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Anyone who is really into cast bullets and wants to know about them, most certainly should have the Lyman "Handbook of Cast Bullets" It is no longer in print, but they are still around and for sale. Worth looking for and paying whatever it costs because they have information and load data not available anywhere else. It is also a valuable reference for many of the old Ideal bullets no longer made, plus commentary by some of the people who actually designed and used many of the bullets, makeing it an education you can't get from any other source. Note: this is NOT the current Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook, which is nowhere as complete.
 
I'll add the RCBS Cast Bullet Manual to RC's suggestions. Also out of print, but can probably be found on ebay. Not as in-depth as the Lyman, but you can never have too much info.
 
If you're looking for handgun data, the Lyman Pistol and Revolver book has quite a bit of info. It's probably not as exhaustive as the others mentioned, but it was available at my local shop and the $2 worth of sales tax beat what Midway was going to charge me for S&H.

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Except for the fact you don't have a clue what bullet Lee is even talking about.

Is the .45 ACP "200 grain lead" a RN, FP, TC, or target SWC?
With a single grease grove, or two or more?

The beauty of the Lyman books are the full size pictures of the actual bullets cast from each Lyman mold.

That makes it possible to know what bullet design the data is actually for.

rc
 
Rumor has it that the 4th edition of the Lyman book is due out soon.
 
I agree with the choices "rcmodel" suggested but I was also going to mention the updated Cast Handbook will be available soon. Edition #3 is from 1980 and while good there are more powders and calibers now available so the Edition #4 would be a better choice and worth waiting for. You can purchase Lyman 49 now though, it's the newest and recently released so there won't be a newer one available for a while.
 
I own lyman 49th ed. and it is fantastic. still, that there are numerous resources online regarding others' experiences with various loads using the exact same bullet--just google for yourself! surprisingly, these online recommendations can vary significantly from lyman's published load data, and in at least one instance, lyman's listed min and max loads were SIGNIFICANTLY hotter than the majority of the recipes i found online (how many grains of bullseye for a .452" 200gr lswc???).

my point is that the internet is a great resource, as are, i am sure, the resources that other, more experienced users mentioned above. read it all and take everything with a grain of salt!
 
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