Your preferred reloading manual and why?

as he should have been. In his thick load book he has some fascinating theories on cast bullet loading and pressure management. My only critique is his unusual system of citing volumetric capacities (cc's) that correlate with his loading tools exclusively. He also explains this reasoning in the book. I got to speak to him personally once. He was answering the phones while the clerk was at lunch! Super nice fellow and family business. The little hand loaders are still fun to play with. They got sued once and changed them early on. I think the transition from red 2-piece box to the two piece red and black box model. O'l Taffin would know, God rest his soul.

Today it seems you need to buy the manual for whatever bullet your messing with. Barns etc. requires special techniques for mono-alloy projectiles. That's how I ended up with so many over the years. It used to be Lyman, Speer, Hornady, Serria, pretty much had you covered. I really like the yearly magazine style publication by Hodgdon powder. It's a must have.