Speer # 14 Loading Manual by Bob Shellhttp://writerbobshell.comThere are many loading books out there and for the most part they contain a lot of good info. Speerhas been producing loading manuals for a long time and in 4/07 they came out with the number 14. Ithas been reprinted a couple of times indicating its popularity. There is a good reason for the manycopies that were and are still being sold.It has 1149 pages full of must read material for the advanced and beginner alike who want to handloadtheir ammo. It covers all of the modern cartridges that are in production as of the time that it waswritten and covers a few of the odd ball numbers such as the 9 mm Largo. The history and descriptionof each cartridge is extremely complete and covers any item that you are likely to run in to. For certaincartridges such as the 32-20 and 45-70 it goes into different levels of loads for the guns that wereproduced many years ago as well as modern weapons. I can tell you that a lot of hard work andresearch went into this book. They have good drawings and dimensions of all of the cartridges listedwhich in itself is a valuable asset. It goes into all of the dos and don ts of reloading. Safety andproblem issues are also dealt with in detail. If you are having a reloading problem chances are theanswer is somewhere in the Speer book. Of course the data is for Speer bullets and they wisely advisethe reader to reduce a little if another brand of bullet is substituted. Since they are part of the samecompany they recommend RCBS loading products and molds which is another quality brand