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Every year take that $35 subscription fee and buy yourself another hand-loading manual.
These manuals will be yours FOREVER with no additional cost.
Plus you will not be relying on load data posted by anonymous Internet sources.
These manuals will be yours FOREVER with no additional cost.
Plus you will not be relying on load data posted by anonymous Internet sources.
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Internet load data sites (unless factory sponsored) AND asking for load data advice are NOT substitutes for MANUALS from the Mfgs!
I have 6 manuals already and use the powder manufacturer websites, was just looking for more information, can't have to much if you won't to safe. I am trying some 148 gr. X-Treme dewc and am having trouble finding date for plated wc, lots for hbwc.
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No, but since the manuals rarely use the bullets most home reloaders use and might not even be using common firearms (test chamber/barrel), it can be quite helpful to hear from someone else the results they got with a bullet you want to use in a similar firearm. Instead of developing a load from scratch, you can use your manuals and/or powder manufacturer web site to verify the load is within limits and then just verify for yourself that it performs as advertised.
I wouldn't pay $35/yr for that, but I do quite a bit of googling when I'm curious what others have done with a given load or when going off-books like 9mm WST loads.
The "secret" to plated is to stay off the ultra-light lead data to avoid sticking a bullet. DEWC lead 148gr data translates to 3.2gr HP38 for plated, for example, which I use. If you read all the plated mfgr site data and cautions, you soon get the idea that plated is fine if you stay off the max and min lead data.
edonwheels73
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I found an app called reloading assistant. It has a lot of load data in it.
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2tall79
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I have had a subscription to Loaddata for 3 years now. I like it alot. All loads are referenced to their source (almost always powder, and bullet mfgs). I would never use this or any other any other data without cross referencing to stated source and other manuals. Loaddata is like having all the manuals at your disposal and the data is amended and added daily. I also get a subscription to Handloader magazine thru their website. So yeah, to me it is worth it.
Is this just for phones...
....or does it work on PC. I'll take any data I can get, but tempered alongside published stuff.
....or does it work on PC. I'll take any data I can get, but tempered alongside published stuff.
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Just got to my manuals, it looks like you use the data for LHBWC is that correct
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GavinLee
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I have used Load Data for a number of years and like it. As was stated they use a lot of the powder and bullet manufactures data. They also use any load data from articles out of Handloader magazine. But they don't publish any loads off the internet. It seems like some of the bullet companies (Sierra for example) no longer give them their data. If you are going to use it for just handgun data $35 is pretty spendy. I don't buy as many loading manuals any more. But with the loading manuals you have them for good, whereas if you terminate the service you don't have anything. If a handloader is going to buy just one loading manual probably the 50th edition of the Lyman manual would be the one.
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Used one for awhile, didn't renew. After awhile you settle into some favorites and quit experimenting. I hardly ever change my loads now and I know what works for me. Some powder is still hard to find so it doesn't make much sense anymore, for me anyway.
2tall79
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Not sure why there would be a difference, but I pay $30/year for Load Data subscription. And the scarcity of powder was exactly why I signed up. I had to adjust my loading according to what was available at the time.
I understand today's thinking about electronic information/data, but what's wrong with plain old reloading manuals? I can take them anywhere, don't have to flip between websites to compare, and am confident I'm getting reliable information/data. I found in 30+ years of reloading that it's best, for me at least, to pay very little attention to any forum expert, range rat, gun counter clerk, pet loads website, or gun shop guru. 99% of my reloading dta has come from published reloading manuals. Nope, I'm not a dinosaur and anti-new technology (I spend a good bit of time on one of my computers), jes wondering why folks ask for websites or data and not consult probably the best source; books. 
DWalt
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I wouldn't. I have a collection of reloading manuals extending from the 1950s (and some even older) up to perhaps the 1990s. Plus all of the powder manufacturers reloading data is available absolutely free on the internet. Personally I can see no need to pay for a reloading recipe service. Even though it is not recommended as a source of reloading data, I occasionally use the internal ballistics computer program Quickload.
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