found a great reloading book

[deadeye dick]

They opened a brand spanking new 100.000 sq foot Cabala's last week here in the upstate 20 miles from my compound. Well anyhoo while browsing around looking for powder (fat chance) I came across these caliber specific loading manuals. They are published by Loadbooks USA, inc. It covers just about all bullet and powder manufactures. Seems to be current(2011) It gives loading info. by bullit mfgr. and by powder mfg. In the back it gives a burn rate table +p info. This is strictly a recipe book with 50 pages of info. I picked up the .38 spec. and the 357 Mag. They are only $6.99 each so you will not have to buy a book with calibers you will never use. check out the web site loadbooks.com

 

[blarby]

Loadbooks are a great place to start.

 

[Reloadron]

Those little one caliber one book are handy references for the hand loader. They keep them updated too as reloading components change. Note in the below image the 30-06 book on the left touts 2,138 Proven Loads, 83 Various Bullets and 59 Different Powders. That book was a 1990 copyright. The book on the right is a 1993 copyright and touts 2,163 Loads, 85 Bullets and 52 Powders so they do keep them current with updates. They have been getting published for decades and again are handy little reference books.



Ron

 

[grubbylabs]

I really like the two that I have, 45-70 and 308. I bought the 308 at a gun show several years ago. I will likely get an updated one as well as one for my other calibers I have. Very handy to have, especially if you cast.

 

[rcmodel]

Regardless of the date inside the cover?

They are still just reprints of old publicly available data the powder & bullet manufacturing people who did the pressure testing no longer have copyrights on.

It's old data.
Untested recently data.
And contains no data for all the newer powders available today.

And you can get the same data free with a little internet browsing in all the right places.

rc

 

[grubbylabs]

Ya but this book does not require the internet. 6-8 bucks and it's all at your finger tips. Just turn the page.

 

[Jesse Heywood]

I would recommend that you also keep an eye on the manufacturer websites for the latest data.

 

[theshephard]

Copyright

Respectful minor point to Reloadron - It's copyright, not copy write, as in a right of ownership to the source material and exclusive permission to publish it.

 

[Reloadron]

Respectful minor point to Reloadron - It's copyright, not copy write, as in a right of ownership to the source material and exclusive permission to publish it.

My wife already nailed me on that and told me to fix it.
I let it slide and now have been caught. Yes, indeed it is copyright as you pointed out. My bad on that note.

Many Thanks
Ron

 

[blarby]

Quote:
Originally Posted by theshephard View Post
Respectful minor point to Reloadron - It's copyright, not copy write, as in a right of ownership to the source material and exclusive permission to publish it.
My wife already nailed me on that and told me to fix it.
I let it slide and now have been caught. Yes, indeed it is copyright as you pointed out. My bad on that note.

Many Thanks
Ron

Yep, everyones' an editor at heart........

(He'll catch it. Its intentional. )

 

[Hondo 60]

Yup, got one for each caliber I reload.

 

[Havok7416]

I understand the point of the books and all but I am a bit skeptical of some of the claims. For example, one of the books on the site is for 7.62x54R and claims 80 different bullet designs while the .303 Brit only has 28...
Also the dual .40/10mm would annoy me greatly. I would bet most of the data in that would be for the .40 and would be a complete waste of my time.

 

[dickttx]

I got one when I first started loading 38 Super. I was not impressed with it at all. Just copies of pages from other sources and all old. After a quick scan through I haven't used it.

 

[kcofohio]

They are a good addition to the reloading library. I wouldn't use them exclusively.

 

[loose noose]

I use mine for the 45-70 as it has loads for a trapdoor, as well as Marlin's, Ruger, etc. As I own just about every grade of 45-70 it does come in handy.