Customer Reviews

Complete Reloading Guide

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This loading book does offer a complete list of a variety of calibers. However, it falls short because it only lists some wierd (or at lease uncommon) powders that I have never used to load cartridges or shells.

The book does have some other interesting info about guns and loading. But this does not make it a good loading book reference.

The best way to describe this: A manual without a specific product label. That is most manuals are put out by Hornady or RCBS and promote their products. This book is put together much like a manual but does a much better job of describing the things you'll need to do to reload, and adds extras, such as, how cases are formed.

What is really nice about it is that since it is available at used prices it is very reasonable. There are loads for handguns, shotguns and rifles, and though not every bullet combo is listed, the common ones are. There are even specific sections for loads for wildcats, like the .219 Donaldson Wasp, or obsolete loads like .45-90 Winchester. It even has loads for black-powder, not covered in many other reloading manuals.

What is great is that it discusses, powders, bullets and cases in general giving a pretty good overview. What I appreciate here is that it covers reloading shot loads for handguns. Something I haven't found elsewhere to date. And there is even a section on multiball loads--that is loading a rifle cartridge, like the .444 Marlin with three round balls.

All things considered, including the price, if you are buying your reloading equipment piece by piece, you can in fact start reloading with just this book as a reference.

For further reference I also recommend Abc's Of Reloading: The Definitive Guide For Novice To Expert (ABC's of Reloading) which is a terrific reference though not a manual.

To extend your reloading enjoyment I love The Hunter's Guide to Ballistics: Practical Advice on How to Choose Guns and Loads, and Use them Effectively.

And if you are a beginner, nothing helps like seeing someone do it, so check out Learn Handgun & Rifle Reloading in Under 41 Minutes.

For a beginning reloader, this volume covers alot of the basics. Includes reloading tables for pistol and rifle, broken down by modern, metric, and obsolete cartridges. Powder selection and bullet weights are limited, rifles mainly focus on IMR powders. All in all this contains alot of info I found extremely helpful when I first began reloading. The tables for the metric cartridges contained alot of the info I needed for reloading my 9 X 18 Makarovs as well as my 8mm and 6.5mm Mausers.

This book is miss-titled. It should read; 'Incopplete Reloading Guide'
I have a Lyman #45 reloading guide published in 1970 that is one-tenth the size and has twice the info. A total waste of time & money. These guys need to stick to the electrical field. Bummer! SS

It was what they said it would be and arrived when they said it would.
Thanks.

I just finished reading this book. It has a lot of good information for the beginner as well as the experienced reloader. The sections on strain guages and chamber pressures is very good and well worth reading.

It is 13 years old so does no contain any reloading data on some of the new calibers but that info is available elsewhere. Well worth the money.

Bernie Fehringer