Complete Reloading Guide

by John E. Traister and Robert J. Traister

Book Overview

A reloading manual from 1996. Excellent reference book. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883171945
• ISBN13: 9780883171943
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Stoeger Publishing Company
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.2" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

What They Said

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Complete Reloading is a Great Guide

I just finished reading this book. It has a lot of good information for the beginner as well as the experienced reloader. The sections on strain guages and chamber pressures is very good and well worth reading. It is 13 years old so does no contain any reloading data on some of the new calibers but that info is available elsewhere. Well worth the money. Bernie Fehringer

A Excellent non-product linked manual that is well worth adding to your library

The best way to describe this: A manual without a specific product label. That is most manuals are put out by Hornady or RCBS and promote their products. This book is put together much like a manual but does a much better job of describing the things you'll need to do to reload, and adds extras, such as, how cases are formed. What is really nice about it is that since it is available at used prices it is very reasonable. There are loads for handguns, shotguns and rifles, and though not every bullet combo is listed, the common ones are. There are even specific sections for loads for wildcats, like the .219 Donaldson Wasp, or obsolete loads like .45-90 Winchester. It even has loads for black-powder, not covered in many other reloading manuals. What is great is that it discusses, powders, bullets and cases in general giving a pretty good overview. What I appreciate here is that it covers reloading shot loads for handguns. Something I haven't found elsewhere to date. And there is even a section on multiball loads--that is loading a rifle cartridge, like the .444 Marlin with three round balls. All things considered, including the price, if you are buying your reloading equipment piece by piece, you can in fact start reloading with just this book as a reference. For further reference I also recommend Abc's Of Reloading: The Definitive Guide For Novice To Expert (ABC's of Reloading) which is a terrific reference though not a manual. To extend your reloading enjoyment I love The Hunter's Guide to Ballistics: Practical Advice on How to Choose Guns and Loads, and Use them Effectively. And if you are a beginner, nothing helps like seeing someone do it, so check out Learn Handgun & Rifle Reloading in Under 41 Minutes.

Good source of basic info

For a beginning reloader, this volume covers alot of the basics. Includes reloading tables for pistol and rifle, broken down by modern, metric, and obsolete cartridges. Powder selection and bullet weights are limited, rifles mainly focus on IMR powders. All in all this contains alot of info I found extremely helpful when I first began reloading. The tables for the metric cartridges contained alot of the info I needed for reloading my 9 X 18 Makarovs as well as my 8mm and 6.5mm Mausers.