Relax.
Use the data for the same weight bullets. When it comes down to traditional lead core bullets the mass is the driving factor in determining pressure, not bullet shape (which influences drag against the bore).
Don't worry about primer brand, if you start at the starting charge for each load and work up you are proofing that load combination in your pistols.
Don't worry about brass brand, I can't find much difference at all with pistol brass between brands.
But I felt the same way before I touched off the trigger on my first handload. I was scared as heck, and very relieved afterward that I still had all my fingers and eyes. I don't know how many thousand rounds of reloading ago that was, but I'm still careful to do a load workup from starting weight to published max charge. Once I've verified that the max book charge is fine in my rifle I back down to best accuracy.
You'll be an old hand at this in no time. Be careful, and always check for powder fill, and make sure you don't double charge.
Jimro
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