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<blockquote data-quote="Winchester 69" data-source="post: 343634" data-attributes="member: 8037"><p>The recommendation for loading manuals is more for the instructional material than for the recipes. That's why the Lyman manual is universally recommended. That the recipes do not concentrate on a single brand of powders or bullets is secondary. The Speer and Hornady books also have good instructional sections. The Sierra manual has good ballistics information, but it's also available online at their website. The primary emphasis for you is your getting a good foundation for what you will be doing. Read first. Load second. You will be building your own loading process to suit your particular requirements. </p><p></p><p>I'm unable to advise you about Dillon's manual; you should decide for yourself if it looks like it has $20 dollars worth of information. I think I would establish a need before investing. Load info is pretty much available for the asking. </p><p></p><p>The RCBS trickler is made of metal, which is probably an advantage over a plastic one that may be prone to static problems. The main differential is mass (weight). The thing will walk all over the place if its not heavy or fastened to something that is. One mfr, the one of your recent acquaintance, has a heavy one. It's of cast iron and is advertised to weigh one pound. It's made by Redding and is not the least expensive. It is the most functional. If you can weight down the RCBS or one of the plastic ones, you may have something that will work as well. What's the trouble worth? I use the Redding and am pleased. </p><p></p><p>I'll take the opportunity here to re-emphasize the desirability of having caliber-specific funnel and loading blocks if your loading process utilizes them. The cases and funnel will be stabilized when pouring weighed powder charges. If you have a third or fourth hand available, ignore the previous comment. </p><p></p><p>I don't use a tumbler. The factors surrounding their use are noise, stability and life expectancy. Do searches on a number of forums to get a feeling for which are the good ones. You'll also need a means for separating the cases from the media.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Winchester 69, post: 343634, member: 8037"] The recommendation for loading manuals is more for the instructional material than for the recipes. That's why the Lyman manual is universally recommended. That the recipes do not concentrate on a single brand of powders or bullets is secondary. The Speer and Hornady books also have good instructional sections. The Sierra manual has good ballistics information, but it's also available online at their website. The primary emphasis for you is your getting a good foundation for what you will be doing. Read first. Load second. You will be building your own loading process to suit your particular requirements. I'm unable to advise you about Dillon's manual; you should decide for yourself if it looks like it has $20 dollars worth of information. I think I would establish a need before investing. Load info is pretty much available for the asking. The RCBS trickler is made of metal, which is probably an advantage over a plastic one that may be prone to static problems. The main differential is mass (weight). The thing will walk all over the place if its not heavy or fastened to something that is. One mfr, the one of your recent acquaintance, has a heavy one. It's of cast iron and is advertised to weigh one pound. It's made by Redding and is not the least expensive. It is the most functional. If you can weight down the RCBS or one of the plastic ones, you may have something that will work as well. What's the trouble worth? I use the Redding and am pleased. I'll take the opportunity here to re-emphasize the desirability of having caliber-specific funnel and loading blocks if your loading process utilizes them. The cases and funnel will be stabilized when pouring weighed powder charges. If you have a third or fourth hand available, ignore the previous comment. I don't use a tumbler. The factors surrounding their use are noise, stability and life expectancy. Do searches on a number of forums to get a feeling for which are the good ones. You'll also need a means for separating the cases from the media. [/QUOTE]
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