Hornady provides some reloading data online at http://www.hornady.com/reloading and in much greater detail in the Hornady 8th Edition Reloading Handbook. The company's Lock-N-Load system allows reloading of both handgun and rifle rounds, with conversion bushings for use with other brands. The down-loadable user's manuals available at http://www.hornady.com/support/downloads/users-manuals/current
. include specifications and charts for correctly reloading specific types of ammunition. Other websites, including http://www.handloads.com/, provide a wealth of data and a number of calculators to assist in reloading ammunition to meet precise performance standards.Load data specifications for Hornady cartridges are available at http://www.hornady.com/support/downloads/load-data by clicking on the desired type. The company plans to add information on more cartridges in the future. The manuals for Hornady reloading equipment include data to ensure use of correct amounts of powder and propellent and proper spacing of wads for the ammunition being reloaded. Carefully following all specifications in the down-loadable manuals ensures safe and effective results when using the reloading equipment.Naturally, reloading data from other companies, such as Speer or Varget, will vary somewhat even when concerning the same caliber and grains. Often, this is due to the use of different primers and cases, but always double-check to be sure that all components are compatible and the amounts of powder, etc., fit the intended application. The ultimate authority on both classic and new Hornady bullets and cartridges remains the Hornady Reloading Handbook, widely available in print.For an almost exhaustive source of data and calculators for Hornady and other brands of ammunition, consult the http://www.handloads.com/ website. It includes a load database, sorted several ways, for both handgun and rifle rounds. Calculators include a Reduced Load Calculator which suggests the appropriate powder charge to result in a chosen velocity, a Primer Cross Reference Chart and a calculator which determines the grains required to reload rounds when using various bullet shapes and diameters.A number of resources, both online and offline, offer reloading data for Hornady rounds. Because the Hornady reloading equipment can be used with conversion kits to reload cartridges and cases of other brands, much of the data also applies to rounds of the same caliber and similar specifications produced by other companies. More reference links: http://www.hornady.com/reloading http://www.handloads.com/
