What’s your Favorite loading manual

[Morgan12]

I’ve loaded for years and I used books for along time, I’m 40 so pre-internet stuff. I had lots of manuals and books but as years have passed gave them away.

I’ve been using the internet and it’s a great source I love the powder company’s sights easy to use and follow. I am thinking I’d like to get a manual though one that covers a large majority of the bullets and powders out there.

This will be mostly for metallic but I should probably get a shotgun one too. What’s the best manual for the price out there?

 

[Michigan Slim]

Speer no. 14

 

[tomcat13]

Been using Lyman Reloading handbooks for many years.
Currently on the 51st Edition.
I sometimes refer to Hodgdon's on-line info.
Have a couple of old Speer, a Sierra & a Hornady in my "library," but Lyman has always been my go to.

 

[42253]

Internet.

 

[crookcountygo]

I also started loading pre-internet, back when you had to get some books and, if you were lucky, you knew a couple of old-timers you could ask questions of.

Speer #13, though I've been thinking lately about getting the newest edition. I've lost track of how many times I've read the how-to sections in the beginning of the book, or flipped through and read the short history/facts overview page of different cartridges.

 

[Crandall Crank]

I too am a pre-internet reloader. My primary resource is still the manuals. I use the RCBS, Speer and the Lyman mostly. I'll look up a load in each of the manuals and then cross check the data with the internet. If I HAD to use only one manual, it would probably be the Speer.

 

[Expat]

Lyman

 

[Bill2905]

I learned handgun reloading from a Speer manual 30 years ago. Somewhere along the way, I gave it to a friend and bought an updated one. I went back to it about 5 years ago to learn centerfire rifle. Both times, it served me well. I'm sure the current one is just as relevant today.

For centerfire rifle, I really like the latest Berger manual.

 

[CB1911]

I like the One Book/One Caliber reloading manuals put out by Loadbooks USA, Inc.
The one I have is for 38 Special and it covers a tremendous amount of bullet and powder combinations that really let you utilize everything the 38 Spwcial can offer.

 

[Morgan12]

I like the One Book/One Caliber reloading manuals put out by Loadbooks USA, Inc.
The one I have is for 38 Special and it covers a tremendous amount of bullet and powder combinations that really let you utilize everything the 38 Spwcial can offer.

I agree great books

 

[76Too]

I like the Lyman manuals best, but I USUALLY find myself looking in the Hornady manual for all my odd ball foreign rifles and US military surplus loads.

 

[bgcatty]

I use the classic Lee manual, Hornady and Speer latest editions and the Hodgdon yearly reloaders manual as well as the Hodgdon website. Gotta keep current and confirming loads for ladders and the like for new calibers I acquire. Safety first!

 

[kennedy759]

Lee

 

[bstewrat3]

It's in here somewhere.

 

[Wabatuckian]

Cast Bullet Manual, Lee, and Speer, depending on what I'm doing.

 

[Mgderf]

Bought this at the gun show today.
I have never used Vihtavuori powders before but I've always been curious

In the back of this manual is a burn rate chart unlike any other I've seen.
It shows the burn rates of Vihtavuori powders as compared to other brands.
Nice juxtaposition.

 

[ranger391xt]

Since I shoot mostly cast/powder coated I like the Lyman Cast Bullet manual (4th ed). I hope they do a fifth edition at some point in the not too far off future.

 

[billybob44]

I like the One Book/One Caliber reloading manuals put out by Loadbooks USA, Inc.
The one I have is for 38 Special and it covers a tremendous amount of bullet and powder combinations that really let you utilize everything the 38 Spwcial can offer.

++100 on this one.
The load book brand is closely related to the Projectile Mfg. Brand, and IS a "Ford, Chevy, Dodge Truck" type of discussion.
Everyone has their favorite brand.
Find the brand of projectile that you like the MOST, and buy their brand of load manual ALSO...
Just my 2 cents worth...Bill.