Bud Hyett
posted this
07 September 2020
I'm guessing many of you are like me......back in the day you had a compulsion to acquire quite a few loading manuals. And today loading for only a few CB rifles and handguns, the manuals just take up space. - My uncles told me to get at least three manuals to cross-check, in those days the pressure data was not as standardized plus velocity was king. When I started reloading, we were shooting ground squirrels and fox, velocity was king.
Admittedly some might be considered to be collectors items. But I would like to find a local just beginning reloader, who might make use of them. - My approach also, with a thirty minute session with the new person as to how I use these manuals.
Personally, when I see individuals posting load data on the internet, sorry, I cannot trust those loads. - I concur, one has no idea of how the load was developed. Or even if the data is someone's pipedream. Was it Jack O'Connor or Warren Page who observed that typewriters shot far better groups on magazine paper than many rifles did on targets?
I have the QuickLoad application which is good for research and comparison. This application offers pressure and velocity comparison between powders. The data includes the NOE bullets for cast bullets. NOE offers many old Lyman bullets which can be used. One can duplicate breech-seating by using a minus seating depth. Even within these parameters, I check loads against trusted manuals before shooting and compare resultant 100-yard and 200-yard trajectory as a quick check on predicted velocities.
Farm boy from Illinois, living in the magical Pacific Northwest