Reloading manuals

I have several older manuals. I find them in various places, even some on eBay.

Some I have just as curiosities, some I still use for data.

I have a supply of powders that are several years (decades) old, and for those powders I use books/data that is the same age.

Several reloading manuals you can download for free.
http://marvinstuart.com/firearm/Manuals/Reloading/Reloading Manuals/

Manuals like:
speer #12
Hornady #4
Lee #1/#2
lyman #44/#48

Along with others

I have the Sierra and Hornady manuals as apps on my phone. The annual subscriptions are reasonable and the data is automatically updated. I find it quite handy since I am rarely without my phone.

used reference books

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What are those

Yes I like books, real books, paper books, things that work by a campfire!
Thanks for the info will have to check it out.
I believed there was no such thing as to many books until I ran out of space to keep them all, and discovered the problem is my house is to small

I bought a lot of reloading books and reloading dies from ebay. I mainly use the Hornady and lee books. I generally use the bullet manufacturers book and other books as a cross reference.

Hornady is genera)y conservitive in there amounts of powder. Lee book will often have their starting load higher then hornadys max load.

I make it a point, to use the loading manual of the brand bullet I'm using...

I think it's an excellent habit to get into!!

DM

I own a lot of reloading manuals, A Lot! Some are so old the powders listed within are no longer available.

I hunt online, at gun shows and even thrift shops and the Salvation Army too lol.

I have a problem.

GONRA suggests ALWAYS getting POWDER MFG's. manuals to compare to BULLET MFG's manuals!!!

GONRA said:

GONRA suggests ALWAYS getting POWDER MFG's. manuals to compare to BULLET MFG's manuals!!!

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The problem here is that many times the powder mfg manual doesn't specify the bullet used. In that case stick with the manual of the company that made the bullet.

I have a couple older manuals, a Speers from the '60s and a Hornady from the '70s. I find them to be interesting reads and the older thoughts of up and coming cartridges.