Hornady 9th Edition Handbook of Cartridge Reloading.

I have been reloading for over 40 years and my most recent manual was a 4th edition Hornady that I got in 1992. Of course there is a lot of good information on the internet now from powder manufactures and others and in most cases I've been using the same loads for years. There is a good variety of loads in this manual, pretty good coverage of powders. It is very conservative on the loads that I have looked at. I use mostly IMR and Hodgdon powders for rifles and the maximum loads in this manual are well below the online information on the IMR/Hodgon website. I do like the fact that instead of giving only starting and maximum loads they give loads across a range of muzzle velocities (example loads for 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900 fps). The do not give chamber pressure for their loads and I do like to see chamber pressures. There is a good description and history of the cartridge, what game is appropriate game for a load and they cover a great range of different cartridges. The book seems to have a good section on the actual reloading process. I have not looked over that part and hopefully I will read through that. It's easy at this point for me to think I don't need to read any of this cause I know it all anyway. I don't. I debated a 4 or 5 rating for the manual but obviously I settled on a 5

good reloading manual for the sportsman

I bought the Hornady 9th Edition Handbook of Cartridges on Amazon. The 9th Edition Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading is the newest reloading handbook by Hornady. This book is an extremely valuable resource for reloading. There is over 900 pages of reloading data with all the newest Hornady bullets. Each cartridge load has the applicable Hornady bullets along with velocity, powder and primer charts. It is indexed for a quick and easy reference. The first few chapters go through safety, how to reload, and nomenclature. This book has an in-depth, easy-to-understand explanations of internal, external and terminal ballistics with a new calculator on their website. The book is well written and easy to understand. I think it is one of the top reloading manuals updated yearly. I do think it would be better with larger physical dimensions. The book size is 6.2 x 9.2 inches and would be easier to use at 8.5 x 11 inches.

I am a fan of Hornady bullets, because they are a good product at an economical price. Meanwhile, this ninth edition reloading manual works for me mainly as an "additional reference." The manual and its writers are probably not at fault for this position, but I end up with only a so-so in listing the powders that I'm used to using and tend to have on hand. I started reloading with Lyman's 47th edition manual, and of course the powders that I have stocked and gotten used to under that guidance would not necessarily match what Hornady recommends. What affects me the most is that, when I find a powder that is good for one cartridge type, it is nice to see if it can be used in another type as well; that question needs to be answered by someone as yes or no, and if yes, then how much so. No manual that I know of does this entirely well, and this manual seems at least on a par with others in that respect.Beyond the normal limitations of a reloading manual, there is a phenomenon that I perceive in recent reloadingmanuals, whether correctly or not. I recently bought MODERN RELOADING, Second Edition, by Richard Lee, and then I bought exactly the same title, edition, and author, but with "All new data", and it is an entirely different book. It is as if the updated "Second Edition" was supposed to quietly replace the first one. It is a little confusing to have two manuals with exactly the same title and edition, and very similar cover, although different size of book, that have such different contents. But the point is that the newer release deletes a lot of the earlier data and substitutes other things. I sense the same phenomenon as I compare Lyman's 47th and 49th editions. Perhaps some liability issues came up, so that more recent editions of many manuals do not list the reloading options that they used to. The Hornady 9th edition manual strikes me as similarly sparse in reloading options, so surely that is a source of my less that high satisfaction. To deal with this problematic lack of choices, I keep on hand the Hornady manual but also my different editions from Lee and Lyman, and also I add manufacturer and other data that I have been able to gather online. Having a broad base of information, a good variety of opinions, and of course listings for powders that I may have on hand or be able to acquire gives me options for many more powder and cartridge combinations as well as more immediate insight into to what constitute safer vs. "hotter" loads. (Of course, if one uses older data as the basis for a load, it is sensible to note whether that load has been removed or reduced in a newer manual, and then to approach it with all the caution that such a change might suggest.)In the Hornady manual, I like that:- It uses a table arrangement to show powder weights and expected velocities. Most manuals only give starting load and a maximum load (sometimes with velocity only provided at one end of the scale). One may be able to interpolate powder weights to get an estimated velocity, but this manual shows it in the table at a glance, and also one can see right away which powders give better or lesser performance for the round.- Each section has a description of the cartridge type and its history, along with other informative discussion, for example, why one should not fire 5.56 NATO rounds in a rifle made only for 223 Remington.- It has separate sections for different versions of the same basic cartridge, such as 30-06 Springfield and also M1 Garand, or 223 Remington, but also 223 Remington Service Rifle and 5.56mm NATO. This is a mixed blessing, because while these separate sections allow one to see differences within a basic cartridge type and to read discussion about them, one notices such things as that the M1 Garand uses a lower velocity load than regular 30-06, and no explanation for that difference is given. This leaves the door to additional research invitingly open, but in the meantime one wonders whether the lower velocity for the Garand is merely a historical standard or whether using a stronger round presents any sort of safety issue. That isn't for me to try and answer, so let the research begin.What I don't particularly like, then, are that:- It doesn't list as many reloading powder options as I would like, although that seems to be a common matter, especially in recent editions of reloading manuals, so I feel that I need a variety of data sources.- It does not provide pressure measurements for the high end loads. While a reloader does not have to have these, based on the idea that the high load is still within SAAMI/ANSI specifications, I find that pressure data provide some additional perspective on what a powder is doing, and they also give a sense of diligence to any testing that was done.I'm glad that I have the Hornady manual for the useful information that it provides. I don't blame it for not providing all the information that I want, since no single manual does. I don't blame it if it disagrees in several ways from other manuals; that is a reality of practical testing and the data gathered under different conditions and with different devices. Meanwhile, unless I were to have sudden access to the particular powder choices that this manual gives, I would be stuck in several instances, although well helped in others. The biggest mistake I can think of would be to do reloading without adequate information.

This Hornady 9th edition reloaders handbook is a very nice supplement for my reloading hobby. I also have the  Lyman 49th Edition Reloading Handbook  as well as an old Sierra reloading handbook from the 80's. I use mostly Hornady bullets for reloading my 270 Winchester hunting rifle along with my 22-250 Remington varmint rifle. The Lyman handbook has a lot of good information for a variety of bullet manufacturers, but I wanted something specific to Hornady since that is what I use the most. They have a good range of powder types they use for each bullet, which is nice. The beginning of the book also has a good run down on the reloading process in general and some good company history. These guys have been in the industry for a long time and make a very good product. I would recommend to anyone who reloads and especially for anyone who uses Hornady bullets in their reloading.

The manual is near perfect condition. Thank you Amazon!

Over all the Hornady reloading book is my favorite one. Good coverage of reloading techniques and lots of good reloading data. It is of coarse Hornady centric, but much of it is pretty universal. The dies and equipment are not that much different form manufacturer to manufacturer. I have all Lee equipment myself and this book is still a good fit. The bullet specs are all Hornady of coarse but you can usually find one that is close to what you're using from other brands. And Hornady has a large selection of bullets anyhow at good prices so they are already my #1 choice. Good powder coverage and includes the newer powders that I am using. Really happy with this book and buying last years edition, really happy with the price too.

Es el abc. Para la recarga de toda la gama de cartuchos muy útil para quienes hacemos recargas personalizadas

Buon manuale di ricarica, non dettagliato come il Bordin ma presenta molte tabelle. Peccato che manchino le misure in mm, sono presenti solo in pollici. Comunque consigliato.

Hornady gibt dem Wiederlader mit diesem Buch sehr umfangreiche Informationen an die Hand.Auch exotische/seltene Kaliber werden in diesem Buch berücksichtigt. Der Wiederlader erhält nichtnur eine reine Tabelle über Lademengen und Maße, sondern ebenfalls Informationen zu besonders gutenKombinationen von Pulver und Geschossgewicht bzw Geschossart.Zu jedem Kaliber gibt es eine kurze Einleitung zur entwicklung und Einsatzgebiet.Für mich eine umfangreiche Entscheidungshilfe bei der Wahl eines Kalibers.Das sämtliche Informationen auf Englisch, bzw. alle Maße in Zoll angegeben sind,sollte demjenigen der sich ein amerikanisches Buch kauft natürlich klar sein.Punktabzug gibt es dafür nicht.Das Buch ist sehr solide gebunden und hat ein gut schützendes Hardcover.Damit erfüllt diese Enzyklopädie alles Vorraussetzungen für ein langes Leben.Mein Exemplar würde ich im Leben nicht mehr hergeben.

Un manual que no debe de faltar en el entorno de recarga, en especial si usas proyectiles Hornady.Sin duda aconsejable para todo recargador.

For the money this book is a good one to have for those that reload. Nice clear layout easy to index your loads and all most common calibers covered