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- From: rigg@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com (Dana Rigg)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: NRA Reloading Manuals: Review
- Message-ID: <9211201805.AA20719@spsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 22:32:27 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- Hi All!
-
- I just got 3 reloading manuals (.45 ACP, 9mm, .223) in the mail from
- the NRA via their book sales service. Each manual is dedicated to one
- caliber and the 3 I purchased cost $6.95 each (plus shipping).
-
- The manuals are spiral bound with paper covers (I hoped they would at
- least be laminated but no such luck). Each manual basically consists of
- copies of the pages from manuals produced by the various bullet and
- powder manufacturers. Each manual is approximately 30-35 pages long,
- containing laoding information for a wide variety of bullets and powders.
-
- Review:
-
- Binding: Pretty good, although there are a lot of rough edges in the
- binding holes so the first look at the manual dumped a lot of
- paper shards in my lap. Also, the cover is paper; I would
- have preferred that it was at least laminated so it doesn't
- get ruined when you lay the book in a puddle of gun oil or
- lubricant.
-
- Copy Quality: Overall, copy quality was excellent. The quality on the
- worst pages was, at the least, very good. The worst pages
- included some shading for max loads that may have been in
- color in the original text so the shading on the copies
- ranges from very dark to almost unseen. The text within
- the shading is legible in all cases.
-
- Content: All of the major and most of the minor bullet and powder
- manufacturers are represented in the manual. There is, however,
- no additional data above and beyond that found in the manuals
- from which the data is lifted. That means that little data is
- available for your run-of-the-mill lead bullets.
-
- NRA Service: Excellent! Many years ago, I could not call the NRA and get
- competent help. Not so anymore! When I ordered the manuals,
- the NRA operator was very professional. She took my order,
- repeated it, and got it correct the first time. The manuals
- were in my mail box 1 week later.
-
- Results:
-
- Anyone that is looking for a collection of reloading data for a single
- caliber should be very happy with these manuals.
-
- Dana Rigg
- Chandler, AZ
- rigg@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com
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-