alinct
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Post by alinct on Feb 7, 2011 14:55:30 GMT -5
Went on an overnight road trip with my dad to a gun show in Barre, VT this weekend and picked up two older Lyman reloading manuals from the early 60's. Looking through them I noticed that some of the loads are a lot more than the recent loading manuals give. How come the newer books have lower loads? Is it a safety issue?
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Post by cherokee on Feb 7, 2011 16:27:48 GMT -5
The most common answer I hear is they have better testing facilities today and have discovered some of the old loads were too hot. Some say its lawyer influnce. I use current data unless its a load I developed years ago and am satisfied with in my guns.
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greygt
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Post by greygt on Feb 7, 2011 17:01:38 GMT -5
Yes it has do with safety and liability. Due the changes in powder formulas and changes in primers over the years. And of course the liability lawyers mentioned above.
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Post by Frank V on Feb 13, 2011 18:59:59 GMT -5
Alinct
I agree that the loads in the older manuals are usually much heavier than the current ones in new manuals. I've thought it was because of lawyers, but now I'm not so sure. Some of the powders have changed, & some aren't available anymore. I think more modern testing methods have a lot to do with that, but I've never had trouble using the old loads when they were current, so I don't know for sure.
I am a huge fan of the older manuals, they are a wealth of information on days gone by. They are fascinating in themselves & I never throw away an old manual. They are great reading.
Frank
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