Lyman #42 manual?
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JonB
Halcyon member
I have the #45.
it has the same three groups for cast bullets as Snakeoil posted about, from the #3 castbullet handbook...Plus it has five groups of loads for jacketed bullets.
It seems many old timers tell me the #45 is the best one to have. The #45 is hard to find from the normal sources and are usually priced stupidly high. I found mine at a garage sale many years ago. I also have #36, #44, #46, #47, #49.
it has the same three groups for cast bullets as Snakeoil posted about, from the #3 castbullet handbook...Plus it has five groups of loads for jacketed bullets.
It seems many old timers tell me the #45 is the best one to have. The #45 is hard to find from the normal sources and are usually priced stupidly high. I found mine at a garage sale many years ago. I also have #36, #44, #46, #47, #49.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
My first manual was a well-worn Lyman's 45, given me by my reloading mentor. I referred to it last night while looking for .357 Mag. cast bullet data.
Some of its listed powders are no longer available.
New powders have come on the market.
Some of its loads have been dropped in later editions.
Some of its loads remain in the latest edition.
There are those who have said its loads are dangerous. But, is there peer reviewed published proof that the supposed dangerous loads are really dangerous? Wives' tales? Myth? Heresy?
Some of its listed powders are no longer available.
New powders have come on the market.
Some of its loads have been dropped in later editions.
Some of its loads remain in the latest edition.
There are those who have said its loads are dangerous. But, is there peer reviewed published proof that the supposed dangerous loads are really dangerous? Wives' tales? Myth? Heresy?
CWLONGSHOT
Well-Known Member
I was just gifted 41st & 42nd manuals yesterday!!
My friend and his friend stopped yesterday ta se us and he offered them to me.
I had given him a bag of 200g 45's I had cast when he couldnt find bullets to reload. I didnt ask for pmt & he remembered my kindness.
He said he would drop them off by next weekend.
CW
My friend and his friend stopped yesterday ta se us and he offered them to me.
I had given him a bag of 200g 45's I had cast when he couldnt find bullets to reload. I didnt ask for pmt & he remembered my kindness.
He said he would drop them off by next weekend.
CW
RBHarter
West Central AR
I found the same loads in the 1st Hornady edition 1968 as the 1992 edition.
The 43 and 50 Lymans have the same data within lot adjustment values .
The neutered 357 was recalibrated from CUP to psi and supposed to be derated . What I found was that there wasn't any really significant reductions , 2&3 10ths of a gr mostly . There was the complete drop of Blue Dot for 125s but I had stuck brass with start loads under 158s so some of the data probably just wasn't compatible with current production lots .
The 43 and 50 Lymans have the same data within lot adjustment values .
The neutered 357 was recalibrated from CUP to psi and supposed to be derated . What I found was that there wasn't any really significant reductions , 2&3 10ths of a gr mostly . There was the complete drop of Blue Dot for 125s but I had stuck brass with start loads under 158s so some of the data probably just wasn't compatible with current production lots .
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
That is always an issue. I use a lot of inherited powders from my old shooting friends that have passed on. I use loading data from the vintage of the powder's origin.
CWLONGSHOT
Well-Known Member
Here is whats in Lyman 41st
CWLONGSHOT
Well-Known Member
The manuals was dropped off last night.
Here is what the 42nd said;
Here is what the 42nd said;