Anyone else use this site?

[Skip Sackett]

I have a ton of reloading/handloading manuals. Not as many as some but quite a few. I enjoy just getting them down and reading the articles over and over. Browse through the data for cartridges I load and compare notes and .................... boring to some I suppose.

One thing with the advent of the Internet though, accessibility. Powder companies are putting their data on the web for free and there are tons of other sources that have their information free as well.

This one though, you have to pay for. http://www.loaddata.com

I have to tell you this, in my opinion, it is well worth it. There are load tests from the other magazines that Wolfe publishes and they are grouped by caliber. You can go to one site and fine a load for a revolver, rifle or shotgun. When you pull the data up it is informative and has special notes concerning it's development.

If you get a subscription, you can even get a free binder to put the loads in that you want for reference any time you load.

I thought it was over priced to start with until I bought my last manual and saw what was in it. This is a bargain, again, in my opinion.

Take for example my current needs. I want to find some 357Mag loads for a Marlin 1894 with a 158gr Hornady XTP or Remington JSPHP for a hog/ram hunting trip that the wife and I are going on in the middle of this month. Presto! One click of a button and I find loads that were tested both for performance and accuracy in a firearm similar to the one I am loading for. The references are there as well and with folks like Bryan Pearce, John Haviland, Mike Venutrino and others.

At any rate, I was just wondering if anyone else used this site to gather information besides my self.

 

[Jack Flash]

I subscribed for a couple of years then let it lapse. I liked it all right, but it didn't have the features back then that you describe. Maybe it is better now. At the time, I thought it was ok, but not much different than buying those individual "LoadBooks".

If they offer a free trial period, I may give them another look.

 

[oldRoger]

I like it and use it. I wish that the search feature worked better, but for me it saves lots of money. I am not reloading for very many calibers and do not need manuals/handbooks which have hundreds of them listed. I have stopped buying new manuals; if it isn't on-line I will do without.
I subscribe to Handloader and read it cover to cover but that's about it.

 

[Reloader Fred]

I use it and like it. There is a wealth of information there.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[arkdweller22]

Good site.
Like you said, worth the money to subscribe.

It has saved me a bunch of time with load development.

Regards,
Arkdweller

 

[500 Magnum Nut]

I tried the search feature, as I'm not a member and nothing was found.
(500 S&W magnum 350 gn bullet H110 powder Hodgdon powder)

answer should be 39 but it gave me nothing.


Oh well.

 

[Skip Sackett]

Nut,
Enter your data like this:
Caliber: 500 S&W
Bullet weight: 350
Powder type: H-110

There aren't 39 different loads but there are quite a few. If you leave out the powder type you will also get loads for W-296 (note how they enumerate the name) too. We both know that it is the exact same powder as H-110.

It took me a while to figure out how they entered the data 'cause I agree with you there should have been a bunch of loads for that combination.

p.s. Here is one load it gave me:

Warning! Notes: Starline cases and Winchester Large Rifle primers used throughout. Temperature during testing was 80 degrees Fahrenheit. (Handloader Issue 227)

350 Hornady Hodgdon H-110 43.0 1,733

 

[matsu]

I have used it for four years it put up by the publishers of Handloader magazine

 

[500 Magnum Nut]

Nut,
Enter your data like this:

Ahh that's better. I goofed up.
thank you

 

[running iron]

Thanks for the heads up, I've seen this place before and was disappointed that they wanted so much money. There is a lot of information. I didn't see any 44 Special data with WST or Auto Comp. I found my very good load of 5.5 grs of WST with a 240 SWC from John Taffin. I know it's hard to find it all in one place, but if that's your goal, "Load Data" is a winner. I guess I'm just "hung up" on these two powders now.

 

[Skip Sackett]

You are right!

Thanks for the heads up, I've seen this place before and was disappointed that they wanted so much money. There is a lot of information. I didn't see any 44 Special data with WST or Auto Comp. I found my very good load of 5.5 grs of WST with a 240 SWC from John Taffin. I know it's hard to find it all in one place, but if that's your goal, "Load Data" is a winner. I guess I'm just "hung up" on these two powders now.

Run,
You are right as rain. There is no data for the 44Spl and those two powders that I could find. While Auto Comp is on the way up, I doubt WST is.

There are a bunch of folks that use it for target 45ACP loads but I wonder just how much gets used for other applications.

Of course, you could move to one of the other dozens of powders that they do have loads for!

 

[Black_Talon]

I like it and use it, but never have been able to get my "free binder" out of them, no matter how many times I email them.