Lyman 49th manual, small rant.

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Richard Head,

I never lectured you on your reliance on the internet, only your belief that it's the only viable source of information and that it will always be available. I guess that's because I grew up in a different time, when people were more self reliant. I don't rely on the internet for my information, but I do provide other people with information based on my personal experience, but not generally loading data, for various reasons.

Since you're evidently following me on other forums, you'd know that I'm a moderator on two forums, and only post on one other, castboolits.com, for a total of four. I'm on some others, but haven't posted on those in years, since I find them dull. And your exaggeration about my post count is way off base, since this is the one I post on the most, and my count here is only 5,329 with this one since 2005. I only post where I think I can help someone, and you'll very seldom see me ask for advice on any of them. That's because I don't trust "advice" from faceless, nameless people whom I've never met, and will never meet and I don't know their motivation. There are a very few exceptions to that, but we converse via e-mail, not on open forums, unless it's a topic we both think will benefit others.

I'm through with you, and congratulations for being only the second person to make my ignore list on any of the four forums I regularly visit.

Fred
 
Both sides of printed data vs Internet data have merit. I've found a wonderful compromise. I'll use the 45 Colt as an example. There are certain powders I use in it and others, although they may work finel, I will never use. Same goes for bullets. So going back to www.loaddata.com, I search 45 Colt loads and filter the results so I only see powders and/or the bullet weights in which I am interested. I then select the printer friendly version, and copy and paste the results into either a Word or Excel document, print them and put them in a three ring binder. Love it!

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I've also been a member of Loadata.com for a number of years. I also have the entire collection of Handloader Magazine in binders so I can consult with them whenever I need to. Loadata.com uses proven loads from many sources, including all the printed manuals and articles from Handloader Magazine. It's a very valuable tool to have.

The nice thing about having the back issues of the magazine is being able to read the back story on the load data the author has tested. They will often write that X data works good, but in their testing they found that XY data was even better, and why. I like to get the full story, and having the articles at hand makes if much more useful.

Hope this helps.

Fred
 
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