01-14-2013, 04:12 AM
I leave for SHOT tomorrow, and will be back Friday. Print job has already been started with a professional printing firm, who is scheduled to ship the order before the end of the month, maybe sooner. I will start shipping any initial-run handbooks I have when I get back, as I am scheduled to receive a stack while in Vegas.
I don't know about you guys, but even though I helped write it with JASmith and RickOShay, this handbook will be very useful to me on the bench, as I can reference the AA/Lapua/Vihtavuori/Ramshot/Western/Hodgdon's load data right there, with user data tables to write in my own favorite loads in the book that are placed after each manufacturer's load data section. Another cool thing is that RickOShay formatted all the mfgr data into one easily-read table graphic, unlike the photo-copied reloading handbooks many of us have become familiar with over the years.
JASmith has also included some really cool comparisons with common hunting calibers using Hornady's HITS method, and he also made a great velocity estimator worksheet graph to help you determine what the expected velocity for your barrel length should be when you only have data for another barrel length.
This handbook is written by Grendel owners/reloaders, for Grendel owners and reloaders. We hope you all thoroughly enjoy it, and we are already looking forward to working on the next volume. I want to thank everyone for all the help, especially the many forum members who have sent projectile samples, offered important input about their extensive experience with the 6.5mm caliber on game, and shared photos. This is a great community to be a part of, and both new and old forum members will have an excellent resource to add to their reloading bench now.
I don't know about you guys, but even though I helped write it with JASmith and RickOShay, this handbook will be very useful to me on the bench, as I can reference the AA/Lapua/Vihtavuori/Ramshot/Western/Hodgdon's load data right there, with user data tables to write in my own favorite loads in the book that are placed after each manufacturer's load data section. Another cool thing is that RickOShay formatted all the mfgr data into one easily-read table graphic, unlike the photo-copied reloading handbooks many of us have become familiar with over the years.
JASmith has also included some really cool comparisons with common hunting calibers using Hornady's HITS method, and he also made a great velocity estimator worksheet graph to help you determine what the expected velocity for your barrel length should be when you only have data for another barrel length.
This handbook is written by Grendel owners/reloaders, for Grendel owners and reloaders. We hope you all thoroughly enjoy it, and we are already looking forward to working on the next volume. I want to thank everyone for all the help, especially the many forum members who have sent projectile samples, offered important input about their extensive experience with the 6.5mm caliber on game, and shared photos. This is a great community to be a part of, and both new and old forum members will have an excellent resource to add to their reloading bench now.