There is a site that is called Load Data which obviously has data on different loads. It also says it has reloading manuals and information that you could review if you join. It is 30 dollars which is not an outrageous amount if the information you can get is worth it.

Has anyone joined this and what is your view on how helpful the site is in terms of load development?

Better then payng $30 for info that may not be trustworthy, why now just e-amil all the powder suppliers and ask for a free reloading manual of their powders. They all provide free manuals for the asking, sent right to your door.

I have one manual from a powder supplier and a PDF of a manual from Vitouri. Hogdon site has Hogdon, IMR and Winchester data on their site but do not always have data on a bullet I might have.

In place of buying this load data manual I would instead buy a Lyman manual. There is no way for me to tell you enough how great Lyman's manual is and how great of help it is. If I had only one manual it would Lymans hands down. Another feature of Lyman's manual is that if you don't see the powder in question in their manual listings you can bet it was tested and did not show good results. IMR8208 is not listed in my Lyman's manual for 140 grn bullets, or for any weight bullet for the 270. They do how ever list several different IMR powders, in fact 6 of them all IMR's.

These are the ones listed: 3031, 4064, 4895, 5320, 4350, 4831.

Of all powders lsited these are the ones I would suggest using:
IMR4350 shows the highest velocity, but not the highest pressure. Could be good powder
IMR4831 is the second highest pressure but 500 FPS slower then IMR4350, could also be very good.
These are all out of my Lyman's manual.

My IMR manual only lists 2 powders for 270's 140 grn bullet. The one is extremely high pressure and I would not recommend. The other is IMR7828 but even this powder is listed with much higher pressure then those above.

Hogden lists 6 powders all at least 5,000 cup pressure then the IMR7828.
The bennefit of shooting a lower pressure powder is that your groups won't blow up when you change or increase the powder.

Of the powders listed by Hogdon H1000 for 270 140grn bullets is the highest velocity and also safe.
The second in velocity is H4831
The 3rd in velocity is H4350, much like the IMR 4350.

I hope this helps you.

+1 on the Lyman manual. I've got them from just about everyone who publishes manuals and the Lyman stands head and shoulders above the rest.

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Guess I will get one today. Thanks.

Lyman's 49th FTW!

Like KDub, I've got a bunch of others, but unless I'm using a SPECIFIC bullet, like a Speer, Sierra or Nosler, I always refer to the Lyman manual, first.

I've been using it for 5 or 6 years. They used to publish all of the data from the latest reloading manuals in addition to the data from Rifle and Handloader magazines. That's the main reason I joined in the first place was to get access to loads and data from older Rifle/Handloader issues. If there's data that looks interesting I'll end up getting the back issue of the particular magazine where the data came from.

Lately they've removed the data from Hornady and Sierra's load manuals but I still see Lyman, Nosler and Speer's more recent manuals. I guess those companies told them they couldn't charge for their data. They also present all of the data from the powder companies.

Honestly, the reason I've kept it up year after year is the convenience of being able to browse all the data in one place while at work, I don't really use it while at home. It's not quite the value it was without Sierra and Hornady's data but there is a lot of other data thats interesting, Ken Water's petloads for example. It's also interesting to see some of the older data from the early issues of Handloader magazine. ...There used to be some hot loads out there.

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I too subscribe to Loaddata.com. I find the search function extremely helpful as you can search loads by bullet weight and specific powder. I use loaddata.com on my smart phone to look up info while away from my manuals. Really helps killing time at airport or doctors office. Nothing takes the place of several good loading manuals though. (just look at my bookshelf above my loading bench).

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