Good reloading manual.

[KRJ]

I am looking for a new reloading manual. The ones I have got are rather old & don't have the newer cartridges/powders in them. Any body got some recommendations?

 

[deertroy]

I got three new ones for Christmas. Nosler #7, Hornady #9 and Lyman #49. All are good. If it's loads only your looking for it's pretty hard to beat the Hodgdon manual and it's inexpensive. All the loads can also be found on their website.

 

[ultimate_monkey]

speer, lyman are the 2 i use, and from my experiance almosy every thing is covered in those 2

 

[Cleftwynd]

I can't find my Barnes or Lyman, but have all the rest, almost anyone will do, just buy the one for the bullets you use the most.

 

[Silverado]

There is a ton of reload data available online, from Hodgdon's, Barnes, Nosler, etc. I always liked the Lee and Sierra manuals as well.

 

[KRJ]

I think the book I use was published some time in the late 70s. I have printed off a couple of pages for the 204 off of Hodgdon's site. However I figure a new book to leave in the building with the equipment can't hurt.

 

[A&Shuntr]

Have them all, but the Hornady and Nosler get the most reference to.

 

[Mark-II]

I'm based towards Lyman. But then I shoot cast in everything, so no one else really has the data that I need, other than Lee.

 

[cbh560]

I've got a Hornady, Sierra, Speer and the Hodgdon website. The Sierra book tends to use smaller powder charges than the others for the calibers I am shooting. I always cross-reference all four before I load. If the load is below max in at least two sources then I consider it "safe to load". Or I will often take an average of each minimum and each maximum charge and load within those specs. Take that with a grain of salt, as all rifles are different, and this is only the way I do it. I do tend to lean on the Sierra and Hornady books most, as those are the brand of bullets I shoot most often.

 

[ekoso]

Generally speaking, i would buy the book that corresponds to the bullets you shoot, I pretty much have them all, and i by far reference the Hornady book 1st and the Nosler book 2nd. A website i often frequent for caliber info, bullet suggestions, and some load info is http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase.html if your caliber is listed there, i highly suggest giving it a read, lots of good info there.

 

[martinbns]

I have them all, but generally start with Hornady and often stop there.

 

[survivor482008]

Generally speaking, i would buy the book that corresponds to the bullets you shoot, I pretty much have them all, and i by far reference the Hornady book 1st and the Nosler book 2nd. A website i often frequent for caliber info, bullet suggestions, and some load info is http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase.html if your caliber is listed there, i highly suggest giving it a read, lots of good info there.

Thank you for the link cheers