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Originally Posted by Forrest r
A couple links to copies of the different alliant reloading manuals. I just print the pages I use (pistol/cowboy action/rifle)
alliant guide from 2000
http://www.castpics.net/LoadData/Fre.../Alliant00.pdf
alliant guide for 2003 (I like this one the best/easiest to read format)
http://www.castpics.net/LoadData/Fre.../Alliant03.pdf
alliant guide from 2005 (have a hard copy of this one)
http://www.castpics.net/LoadData/Fre.../Alliant05.pdf
All of these have a huge amount of data strait from alliant with all their pistol powders. They are an excellent source for:
power pistol
american select
the forgotten herco
The other thing I like about these alliant guides is that they use a 5.7" bbl for their testing & I've found that my results mirror theirs with several 6" bbl'd revolvers.
Anyway those guides have allot of data for the power pistol & the limited data in the 2012 guide still uses the same charges/loads as what's in those links above.
hope this helps
forrest r |
Great stuff Forrest! The latest version doesn't have much info - pretty much only Speer GDHP load data. But these older versions you posted - presumably published before Alliant bought Speer (or vice versa?) have a lot more data for a broader variety of bullets/weights. For example the 2014 version, for 380acp only has 90g Speer GDHP loads for half a dozen different powders. The 2005 version you posted has 88g, 90g (2 different profiles), 95g, and 100g, load recipes for half a dozen different powders.
The same is pretty much true for the other calibers I'm interested in. Basically, if Speer doesn't make a bullet in a given weight/profile, they don't include it in the manual anymore. Kinda sucks that they threw out good data that they had previously compiled, just because it doesn't promote the products of one of their sister companies.
While I understand the business reason for doing it - they want us to buy their bullets to load with their powder - it still sucks to discard good info like that. To me it would be better to expand the selection of bullets they offer instead. Not everyone who wants to buy their powder wants to be limited to a selection of only one 90g HP bullet for loading 380acp...
Anyway, thanks for the download links Forrest. I have all the load data I need for Power Pistol now!