 14 years old and I'll be 44 this spring. My first manual was a Sierra and I've continued to replace it with Sierra's loading manuals I really think it is the best. Sierra also has a ballistics program on disc that is "outstanding". I have a bunch of manuals Speer, Hornady, Nosler and more but when I go to load I trust and use the Sierra.
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JustC

January 27, 2005 10:24
I open them all and compare their powder charges to one another for a given bullet weight. I usually have the sierra and nosler manual open side by side. Also,..you can download the vihtavouri manual on-line as well.

A burn rate table (a quick search will yield like 10 different ones) can help a great deal. let's say you have a manual that for a given caliber lists 50gr of 4895 and 60gr of4350. Now,..if your burn chart shows N140 as a burn rate between those 2 powders listed,..you know you can use that powder even though it is not listed in the manual. You simply have to take a look at the starting charges for each of the listed powders,..then take a mid-point starting range for the N140 and you can start from there. Not all manuals test all compatible powders,..so some extra data at hand can be a great thing to have.

why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
Got Balistics?
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D.K.

January 28, 2005 07:32
I like the ballistics explanations in my old Hordady book!
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