Pet Load Questions--Here's an answer

AF_Reloader · December 3, 2008, 01:47 PM

Just an FYI for people asking for pet load information for their particular rifle.

I just picked up a used 2001 edition of the "Pet Loads" book by Ken Waters, and it's the best $20 I've spent in a while. Not only does it have history on rifles/loads from 1966 to the present, but Ken lists loads by most accurate, best overall, dangerous pressure, etc.

I'm using this book along with my Nosler book, and I don't think that pair can be beat. Here it is at Amazon:

Ken Waters' Pet Loads

It's got great stuff in there, including information and commentaries from Jack O'Connor and Col. Townsend Whelen.

Check this book out!

wncchester · December 3, 2008, 07:36 PM

Glad you like the book. It does have some interesting reading but I've never found anyone else's "pet loads" to do really well in my rifles.

Gun 4 Fun · December 3, 2008, 07:53 PM

If you want some really good load data, join Wolfe Publishing's Load Data sight. Here is the link. http://www.riflemag.com/. I've had Pet Loads one and two for quite some time now, and Waters does a great job as always. However, he didn't have access to pressure equipment for most, if not all his loads, so he's a little conservative in some of his recommendations, when compared to modern pressure tested data.

December 3, 2008, 01:47 PM	#1
AF_Reloader Member Join Date: February 18, 2008 Location: Beale AFB, CA Posts: 73	Pet Load Questions--Here's an answer Just an FYI for people asking for pet load information for their particular rifle. I just picked up a used 2001 edition of the "Pet Loads" book by Ken Waters, and it's the best $20 I've spent in a while. Not only does it have history on rifles/loads from 1966 to the present, but Ken lists loads by most accurate, best overall, dangerous pressure, etc. I'm using this book along with my Nosler book, and I don't think that pair can be beat. Here it is at Amazon: Ken Waters' Pet Loads It's got great stuff in there, including information and commentaries from Jack O'Connor and Col. Townsend Whelen. Check this book out! __________________ My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right. "...that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, —Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!"

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December 3, 2008, 07:36 PM	#2
wncchester Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2002 Posts: 2,832	Glad you like the book. It does have some interesting reading but I've never found anyone else's "pet loads" to do really well in my rifles.

December 3, 2008, 07:53 PM	#3
Gun 4 Fun Senior Member Join Date: November 3, 2008 Posts: 956	If you want some really good load data, join Wolfe Publishing's Load Data sight. Here is the link. http://www.riflemag.com/. I've had Pet Loads one and two for quite some time now, and Waters does a great job as always. However, he didn't have access to pressure equipment for most, if not all his loads, so he's a little conservative in some of his recommendations, when compared to modern pressure tested data.