One Book One Caliber

[VA Shooter]

Has any one know anything about this book or manual my friend got a new one at a yard sale for 25 cents and he is bring it to next week he said it has load data for 45 Colt

 

[wixedmords]

I have read those little books VS. They are very useful, albeit with one caliber. Not really a replacement for a full manual, but any reputable data in which to cross-reference other data with when in load development is useful.

I like to look at a minimum of 3 sets of load data when starting load development. At the price of a quarter it appears you have a winner. Check its data against a known manual.

 

[Donaldjr1969]

Are those the Loadbooks that are sold by MidwayUSA among other places? They are quite useful as they contain published data from all the major bullet manufacturers and powder manufacturers. However, their data is from older manuals. Many times, newer manuals from the aforementioned companies will have updated data and that is often reduced charges.

 

[MADISON]

I have a series of those books that are about 15+ years old.
How often do the publishers up-date them?

 

[john16443]

I have purchased the 9mm and 45ACP versions this year and have found that the data for these calibers is in agreement with the current published sources more than 90% of the time. When not in agreement, the good news is that most of the powder (Hodgdon, Alliant, others) sources have updated information available on-line that is easily found to check the books.

They are not updated very often, best guess every 10 years of so. If Madison's are over 15 years old, I'd say time to get new ones unless you don't change components during your reloading sessions.

 

[DGW1949]

To the OP:
Or.....you can just load a 250-ish lead bullet over 8 grns of Unique and let her rip. That particular loading for the 45LC aint changed in over a century, mostly because it works well.

DGW

 

[Lost Sheep]

"One Book / One Caliber"
subtitle:
"The Complete Reloading Manual for the ....(whatever chambering)"

Cover page claims "Containing Unabrodged Information from U.S. Bullet and Powder Makers". (Accurate Hercules Hodgdon Hornady IMR Lyman Nosler RCBS Scot Sierra Speer Winchester

I am collecting one for each caliber for which I load.

They are also conveniently bound with a plasitc spine that allows it to lay flat and open to the page of your choice.

They lack the chapters describing the loading process and ballistics that most other loading manuals have that are so instructive, but that is not their design.

One could research all the various web sites of the component manufacturers and gather most of the load recipes for yourself if you wanted to devote the time. (Say I want to assemble my own book for .357 magnum, I could visit 12 web sites of Accurate through Winchester that I listed earlier, copy/print each table of data for all the different bullet weights and types and put it in a three-ring binder (or use the booklet binder we have at work with the little plastic spines) and in a half a day assemble the same $10 booklet (and might be more up-to-date or include some data the don't have) but that is a lot of effort to save $10.

If they weren't already available, I wish I would have thought of it and made my million dollars. They are worth it just for the ease of reference.

But, as mentioned before, no substitute for a broad-based manual that discusses more than just load recipes.

Lost Sheep

 

[turner]

I got mine at Cabelas for 6.98 each.

 

[Lost Sheep]

I got mine at Cabelas for 6.98 each.

Now I feel bad. Everything costs more up here. Bricks of 22 rimfire are $20 a brick.

<fume>

 

[TheDude]

I lived in Anchorage for a bit and feel your pain Lost Sheep. I will say however, $20 for a brick is what I pay here. I thought prices were gonna go back down after the initial Obama scare, still holding breathe.

 

[Paul B]

I have a few and find them useful. One, the one for the ,308 Win. that I have gave data for 220 gr. bullets. :shock: Current copy no longer has that data. :x Turns out the .308 with 220 gr. bullets at 2310 FPS from my rifle ain't no slouch. Extremely accurate too.
Paul B.

 

[VA Shooter]

I wish I could find one for 257 Roberts

 

[Uncle Alvah]

257 Roberts Loadbook USA, $4.88 at Cabelas.

 

[Bucks Owin]

I like the "one book" series for the amount of data they contain, but realize they aren't "cutting edge up to date"...New manuals from the powder manufacturers are even if kinda pricey...

(I always scan the freebie giveaways that a lot of them supply when I'm at the local smokepole vendors too... :wink: )

 

[Silent Sam]

I'm a "many books - many calibers" guy.

 

[Donaldjr1969]

I like the "one book" series for the amount of data they contain, but realize they aren't "cutting edge up to date"

I noticed that too when they still list data for Scot Powders.