Reloading Manual

I would buy as many as you can afford.
1. Decide what bullet would you shoot and then buy the manual.
F.e. Sierra bullets, must buy Sierra Manual, BTW IMO one of the best reloading guides on the market.
2. Buy manual with a lot of extra info about reloading in general,
and that will be Hornady or one of my favorite Nosler.
3. Good book for cross reference is Lyman
4. Stay away from Speer, unless you will shoot Speer bullets, I find it very inaccurate and lucking a lot of info.
5. In the future to enhance your loading knowledge look out for a computer data for reloaders, like Quick Load - highly recommended for more experience handloaders.

Good Luck
 
heavyBullet said:
I have never bought books online. Is that a better price than I would pay if I picked up the book myself at a book store, and also save on shipping ?????
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i've never seen anything about reloading in a bookstore , unless it was a USED book store- a lot of the chains( chapters,indigo, etc) are anti- or maybe the individual branches are-so it's probably a waste of time - the way i price it is how does it compare to what the local gunstore charges-
 
make sure you get "book rate" as far as shipping is concerned- it's supposedly cheaper than by weight, and that depends on the shipper- use usps if you're going through the states, and there's NOTHING WRONG with the speer unless the last 2 editions have gone haywire- i use a 11 edition all the time , and had that since 90- granted it's not as "full" as some of the others( missing 40 short, 30 mauser and a few others) but i've been at this 30 plus years
 
pontcanna said:
Probably in the $5 range. The good thing about Amazon is that they stock TONS of gun-related books, so if you're in the mood and can spend $39 or so in total, shipping is free.
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Be careful with that, it depends where each item is coming from so that doses not always apply!
 
Also, if you can find it, P.O. Ackleys book on reloading is also a great read! Just do not use any of the data, some of it is just plain scary!!
 
Well just to add my 2 cents. I started to reload about 9 years ago and I was lucky to have a friend lend me 5 older manuals. I read all of the tech articles in each book. They all had a great wealth of knowledge most of them had something a little different from the others. As stated already read as much as you can from as many reputable companies as you can. It all helps. Measure twice and measure again. Be careful and start a small and thorough routine and you will have many hours fine reloading enjoyment. All of the powder manufactures have small hand books that list a few loads as well but these are generally for a reloader with some experience. Good Luck and Be Safe
 
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Gibbs505 said:
Also, if you can find it, P.O. Ackleys book on reloading is also a great read! Just do not use any of the data, some of it is just plain scary!!
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remember, ackley was all about "improving" every cartridge he ever run across, sometimes he'd blow the shoulder out, bring it in steeper, whatever- i don't know how many times i've run across the "ackley improved" version -but the man was a master smith and built the rifle to mate with the cartridge-
you run across his talent VERY rarely
no doubt you'll eventually hear about "duplex" loads- DO NOT USE THIS DATA UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES- that's the one where they use a small quantity of a fairly fast burning powder to "properly" ignite a large charge of slow powder- SUCH THINGS LEAD TO DISASTER
 
Most of Ackley's data was developed by experience, not with pressure equipment. If you want to use it, you will have to work up to it on your own. His data was safe in HIS test rifle, in HIS opinion.
His books are terrific, and I re-read them regularly.
 
The ABCs is a good all around book. I couldnt find one in a gun shop locally. WS was out too and Russells so I picked up one online for about half the cost. Good book and I have also Speers, Nosler, and Barnes books too but I think they assume you have already read a book like ABC or Lyman. Good to have them all and I also go into the video section of RCBS too-very informative and you can watch it being done. Totally Kewl.
 
I think the ABC's of reloading is the first everyone should own. After that Lymans and the bullet manufacturer's manuals you'll most likely use. You can also get load data from some of the manufacturer's without buying the entire book. I have done this with Hornady and Barnes (hornady will send a pdf file with the oage or pages of interest via email - found them great to deal with). Barnes has been good as well IME for responding to request for data via email.

Enjoy
 
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