Why don't bullet manufacturers just put load data on their website? I was thinking of trying the 200 grain .375 sierra bullet in a .375 Ruger, but I don't want to buy another reloading manual, and I am too new to start comparing other similar loads, I'm just not comfortable with that. Wouldn't it make sense to let people know how to use their products?

I have found that bullet makers will send out reloading data if requested. I would suggest sending Sierra a nicely worded email requesting load data.

Jesse

Nosler puts NEW data (stuff they developed after the manual went to press) on their website

Most of the propellant manufacturers put their data on their websites. It may or may not be for the exact bullet you want to use, but the variables inherent in the different chambers and barrels they use versus your particular gun's are usually greater than the variance between different bullets of the same weight and type. In the end, you must vet your own data through judicious trial regardless of where it originated.

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Originally posted by Stonecreek:
Most of the propellant manufacturers put their data on their websites. It may or may not be for the exact bullet you want to use, but the variables inherent in the different chambers and barrels they use versus your particular gun's are usually greater than the variance between different bullets of the same weight and type. In the end, you must vet your own data through judicious trial regardless of where it originated.

Unless the bulets are of castly diff. construction (ie monometals vs cup/core vs partitions). Regardless, you still need to work the loads up.

I have called Sierra and they have mailed me "tear sheets"with the bullet data. They are really great about their products. Call their tech service member, worth the time and the
call.

Why should they, when they can put it all together into a nice bound volume, and SELL it to you??

(The powder makers DO furnish some data on-line, however.......)

Buy Quickload, that basically solves your problem. Use the online data and the print manuals to double check.

Want a helpful web site,

this is maintained by a former AR member here...

I consult this site before I consult most of my reload manuals... Steve has done a lot of work cataloging all of this info from tons of sources...
http://stevespages.com/page8a.htm

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Originally posted by seafire2:
this is maintained by a former AR member here...

Beg to differ, there seafire. Steve is not a former AR member. You can still search his posts and PM him from this forum. He is in just as good standing as you or I.

He just hasn't posted here for a year and a half since he started his own chatroom.

"It's alive!"

Couple three factors to figure on bullets in a load workup:

Bullet weight

Bullet material (lead/copper jacket)

Bullet diameter (printed on the package)

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That's going to cover the load pressure issues. The rest of the ballistic details are all part of working up a load. Nice to have a chrono, but you can work up a load just by shooting groups off a bench.

Bullet mfg's SELL data manuals. There are some ballistic software options out there.

Before I'd trust any online load data that's not published on a MANUFACTURE'S site, I'd do some research and ensure that the load data is within the parameters of the data published on a MANUFACTURE'S site.

You get some nuts out there, some whacko wildcatters, some clueless types, probably more than one vandal, and there's the inevitable typos and transpositions.

Before I'd snug my mortal body up next to a load I'd found online, I'd check to ensure the data falls within the realm of published MANUFACTURE'S data. That data is accurate, safe, proven, and reliable.

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Originally posted by ricciardelli:
"It's alive!"

..are greatly exaggerated.

I had seen some stuff with Quickload, has anyone else here used it and what did you think?

I just recently bought a couple of the "Loadbooks USA" handbooks which are sold by caliber. Each one has the load data from the top 10+/- major manuals. (actually it looks like they physically copied the pages. I assume they have permission)
Sample:
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=117533

If you're only interested in one caliber then it's pretty cheap ~$6USD. Once you go over 3 or 4 then buying a whole manual would be cheaper.

Alf