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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 103481" data-source="post: 1902838"><p>I can understand stores not giving out load data, and I can understand why berger has stopped giving it out in written form. I always call them now to get a starting point, since I'm often using their bullets. It's harder with Hornady as they want you to buy their book.</p><p></p><p>It seems the biggest issues often come from the people who comment on someone else's thread about how great their load is. This is common with newer cartridges being released. "Why would I buy ___ when my ____ gets ____ bullion fps with a small wheelbarrow load of ___.</p><p></p><p>On pet load threads you see major trends and can often tell when something is off or high, on people's personal rifle logs you see them work up with their rifle.</p><p></p><p>At some point we have to decide what's better for the sport and for each other, providing data that others can use or hide it all away and let everyone figure it out for themselves. Eventually people are going to have to take some personal responsibility, and before I ever started reloading I had probably been told 100 times to start low or to go by the book and to not take others load data as gospel. People should be gathering information from all sources and making an educated decision based on what they are seeing. With newer cartridges or wildcats is often difficult to find safe jumping off points, this forum and others have been vital for doing that. I have a combination I want to play with in 243 right now that I can find little data on anywhere but searching online. Neutering the data we share with each other because a few idiots don't follow our repeated warnings is IMO not a good idea, but perhaps when and how we give out that data should be considered more critically.</p><p></p><p>I am very pro data and information sharing, but will consider how and when I deliver that information more in the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 103481, post: 1902838"] I can understand stores not giving out load data, and I can understand why berger has stopped giving it out in written form. I always call them now to get a starting point, since I’m often using their bullets. It’s harder with Hornady as they want you to buy their book. It seems the biggest issues often come from the people who comment on someone else’s thread about how great their load is. This is common with newer cartridges being released. “Why would I buy ___ when my ____ gets ____ bullion fps with a small wheelbarrow load of ___. On pet load threads you see major trends and can often tell when something is off or high, on people’s personal rifle logs you see them work up with their rifle. At some point we have to decide what’s better for the sport and for each other, providing data that others can use or hide it all away and let everyone figure it out for themselves. Eventually people are going to have to take some personal responsibility, and before I ever started reloading I had probably been told 100 times to start low or to go by the book and to not take others load data as gospel. People should be gathering information from all sources and making an educated decision based on what they are seeing. With newer cartridges or wildcats is often difficult to find safe jumping off points, this forum and others have been vital for doing that. I have a combination I want to play with in 243 right now that I can find little data on anywhere but searching online. Neutering the data we share with each other because a few idiots don’t follow our repeated warnings is IMO not a good idea, but perhaps when and how we give out that data should be considered more critically. I am very pro data and information sharing, but will consider how and when I deliver that information more in the future. [/QUOTE]
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