Pet Loads by Ken Waters.
Is this worth the $60.00 +shipping?
Thanks, Dale
Pet Loads by Ken Waters.
Is this worth the $60.00 +shipping?
Thanks, Dale
I thought so and still do
R J Talley
Teacher/James Madison Fellow
it was, it is, and it will be for many years to come!!!
Particularly if it has the supplemental load data which contains a follow up on the 9mm which would save a lot of loaders trouble if they just read it a couple times!
Does it have much on cast loads...especially rifle?
Thanks, Dale
I bought the 2 volume 1st edition many years back and got a good deal of info from it. I liked it so much that several years back I bought the expanded single volume that has lots of updated info.Robert
Smart guy. I have a couple of his books. But I can't remember the titles. Mine are paperback, a hardback might be worth that price.
Be careful,
Victor
Life member NRA
No info on any of the "new" powders but a lot of good info. At least some cast boolit data for every caliber and lots of hint/technique stuff for the specific guns he used in his testing. My set is the two-volume 5th Edition from 1990 and, probably, the first thing I reach for when researching a new caliber.
Bill
"I'm not often right but I've never been wrong."
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"Scarlet Begonias"
Dale, I love my copies...I have a set from the mid-1970's and the revised all in one book.....one of my favorite reference books and IMHO I would say yes...
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yes it is!
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Currently casting for .223, .308, .30-06, .30-40 Krag, 9mm, .38/.357, 10mm, 44 Mag and 45 ACP.
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I use my regularly. Check at ABE Books or Amazon for a used one if finances hurt but get one if you shoot cartridges designed before this century.
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Worth so much I ordered an updated version!
For those handloaders interested in solid, practical information as well as some semi-technical to technical aspects of various cartridges and guns, Ken Waters' PET LOADS has no equal. Waters certainly has been among the very best of the handloading writers for a long time. Though some of the articles are a bit dated, there is something of value in every one. PET LOADS has no rambling drivel or big buck tales, just useful information.
Back when a writer did the work. Kind of like a bible. Mine did not cost that much but it was long ago.
Like the hand-drawn Disney cartoons and the Pyramids, Mr. Waters' book is something that nobody will ever have the time, energy and dedication to do again.
Even if you don't load every (or any) caliber he has covered, the description of loading and testing techniques he used are applicable to everything else. And it's all interesting reading to anyone who likes guns and reloading.
The frequently repeated advice on these Forums, "Get all the handloading books you can find," definitely includes Pet Loads.
Has always been a good source for me. I got the one volume paperback. Massive book.
Very good deal. Ken has forgotten more than most have remembered.
Think I paid close to that quite a few years ago. Wonderful book!
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Midway USA has the softcover for $48.99 + shipping
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/25...-by-ken-waters
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Most calibers have cast data for them, interesting reading just for the variety of calibers listed. I fool with several obsolete/odd ball calibers and have found data/case forming data there.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |