Reloading Books, The Good, Bad, and Ugly

tbhupe said:
The Lee book has a lot of data and it is an additional reference for me (the more the better) but I find that they list a lot of powder that is not commonly available. Many powders that would be in other manuals are not even listed.
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That's because of the friendship #### Lee had with Bruce Hodgdon back in the day. His most available data came from Hodgdon. Back in the dim days of reloading, #### Lee, Bruce Hodgdon, Dean Grennell, and Tom Higginson were buddies and a lot of what they started is still in play today. I know they were because I received letters (yes, letters) of encouragement from two of them and ALWAYS got extra stuff in the form of bullets or powder from Tom every shipment because he knew I was struggling with even the cost of reloading in the early 1980's (I was 17 in 1980 with an infant daughter, EVERYTHING was tough). All I had to provide was end use data. And all I had to shoot was a old .303, and a sported K98 someone re-barrelled after the war to .30-06 and stamped 7.62. I got it for $50 because the guy who owned it thought there was something wrong with it. The cases came out wrong. But he didn't tell me that. I knew what the problem was the first tine I fired .308 rounds in it. It was chambered for .30-06.
 
I just picked up a Lyman book and gave it a quick flip through.
Lot's of great info, albeit a bit dated.
Definitely one of the better ones.
Considering the price buy a few.
I have:
-Lee.
-Lyman (now).
-Hodgdon (annuals in magazine format).
-Hornady.
-I also use the IMR website a fair bit.

I have yet to find the best loads all in one book...
 
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