been looking online at prices for some of books and i found a lyman on ebay for 33 brand new. i have the speer one but it doesn't have the info for the fmj bullets that i bought so i though that i should look into get another source of info. now what i was wondering who should i be emailing asking if they have them and how much are they. all my bullets are hornady and of course i feel that i should get a hornady manual but i looked through the lyman one very quickly and it seemed to have a better amount of info...what you guys think?
reloading books
- Thread starter japlume
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- Location
- Invermere, BC
The more reloading manuals the better when your learning(like me). I have four. Buy the Lyman.
- Location
- Maple Ridge, B.C.
I have the up to date Lyman an Speer manuals. Although while I was waiting for the current manuals to hit the shelves, I e-mailed a couple of the powder manufacturers listing my components and theye-mailed back the min. and max. powder loads to me.
I had just bought a couple of new firearms and my manuals were a few years old.
I had just bought a couple of new firearms and my manuals were a few years old.
I just look up the powder and bullet manu. web sites. Lots of info and doesn`t cost anything, youy can print off the calibers your interested in with out getting a lot of unnecesary data. All my printed books are long outdated and i`m not interested in buying more loading books. If your just starting out then for sure get a couple of books for instruction.
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
I buy for all the bullet manufacturers that I use (Nosler, Sierra, Hornady, Swift, Speer, Barnes) as well as powder companies (Hodgdon/IMR, Vihtavuori, Alliant). Add in Lyman as well as Ken Waters' "Pet Loads" and that pretty much rounds out the "Reloading" shelf on the bookshelf in my reloading room.
More knowledge is better.
More knowledge is better.
Couldn't agree more. I love Ken Waters books, real world testing by a trusted authority, most of the info is still relevant today and the books are at least 25 years old.
I have converted all my manuals to .pdf form and installed them on a cheap laptop that I picked up for 40.00 bucks. I have the laptop on my reloading bench, hooked up to the Internet via wifi and complete excel spreadsheet of all my reloading work. That reminds me that I need to convert waters stuff to .pdf, it never ends,lol.
All the info I need at my fingertips right on my bench, love it.
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
Word to the wise - Jesus Saves, you should too! Buy anm external hard drive and back it up in case your laptop takes a dump.
- Location
- Maple Ridge, B.C.
Just don't put all of your trust in DVD's.
I copied all of my grandkids photos to DVD's and only 3 years later the discs had corrupted to the point that they could't be read. The IT guy at work said this is happening more and more. He said the manufacturers claim that they will last forever is nothing more than a marketing ploy
pick up a copy of loadbooks for your specific caliber... for 10.00 you get reloading data from all the major manuals for one specific caliber. Easy to cross reference between manufacturers, and a lot easier than a whole shelf full of books.
what is the latest edition of the lyman book?
The Lyman 49th edition is the latest one.
