ORIGINAL: Brad Kilgore
I was wondering if the way they list the choice of powders for a specific caliber in the reloading manuals has a certain meaning, since they list several different powders for each bullet, and caliber? I am thinking of getting into reloading, and was looking at a Hornady manual, and it is very confusing as to which powder to use. Any help will be appreciated.
That's a good question, and I think the answer is "some do, some don't".
For example, in the newest edition of the Speer Manual that I have, they say they list the powder that gave them the highest velocity first, the second highest next, etc. However, looking at previous Speer manuals, I don't find this to be true of the older ones.
Inother brands of manuals, I think some may be (generally!!) in order of relative quickness or slow powders first, etc. But other manuals don't seem to have any pattern to the order in which powders are listed at all. I am not saying there is none, but I can't detect it if it is there!! And othermanuals don't give any explanation of the order in which powders are listed.