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I load a lot of cast and Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook #3 and #4 are my main source of information. And I have a lot of loading manuals ...these two and the RCBS Cast Bullet Manual are best. Speer has a few cast loads but mostly jacketed info.
Gary
It takes a huge amount of time, money and testing to develop a new loading manual. That's why it's so long between publishing dates. Look how long it takes people on this board to develop a load they like for just one bullet, in one caliber.
If you can manage to finagle a tour of one of the bullet companies, by all means do so. I've toured both Nosler (twice) and Sierra's plants and have visited their ballistics labs/ranges. It still amazes me that they're willing to invest all that time and money and still publish their manuals for what they sell for, and in a lot of cases, provide the data for free..........
I think that the online sites have probably changed some of the value proposition on the manuals too. For example, Hodgdon has their fantastic online data center for all of their powders which is a substantial percentage of the market from a number-of-product perspective with Hodgdon, IMR, and Winchester powders. The site has improved dramatically over the last 5 years and I expect they will only improve further.
The manual I usually find myself reaching for is Hornady 9th Ed. with online-printed supplements from the power manufacturer.
Sadly, I think the old-style comprehensive manuals will go the way of so many other classes of books. Not sure that's a good thing, but it is what it is...
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