Anybody suscribe to an online load data site?

[gregintenn]

Like loaddata.com or others? What do you think of it?

[Guest nicemac]

Like loaddata.com or others? What do you think of it?

I don't subscribe to anything like that, but use Hogdon's free website-which is terrific–no membership required.

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

[gregintenn]

I've seen several sites like that, and they do contain much valuable information. I was looking for something with a nearly unlimited amount of data without buying an entire library of manuals.

[Guest bcbulldog78]

I subscribe to loaddata - for my part it is pretty awesome. I have found a much more extensive load data for some calibers than i have found anywhere else. It has references to which manual the data was pulled from. Often the data is older manuals that are no longer in print. One of the main features I like about it is the ability to search by the various components. You can search by powder caliber, powder manufacturer, powder type, and projectile weight. All of the standard wrning apply and you have to use your brain with any load data to see if it passes the "sniff test" but so far I have found nothing for any of the cailbers that I load that would strike me as bad or unsafe data.

[gregintenn]

Thanks. That's the kind of thing I think I'd like to have access to. For example, I have some 240 grain half jacket 44 bullets I think were made by Speer. I've read that you should load them hot to aviod the jacket separating from the bullet and staying in the barrel. I haven't found any load data for them, however. I don't know if it would be the same as any other 240 gr jacket bullet or not.

[kb4ns]

I guess I've been lucky. Between the books I already have and the awesomeness of Google, I've come up information on all of the loads I've wanted to try thus far.

[gregintenn]

I also just bought a bunch of 257 Roberts brass, and thirty something boxes of assorted bullets. I would like to get creative.

[DWARREN123]

I use Hodgdon's load data web site and load books. Since I use Hodgdon's powders I am pretty well up date.

[gregintenn]

I don't use just one or two brands of powder or bullets. I use what I can get a deal on.

[mikadosoft]

You may want to do a google search for "Reloaders Reference v9.3x74r". Somebody went through some trouble to load the data from many books into a spreadsheet. It has thousands of loads in a searchable database. I've used it for years. Its free and may have what your looking for.

John

[Raoul]

This one?

Reloaders' Reference | Download Reloaders' Reference software for free at SourceForge.net

[gregintenn]

SOunds like what I'm looking for. I downloaded it once, and couldn't open it. I'll try it again. Thanks. What's the trick to getting it to open so you can read it?

Edited February 11, 2011 by gregintenn

[Mechanic_X]

I've seen several sites like that, and they do contain much valuable information. I was looking for something with a nearly unlimited amount of data without buying an entire library of manuals.

Greg you can always just call me.

Just kidding.