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<blockquote data-quote="HFS" data-source="post: 3382519" data-attributes="member: 8862"><p>Something I read in bits and pieces is reloading books.</p><p>I like to see the history and ballistics of offbeat calibers, even if I will never own or reload for them. </p><p></p><p>I have a copy of Phil Sharpe's <strong>THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO HANDLOADING</strong> (the Funk & Wagnall's Edition from the 1950's).</p><p>It has lots of loading data. Sadly a bunch of the powders he mentions are no longer made. Some of his loads with common powders still available are kind of spicy, compared to modern reloading manuals.</p><p>It's kind of odd considering his own stout load data but he has a deadly serious warning in the book about the dangers of careless reloading and he gives permission to quote it, as long as the entire warning is used and the source (his book) is properly credited.</p><p></p><p>Edited to add, Phil Sharpe's reloading warning is called "And the Angels Sing..."</p><p></p><p>I also like to thumb through the <strong>LYMAN CAST BULLET HANDBOOK 4TH EDITION</strong> because it has lots of lighter-than-factory-loads that use lead bullets.</p><p>But the book's description of how to go about casting your own bullets has turned me off to the idea. I suspect the process wouldn't be too bad, if you had an area you could dedicate just to that purpose.</p><p>I think the process itself, along with having to set up and tear down every time, would be more hassle than I'm interested in. But I appreciate the effort and research to get the loading data, from people who do make their own bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HFS, post: 3382519, member: 8862"] Something I read in bits and pieces is reloading books. I like to see the history and ballistics of offbeat calibers, even if I will never own or reload for them. I have a copy of Phil Sharpe's [B]THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO HANDLOADING[/B] (the Funk & Wagnall's Edition from the 1950's). It has lots of loading data. Sadly a bunch of the powders he mentions are no longer made. Some of his loads with common powders still available are kind of spicy, compared to modern reloading manuals. It's kind of odd considering his own stout load data but he has a deadly serious warning in the book about the dangers of careless reloading and he gives permission to quote it, as long as the entire warning is used and the source (his book) is properly credited. Edited to add, Phil Sharpe's reloading warning is called "And the Angels Sing..." I also like to thumb through the [B]LYMAN CAST BULLET HANDBOOK 4TH EDITION[/B] because it has lots of lighter-than-factory-loads that use lead bullets. But the book's description of how to go about casting your own bullets has turned me off to the idea. I suspect the process wouldn't be too bad, if you had an area you could dedicate just to that purpose. I think the process itself, along with having to set up and tear down every time, would be more hassle than I'm interested in. But I appreciate the effort and research to get the loading data, from people who do make their own bullets. [/QUOTE]
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