[Oyeboten]

Showed up in today's Mail.


Wow...what a great Handbook...

So far, reading here and there...a Treasure Trove!


Tells me in charts, all the Shell Holders for which Cartridges, and Dies and so on for my Press.


Bullet Mold Numbers for various shapes-weights-kinds...

Charging Tables for various weights and kinds of Bullets.


Slow but sure...my reloading Bench is not far off now...just have to clear out some more things for 'room'...and, send off for some Powders.


Been rounding up Brass...

Got an old heavy gauge Filing Cabinet to organize all re-loading related items in...and a heavy Steel 1950s Military rubber-seal Foot Locker for storing a few small cans of Powder so they will be very safe and sound.


Thanks everyone for kindly entertaining my reloading questions so far...and, you can be sure, there will be more.



Still need a Scale...so...off to e-bay I recon...



Phil
Lv

[floydster]

Congrats Phil, you are on your way-what a great hobby!!
Smokeyloads

[buck460XVR]

Congrats Phil, you are on your way-what a great hobby!!


+1.

Also good to see you are researching first before you start charging cases. Seems the norm around here and other gun forums lately is "just got my press set up and bought an 8# jug of whamshot. Anybody got loads for this powder with a 132 gr, bullet? BTW, what's the little pointy thing stickin' outta the end of the first die?"

[loadedround]

The Lyman Manual is one of the top three manuals I keep on my loading bench. The other two are the Speer #14 and the Nosler #6 manuals. I shoot a lot of Nosler Ballistic tip bullets, therefore the Nosler Manual. :)

[Rugg_Ed]

Great, one ?the 49th or the 39th. Anyway they are an excellent choice. I even refer back to my 32nd edition at times. Keep a Nosler, Hodgen, and Hornady close at hand with my new 49th edition.
Best wishes and good luck Enjoy

[Oyeboten]

39th...their 75th Anniversary Issue, 1953.


I sent off for the most recent one, quite a while ago, but no idea what ever happened on that...may be it arrived and got set aside unopened...I'll be looking...


Oh yea...lots of study and brooding and asking questions is where I am at...preceding and will continue to precede any actual Re-Loading for me.


I'm very interested in Black Powder Metallic Pistol Cartridges also, as well as Smokeless.



Also very interested in deeply Hollow-Nose, Heavy, Pure Lead or slight alloy Bullets for .45 Long Colt, .38 Special, and, .38 Auto, for Pistols having six inch Barrels and able thereby to have good velocities without nasty pressures or 'spikes'.


Appropriate Powders for these will be an area of research and askings soon.


If there is Literature about Barrel Length in Handguns, and, the behavior of various Powders behind various weight and alloy Bullets in them, please point me to it?


Thanks so much!


Phil
Lv

[MMCSRET]

The old Ideal/Lyman handbooks are the best reading and most informative in the industry. I have originals and/or reprints back to #35 and will have more soon. Great books!!!!

[rfwobbly]

39th...their 75th Anniversary Issue, 1953.

Be careful. A lot of those powders have changed manufacturers over the years, and those new owners have sometimes diddled with the formulas and granule sizes, making them burn slightly different. Not usually a problem unless you get within 80% of max, but still good to know.

Most of the powder makers have informative web sites now, so check your loads against their latest data on-line.

Congrats on a great book.

[MMCSRET]

#37 has the load tables for the Keith data he developed for the hot 44 Special loads he was using before he finally got S&W and Remington to listen to him on the 44 Magnum. Great reading!!!!

[Oyeboten]

Still on the Shopping List-


Case Tumbler

Powder Scale

Bullet Sizer

Chronograph

Molds which are either good-to-go as they are, or, Molds I can modify to be.

[Oyeboten]

Hi rfwobbly,


You'd mentioned-

Be careful. A lot of those powders have changed manufacturers over the years, and those new owners have sometimes diddled with the formulas and granule sizes, making them burn slightly different. Not usually a problem unless you get within 80% of max, but still good to know.

Most of the powder makers have informative web sites now, so check your loads against their latest data on-line.

Congrats on a great book.


Good to know...thank you...will do.


For 'defensive' Loads, I am interested in the highest Velocity I can achieve, while respecting the sensible limits of the Arms in question...so these then, will be in the ballpark of your reminder.



None of my .45 LC Revolvers are 'Rugers'...so...my 'max' Loads will be conservative, relatively speaking.


All Bullets will be Lead, or, softer Lead Alloy...no 'Jacketed'.

[ArchAngelCD]

That's a fun book to read. Someone I know just gave me a copy of Lyman 39 a few weeks ago. It was in his basement so a mouse chewed a few pages but nothing important to me is missing.

Note: There are only 5 powders listed for handgun reloading, the original "trinity" of powders, Bullseye, Unique and 2400 along with No. 6 and 5066. Also, 2400 is listed as "2400 rifle" so back in 1953 2400 was considered a rifle powder.

The more I look at this book the more I wish it was in better condition. Like the OP said, "Wow...what a great Handbook..."