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Posted: 1/5/2010 7:30:02 PM EDT
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I am new to reloading andjust bought a hornady lock'n'load classic kit. I have read the hornady manual and it is very good but only covers hornady bullets obviously. Is there a comprhensive manual that covers most of the bigger bullet makers or do i just have to buy a manual from each bullet manufacturer i wish to use? I was also looking for a comprehensive excel spreadsheet onlne, does such a thing exist? that would bee cool to just print out the spreadsheets you want and binder them or just use my laptop.
Thanks in advance jservis |
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The bullet makers will make a manual only using their products.
The powder makers will make a manual only using thier products. Why would they want to include the competition? But.........LEE on the other hand? Anyway, it's good to have several manuals and/or several web sites (in your favorites). 
Aloha, Mark |
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You need to buy the manuals, bullet makers don't give away data. Powder makers do. Go up to the links, lots of loading data on line. thats what i was getting at, i see lee, lyman, and then "the complete guide to [pick a cartridge]" i assume these do not have any reason not to print comprehensive data sine they dont make components. are there others? is one particulary better than aother? The hornady is very good and i really like the way it is layed out for graphing power types and velocity for specific weights. i also like the backrgound and historical info on each cartrige. I will use lot of hornady bullets but i also wanted some heavier than they make for say 300 whisper. but back to the original, is there a book that have a lot of loading data for many poders and bullets? |
| Load Books USA has load data by cartridge that is a copy of all/most of the powder/bullet manufacturers data in one book. Will even cover rifle and pistol data where applicable. The catch is it may not be the most recent data. Will be close enough if the book is recent copyright. |
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You need to buy the manuals, bullet makers don't give away data. Powder makers do. Go up to the links, lots of loading data on line. thats what i was getting at, i see lee, lyman, and then "the complete guide to [pick a cartridge]" i assume these do not have any reason not to print comprehensive data sine they dont make components. are there others? is one particularly better than another? The hornady is very good and i really like the way it is layed out for graphing power types and velocity for specific weights. i also like the background and historical info on each cartridge. I will use lot of hornady bullets but i also wanted some heavier than they make for say 300 whisper. but back to the original, is there a book that have a lot of loading data for many powers and bullets? If I was limited (funds) to 3 reloading manuals, they would be Hornady 7, Sierra 5, and Lyman 49. The Lyman has jacketed and cast bullet data for rifle and pistol . 
If you reload for awhile, you will end up with a few. |
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Here is a single link that will get you to the some of the more popular powder companies..........
http://www.magnusbullets.com/loading_data.htm Aloha, Mark |
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