Which Manuals?

[ATLDave]

I started with Speer and Hornady, then added Lyman.

All three have very informative sections BEFORE the load data that give lots of good information about internal ballistics. If you think understanding the "why" matters, be sure to read those parts, too. (In fact, I read two manuals' information before I even opened my press.)

 

[Peter M. Eick]

Just buy every manual you can find and start a collection. I am slowly forcing the non-reloading manual books off this book shelf to another one. I found a place (Cornelious press?) that has all sorts of reprints of old manuals so I am slowly filling in gaps in my collection with reprints instead of originals which are hard to find from the 30's. My goal is to have a copy of every "known to me" reloading manual since 1900 someday.

Lots of good old data that is useful as a guide.

As a comment, if I were starting over I would buy Lyman 49, Serra, Speer, Nosler and Hornady in that order.

Remember, no load data is worth anything on its own and if you cannot corroborate it with another independent reputable source, it must be treated carefully. Start low and work up slowly.

 

[Potatohead]

1. Lyman #49.
2. Hodgdon annual data magazine.
3. Speer.
4. Hornady.
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10. Lee

rc

thats hilarious