Reloading manuals are like Pokemon: you've gotta have them all.My reloading manual is 12yo (Lyman) and 6yo (Nosler)
any Suggestions for the best manual on the planet?
agree! it’s the only book I readReloading manuals are like Pokemon: you've gotta have them all.
I'd suggest adding Cartridges of the World and the Bible to that list.agree! it’s the only book I read
that and the Blue Book of Guns
I had a bible once... kindda lost it. Need to find it, good resource thereI'd suggest adding Cartridges of the World and the Bible to that list.
Quid dicis, Archie?What ever manual or manuals one has should be the latest available. I keep all my old ones, for the information in the front part and for some cartridges that aren't listed any more. I couldn't find any information on 6.5x54mm MS in
'recent' manuals, but I did find an entry in Lyman #45. I was cautious.
More information is usually better. I'd ignore information regarding doing division using Roman numerals, but you get the idea.
Quid dicis, Archie?
For those of us who do load cartridges that are antique, obsolete, or long forgotten by the "Big Boys" having older manuals as a starting point is a must.
Phlogiston theory led to the discovery of oxygen.What you said, GeoDude. Another case of 'more information' being non important is the details of the theory of phlogiston.
Phlogiston was a dead end that sparked curiosity to find a workable answer. And reasearch had already began on what turned out to be Oxygen.Phlogiston theory led to the discovery of oxygen.
More information and the application of information we know now (that requires proper assembly) could solve that. I find that a good line of inquiry just to see how it was done if nothing else.GeoDudeFlorida said:AND, we still don't know exactly what Greek Fire was or how it worked...
Simple reasoning. The major difference between powders is the burning rate. Shotguns and handguns use powders of similar burning rates. Slow rifle powders such as any of the 4350s, any of the 4831 the powder for .50 BMG and cannons burn too slow to work properly, with suitable results in the lower pressure, higher expansion ratio arms. But if I know it and someone else doesn't it's because I have more knowledge of that particular subject than they do. Not because it came in a vision or something.GeoDudeFlorida said:Kind of like Unique: how is it a shotgun and pistol powder that also works in rifles? It's magic, I tell you!
I like the Lyman because they go into so much detail! and many bullet & powder published. They are like the University of ReloadingI like the lyman I have the 47th and the 50th, noticed max loads are lesser in the 50th. I like the lyman books best but if you shoot a lot of a certain brand bullet like nosler or hornady, I would go with one of their books. Hodgdon website pretty good and so is MD smith reloading.
I’ll get a Lee for the entertainmentGet as many as you can.
Clean used books can be found on amazon, and ebay.
I like Sierra, Lyman, Lyman cast, and Speer.
I don't care for the LEE because they don't test anything, they simply copy paste from other sources