Just remember that powder chemistry changes from time to time.
It's good to cross reference your load data from several creditable and current references.
My all in one books tend to be very old load data tables from out of print books.
I'm not too happy with the Hornady book. I think the loads are on the light side from my experience.
Just my .02 for what it is worth these days.
I concur............and yes I just bumped a 5 year old thread.
Best and most accurate are results from THEIR gun... in their conditions. Your results are bound to be different.
Does anyone know why this old book is so expensive on Fleabay??
Not necessarily. In .223 or .308 you can put Lake City Match or Federal Gold Medal Match into any rifle and it will shoot well.
Same thing with hand loads. There are loads that are accurate is just about every rifle.
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I guess it depends on your definition of well. I tried several brands of match ammo and some of them would shoot about 1MOA and some wouldn't. Handloads got me below .5 MOA on my 308. and almost as good with my 223 but I didn't try as hard with the 223 yet.
i check online and a couple manuals when starting over with something new. Which I haven't done in a long time.