Looking for a Reloading book

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Hi Guys,

I'm new to reloading and I'm looking to get a reloading book before putting everything together. If you have to own one book, which one would you buy considering that it have to contain good recipe and good information all in one only book... Is this book exist ?

Thanks again for your help!

Dave
 
Good question. The Lyman 49th edition has a lot of great reloading info both in general and by cartridge. It also hasa a good amount of data across several brands of bullets, primers and powder, however you will be hunting for more data.

For thorough reloading information and processes, this book is great. For data, it's a good start. Much more available directly from the manufacturers both online and via email. Barnes was quick to respond to my requests for data, and Hodgdon has a great database on their website to supplement whatever manual you end up buying.

I also bought the Speer manual however its data is specific to its own brand of bullets. Great reloading manual but not what I'd recommend as the answer to your question (because the data is specific to only one brand of bullets).
 
The Lyman manual is pretty comprehensive in terms of having data for a wide variety of both jacketed and cast bullets, whereas many manuals put out by bullet makers tend to be oriented primarily to their own products.

Hodgdon also has lots of data on their website for Hodgdon, Winchester, and IMR powders. There is also a print version, sometimes sold on newsstands.

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp
 
If you want a "hold-my-hand" type of book, I can't recommend enough Mordern Reloading: Second Edition by Richard Lee (as in, the Lee brand of cost-effective reloading tools). Top notch resource, and the reloading data is very good.
 
firemachine69 said:
If you want a "hold-my-hand" type of book, I can't recommend enough Mordern Reloading: Second Edition by Richard Lee (as in, the Lee brand of cost-effective reloading tools). Top notch resource, and the reloading data is very good.
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I agree that it's a great book to learn from.
OP. Just try to remember one thing while you're reading it. Richard Lee is a master salesman when it comes to promoting his own products. Take what he's saying in there with a grain of salt. There's one part in there where he talks about having the upright supports on a press turned down to 1/4" or something like that just to prove it would still work fine. It might have in his world, but we don't live in his world. Nowhere does the old saying apply more than reloading equipment quality. For the most part.....you get what you pay for.
 
I would suggest the hornady manual. The how to section is very comprehensive, and easy to understand, and the reloading section is also comprehensive with data that won't get you into trouble. The separate ballistics book is an easy way to look up basic exterior ballistics as well. Mine is the fourth edition, but I'm sure that the newer ones are the same.
Mike
 
If you're just getting into it, be aware that some reloading "Kits", and you may wind up buying one to get started, include a manual. You obviously don't really need 2 copies of the same thing so check out the kit deals and cross those manuals off your shopping list for now. You'll wind up with more than 1 manual but thats a good thing. Many of us have several.
 
as stated above the latest Lyman Manual is a good start. It also has more cast bullet info if you want to branch out into BPCR shooting. We all use several manuals which come from bullet makers, powder makers, gun magazine recipes, etc.
 
Thanks Guys for all the information. I brought a Lee Classic Turret with all the Auto-prime, auto disk power mesure, extra 4 hole disk and ... Also I got 2 dies kits .308 and .243 and all of this under 300$. So I might be ending buying the Lee Modern reloading book as a start and see later if I need an other one.

Thanks again!

Dave
 
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Dear Dave:

Go withe Lyman. The current addition is the 49th. The best place to get them is E-Bay. I had a house fire a few years ago and I replaced all my reload books from them.

Welcome aboard,with my handguns I load 19 calibures . Been doing it for 30 years and never been sorry I started.

Grijim
 
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