First Reloading Manual
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Through a web search I found "The ABC's of Reloading" on amazon.com, however, it states that the author is C. Rodney James, not Bill Chevalier. Why is this, are they co-authors of the same book or is it a diferent ABC's than the one BluesBear was refering to?
P95Carry
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To me the ''real'' ABC's of Reloading is this one by Dean Grennell ... who IIRC passed away last year. I bought this soon after it came out - 2nd Edition, 1980. This copy is now well ''tired'' thru use and sheer age, but it is still a good read and full of info.
I'd check ebay, you can find some deals occassionally on there, I got Hodgdon's #25 manual off there for 5$. I like Lyman's manuals, I have the Speer manual that came with my reloading kit. There are also plenty of resources on the net, check out the different bullet maker's sites, and the powder maker's sites.
BluesBear
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Blakenzy, the answer is Yes and No.
C. Rodney James wrote/edited the 6th Edition.
Bill Chevalier did the 7th edition.
In reality they are a group effort.
For many years it was Dean Grennell was listed as author.
As were a great number of books, such as Gun Digest, published by Digest Books Inc.
Lately DBI has been listing the latest editor as the author.
Every few years DBI publishes a revised edition with new info. Whichis a good thing. While the second edition that P95 posted a pic of is a great book and I have a copy that is even more dog eared than his, there are a lont of things that have changed since then.
No, the procedures are still the same, but there are many more powder and bullet manufacturers around today and sadly a few have gone by the wayside.
I reccommend the latest version simply because it should be easy to find and there is a possibilty that someone brand new to reloading might get confused by the differences in powders and other components listed in the much older versions and what is available today.
I was sent an advance copy of #7 a few months ago. Perhaps Amazon hasn't caught up yet.
C. Rodney James wrote/edited the 6th Edition.
Bill Chevalier did the 7th edition.
In reality they are a group effort.
For many years it was Dean Grennell was listed as author.
As were a great number of books, such as Gun Digest, published by Digest Books Inc.
Lately DBI has been listing the latest editor as the author.
Every few years DBI publishes a revised edition with new info. Whichis a good thing. While the second edition that P95 posted a pic of is a great book and I have a copy that is even more dog eared than his, there are a lont of things that have changed since then.
No, the procedures are still the same, but there are many more powder and bullet manufacturers around today and sadly a few have gone by the wayside.
I reccommend the latest version simply because it should be easy to find and there is a possibilty that someone brand new to reloading might get confused by the differences in powders and other components listed in the much older versions and what is available today.
I was sent an advance copy of #7 a few months ago. Perhaps Amazon hasn't caught up yet.
P95Carry
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Bear makes a good point. I have not, predictably - made a lot of use of my 2nd edition in many years and so yeah, much will be outa date regarding specifics.
For this reason a late or latest edition would be the way to go.
For this reason a late or latest edition would be the way to go.
BluesBear
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Looking at P95's 2nd edition had brought back many fond memories. i need to dig mine out of sstorage.
What's remarkable is that the hardward shown on his cover is still pretty much state of the art today.
That old Rockchucker is still a great press today. It'll do 99.5% of anything you'll ever need done.
The RCBS Uniflow is still equal to the best powder measure anywhere.
And in my opinion the 10-10 scale is the best beam scale for weighing powder that money can buy.
In fact the only thing outdated in that photo is the lube and lube pad. And even those will still work beautifully if properly used.
What's remarkable is that the hardward shown on his cover is still pretty much state of the art today.
That old Rockchucker is still a great press today. It'll do 99.5% of anything you'll ever need done.
The RCBS Uniflow is still equal to the best powder measure anywhere.
And in my opinion the 10-10 scale is the best beam scale for weighing powder that money can buy.
In fact the only thing outdated in that photo is the lube and lube pad. And even those will still work beautifully if properly used.
Richard.Howe
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If I had to keep only one of all my reloading manuals, I'd keep the Lee. Half of it is propoganda, but the loads are solid, and more importantly, BROAD. There are more loads per chambering in Lee's book than many others.
However -- its weakness is its total lack of ballistic data. I'd use software like Infinity for that.
Rich
However -- its weakness is its total lack of ballistic data. I'd use software like Infinity for that.
Rich
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