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What other reloading manuals should I look in to?

ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
edited January 2005 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
So far I have the Lee and the Speer manuals.. I'm thinking of getting that $6 hodgdon magazine/manual, and maybe the lyman.. what do you suggest?
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  • CHGOTHNDERCHGOTHNDER Member Posts: 8,936 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can prit almost everything online.

    PJ

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    If nobody seen you do it, how could you have done it. NRA Endowment Member, AF&AM, Shriner Life Member, A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois "Chicago Chapter" Founding Member & Board Member
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  • ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    im not just talking load data.. like the speer manual for example, taught me a lot of good things about pressure, velocity, parts of a cartridge, burn rates, etc.
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  • hardtymshardtyms Member Posts: 140 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like the the lyman and hornady the lee is ok too I look at all of them as it seems they are always quite different in areas

    Load on Sunday shoot all week!!!
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  • ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Lee just seemed like a big advertisment to me.. I did learn a few things from it, but the Speer is better.
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  • hardtymshardtyms Member Posts: 140 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    the older hornady has good examples and trajectory charts in the rear it will ask a question like if shooting 300 yards on a windy day which bullet weight and velocity is the best and it will tell you why

    Load on Sunday shoot all week!!!
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  • CHGOTHNDERCHGOTHNDER Member Posts: 8,936 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Another good site full of info...

    http://www.fortliberty.org/military-library/reloading-data.shtml

    PJ

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  • ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    great link, thanks! +1 bookmark
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  • ContacFrontContacFront Member Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ruger,

    Once you figure out what bullets you want to use, get the reloading manual for that particular brand. I have Sierra, Hornady, and Nosler.
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  • ruger270manruger270man Member Posts: 9,361 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ContacFront
    Ruger,

    Once you figure out what bullets you want to use, get the reloading manual for that particular brand. I have Sierra, Hornady, and Nosler.


    got a xerox machine?

    J/K [:D]

    I'll be getting them all eventually, poops expensive [:(!]
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  • ZERODINZERODIN Member Posts: 6,338
    edited November -1
    Get the latest edition of the Nosler manual.
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  • knucklehead14knucklehead14 Member Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    RCBS has a good vhs tape on basic reloading.

    Bad spellers of the world

    "UNTIE!"
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  • SnellstromSnellstrom Member Posts: 1,085 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ruger I've loaded for a long time started when I was 14 years old and I'll be 44 this spring. My first manual was a Sierra and I've continued to replace it with Sierra's loading manuals I really think it is the best. Sierra also has a ballistics program on disc that is "outstanding". I have a bunch of manuals Speer, Hornady, Nosler and more but when I go to load I trust and use the Sierra.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I open them all and compare their powder charges to one another for a given bullet weight. I usually have the sierra and nosler manual open side by side. Also,..you can download the vihtavouri manual on-line as well.

    A burn rate table (a quick search will yield like 10 different ones) can help a great deal. let's say you have a manual that for a given caliber lists 50gr of 4895 and 60gr of4350. Now,..if your burn chart shows N140 as a burn rate between those 2 powders listed,..you know you can use that powder even though it is not listed in the manual. You simply have to take a look at the starting charges for each of the listed powders,..then take a mid-point starting range for the N140 and you can start from there. Not all manuals test all compatible powders,..so some extra data at hand can be a great thing to have.

    why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
    Got Balistics?
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  • D.K.D.K. Member Posts: 291 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like the ballistics explanations in my old Hordady book!
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