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Old 05-09-2013, 04:32 PM
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Hello, I was wondering what the best reloading book would be to buy? I am just buying all my tools to start reloading.

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Old 05-10-2013, 01:18 AM
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Lyman puts out a good Reloading Handbook.It covers most all powders and bullets for all the common calipers.
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Old 05-10-2013, 01:57 AM
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Get a couple different manuals and read them. Lyman offers a good basic how to in their manual. Parts of the process you don't quite understand, come here or go to other sites, many folks willing to help and give excellent advice. Most powder and bullet manufacturers offer data on their sites, those that don't, shoot em an email and they will send it to you.
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Old 05-10-2013, 02:25 AM
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Thanks for the help. Can't wait to start
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Old 05-10-2013, 02:03 PM
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Like everyone else has stated...get a reputable manual from a bullet or powder manufacture...I have a shelf full of books old and new. I like Nosler, Hornady and Speer books personally...but also have several older books from Lyman and others. As RR said, read the front sections of the books first...I also like the Hodgon website as well. 2 primary rules of reloading IMO...Patience and Process...
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Old 05-11-2013, 05:00 AM
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I like my old #47 Lyman manual best for the older calibers like the 308 and 243.
I rely on my seirra manuals for the newer stuff like thwe 260 and 7mm08. I do own other manuals how ever, Hornaday and nosler and speer. One from Alliant, and some small ones from other places

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Old 05-11-2013, 06:19 AM
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Get a couple different manuals and read them. Lyman offers a good basic how to in their manual. Parts of the process you don't quite understand, come here or go to other sites, many folks willing to help and give excellent advice.
+1 on multiple manuals. It would not hurt for you to write up your own notes; I found this especially helpful when it came to things like die adjustments. I also include in my notes how to use/adjust all the equipment I have. This saves me time so I do not have to hunt around for the manual.

Good luck. Reloading is a lot of fun.
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Old 05-11-2013, 05:38 PM
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I bought the Lyman 49th edition manual it lists the pressures for each load and everything.
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Old 05-12-2013, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by RobertSubnet
+1 on multiple manuals. It would not hurt for you to write up your own notes; I found this especially helpful when it came to things like die adjustments. I also include in my notes how to use/adjust all the equipment I have. This saves me time so I do not have to hunt around for the manual.

Good luck. Reloading is a lot of fun.


+2.. Absolutely........
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Old 05-14-2013, 10:59 AM
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You'll accumulate multiple manuals over time, but the Lyman manual makes a great starting point. Just double check all data before actually loading any cartridges. Find and bookmark the various powder manufacturers websites. I created my own 3 ring binder and I download all the data from these sites for all the calibers that I load for. Some bullet manufacturers will supply data if you e-mail them. Sierra has been great at supplying downloads of pages from their loading manual.
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