Hodgdon 2024 periodical: worth it!(?)

[GeoDudeFlorida]

My wife wanted to go to BAM so I decided to come with and saw the new Hodgdon on the shelf. I’m getting it for a couple of articles; the loading data in a legible format is a bonus.
Lots of “new” W572 data.

 

[Soonerpesek]

I get them yearly also.....................don't really know why...................just do.............

 

[Cheesemaker]

$10-15 per year? Not sure "worth" comes into it.
It is like 100-150 primers today. If you find one nugget in it, it has paid for itself. If you don't - you still spend time perusing something that is of interest. So there's that.

 

[snowman357]

I purchased one last year, not worth it! Hodgdon website has more info for free than the magazine has.

 

[.45Coltguy]

I purchased one last year, not worth it! Hodgdon website has more info for free than the magazine has.

And they[Hodgdon] can update/correct errors pronto on the website. Something in print, well......

 

[LV Gun]

I have been buying them every year for the last 6 years I just like printed material I get tired of having to go online to get something you can get out of a manual in seconds.

 

[maxxhavoc]

And they[Hodgdon] can update/correct errors pronto on the website. Something in print, well......

On the other hand, when they come out with new Powders, then they "forget" the old powders work online. They can't delete your paper copy.....

Hodgden isn't as bad ad Alliant at this, but they still do it.

 

[CQB45ACP]

My wife wanted to go to BAM so I decided to come with and saw the new Hodgdon on the shelf. I’m getting it for a couple of articles; the loading data in a legible format is a bonus.
Lots of “new” W572 data.

What’s BAM?

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

What’s BAM?

Books-A-Million

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

On the other hand, when they come out with new Powders, then they "forget" the old powders work online. They can't delete your paper copy.....

Hodgden isn't as bad ad Alliant at this, but they still do it.

There's an article on the effects of changing primers and another on the effects of changing barrel length. Both include testing data using off-the-shelf firearms and pressure fixtures. I occasionally like to read about actual testing results. No reason why.

 

[JmacD]

The one last year was the best in awhile imho. I have 16, 21,22,23. All have good info. Can it be found other places? Yes. I also like reading “something with a cover”( the giant bookcase I built in my living room is a pretty good giveaway). Is it worth it? I think so. But not everyone will agree.

 

[eddiememphis]

I have been buying them every year for the last 6 years I just like printed material I get tired of having to go online to get something you can get out of a manual in seconds.

And I don't want to bring my 24" iMac into the bathroom every morning...

 

[NMexJim]

Books-A-Million

That's a new one on me.

 

[LV Gun]

On the other hand, when they come out with new Powders, then they "forget" the old powders work online. They can't delete your paper copy.....

Hodgden isn't as bad ad Alliant at this, but they still do it.

Alliant has got to be the worst but yes they both do it and that is why we have/like printed material

 

[Pottimus]

it is always good to get out, I have found the Hogdon magazines are like Nat. Geographic, No.... No topless natives, but I can never throw one out, and I will buy old ones when I find'em. While moving a small stack today, I had to open 1984, I marveled at the advertisement for a automatic powder balance beam scales, and the "30-40 Krag still viable" articles. A true time capsule.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

My LGS gives the last years ones away. I always get one.

 

[berettaprofessor]

I've gotten one every year I've been reloading. Much more current than Lyman's 51, and Lee's is so out of date I don't know why it's sold.

 

[berettaprofessor]

Looking at the post above and laughing. I discovered yesterday that none of the recent "large format" annuals have loads for 32ACP or 32S&W Long. Last one that did was the 2021 smaller version. What the heck, Hodgdon?

 

[BBarn]

Hodgdon's small annual load magazines are basically free, but have a very limited number of loads. Their annual load book has many more loads and a few articles, but it is a little costly. I think Hodgdon found a better way to profit from publishing slowly changing load data than printing a hardback manual every five or so years.

 

[High Plains]

I don’t buy the yearly edition to the reloading manual since the data is largely the same except for new powders / cartridges. Their online info is fine for me. Three new articles about cartridge history, load work up and results of the shooting is not going to matter much to me.

 

[Varminterror]

Worth and wants are subjective.

I buy them more for the idea of the thing than the value of any data I have gotten from them. The data is online, which is always on my pocket rather than on a shelf in my office when I am anywhere else, and honestly, they tend to be the last resource I grab when I do find myself diving into manuals for guidance. Not a huge fan of the super condensed format or the limited data volume. But when new powders are released, that’s often the only place to find them in print for a long while, so if a person needs the new powder info, that’s one place to get it.

 

[Charlie98]

On the other hand, when they come out with new Powders, then they "forget" the old powders work online. They can't delete your paper copy.....

Hodgden isn't as bad ad Alliant at this, but they still do it.

I've noticed some of the Western Powder load data is missing, now that Hodgdon has taken over. Hopefully it's because they are working up new data... but I don't know.

Alliant's online data is in such a horrible format, I just go to my books for that data.