Best reloading manual for handguns?

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Checked the threads for this-not much info. Is there a reloading munual devoted to the handgun cartridges, specifically? I have the Lyman Reloading Handbook(find this the best one, so far), Modern Reloading, by Richard Lee(I'm Lee reloading equipped), and an old Speer Reloading Manual-Number Ten(pre-40S&W). Is it worth it for me to get the Second Edition of Modern Handloading by Richard Lee, or will there just be a lot of duplications from the original one? So far, I have been using Cam-Pro Bullets(with a copper wash, I've been told), with the 9mm, 38 Special, 40S&W and 45ACP. Can't match up exactly with my bullet weight and type, with the manuals I have, but it's been close enough. Thank-you.
 
I find MidwayUSA's LoadMaps to be most comprehensive for handgun loads. They come in specific calibers... so you get a lot of pages worth for each caliber you shoot. It's 3 or 4 times the load data you get from the Lyman Reloading Handbook. I still use the Lyman though, and also the Lee, and Speer, and...
 
'Lyman Pistol & Revolver Handbook' and 'Speer #13' will give you the most for your money. Then - BUY A CHRONO and work up your loads!!!

Also, there are tons of resources online - Hodgdon (IMR and Winchester powders are listed too), Accurate, VV and so on. Brian Enos forum, castboolits.gunloads.com and so on.
 
I often just google the powder mfgr's. Lots of free on line manuals you can download, certainly more than you need to feed your pistols.
 
Copper Wash

trebor2880 said:
So far, I have been using Cam-Pro Bullets(with a copper wash, I've been told), with the 9mm, 38 Special, 40S&W and 45ACP.
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If you wish to understand what this "copper wash" is, you can have a look at the "technique" part of their website http://www.metoplus.com/camproeng#!__camproeng/technique
 
Hodgdon has lots of data on their website for the powders they distribute: Hodgdon, IMR, and Winchester. I would use lead bullet data for plated bullets, such as those from Cam-Pro.
 
Data for plated bullets

tjhaile said:
I would use lead bullet data for plated bullets, such as those from Cam-Pro.
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On their website : "CamPro Bullets can be used with standard reloading charts for jacketed bullets."
I guess it depends of the thickness of plating...
 
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