Any suggestions for a real in depth book on reloading black powder cartridges? I mean the type of book that has everything you would ever want to know and more (if one exists).

Thanks

That book is actually the reason I started the thread. I almost bought it until I read the reviews. Most of the reviews were still good ones, but almost all of them stated they were looking for more info than the book provided.

I can play with loads my self and find out what works, so I am not looking for specific load data for a certain cartridge. From what I have read and watched on the internet people load there cartridges in different ways. I was hoping there is a book that talks about all of the methods in depth and explains every detail about what can be used, what it is used for and what it works best for.

I would think to gather up all the information from everyone on what works and what doesn't would take a long time and create a book quite thick. You could read all that is here, all on the Shiloh site as well as what is on several other sites. After reading everything that you can find it still boils down to what your particular rifle likes. 
Best advice is to pick out a suitable powder for your caliber and an appropriate bullet and lube and just have at it. 
Start with a powder charge that fills the case to the base of your bullet and wad and work up from there. Swiss doesn't seem to like much compression and Goex seems to need more. There are many bullet choices out there but the old tried and true Postel seems to be a good choice for a starting point. 
One rule that you should observe is change only ONE thing at a time.
Hope this is of some help.
Sam

Thanks guys, I am gathering up a lot of info here and reading on other sits. I guess I will just buy that book mentioned above and some others and gather more info that way. They had a Lyman book at Sportsman's Warehouse about loading BP, but it was mostly about muzzle loaders and only had one chapter about BPC. I just figured there wold be a book by a guy who has tried it all and shared his experiences. I was also hoping to get some history on odd stuff like who invented gas checks, how they came up with the idea and things like that.

I just started reading The Bullets Flight by Franklin Mann. Well sort of, I am a little more than 20 pages in and haven't got to the actual book yet. So far it has been all back story on the writer and some overlooked firearm inventors from the past which is pretty interesting.

Most of the old Black Powder cartridge magazines with reloading articles by Bob Glott  are a good read for 45-70 shooting.

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Thanks again John Boy. That was defiantly a good starting point, and best of all it was free.

I have heard the "You don't want any air space between powder and bullet" (as mentioned in that book) a few times now, but no one explained why. From the way it is said I assume this is a safety issue and not just an accuracy issue. Can someone explain because when using smokless powder that isn't a issue at all. Even though black powder is said to be less stable, the pressures are suppose to be less than smokless.

i'm just getting into bpcr loading after over 55 years of only smokeless reloading for rifles and pistols.  i've poured through all the popular books and vids for months.  imho, there isn't a book or video out there than will work better than getting a human being mentor who knows his bp stuff.  there are too many bp nuances, with many different processes and materials to understand and successfully adopt into good rounds that deliver good accuracy than the super-easy-to-load-and-shoot smokeless rounds.  ymmv, but that's just the way i've found it to be.