Originally Posted by
versifier
Welcome to the Guide, wvplinker.
With handgun loads, you are safe loading a slightly lighter bullet (especially a cast bullet) using data for a slightly heavier one. (With only 10gr difference in the large bore, you can usually get away with a heavier cast bullet using data for a slightly lighter jacketed bullet, but I wouldn't push my luck too far up the charge table.) I would suggest you have a copy of Lyman's Cast Bullet Handbook as it will have all kinds of data hard to find anywhere else. Lee's Modern Reloading also has a lot of cast data.
Generally, it is safe in rifles, too, as long as the cartridge doesn't operate at extremely high pressures and both bullets are similar in profile and amount of bearing surface.
Bullet makers have the most reliable loading data, but it is always for their jacketed bullets (which naturally they want to sell us). As you load and shoot more cast bullets, you will quickly get the experience to understand how jacketed data applies to cast bullets. The general rule is that weight for weight and with the same charge, the cast bullet will have a higher MV and a lower chamber pressure than its jacketed counterpart.