I recently acquired a Lyman "No. 45" combined Bullet Sizer and Lubricator Press.
These use Sizing Dies, and their complimentary plungers/punches, referred to as "G" (Top Punch)..."H" (Die Body)...and, "I" (Plunger which slides inside of the Die and, which also forces up the Sized Bullet for removal ) which Dies proper, have a three-decimal-place numeral describing their internal diameter...so, all is well there.
The 'Top Punch' or "G" has it's own enumeration, which I gather, co-responds to the numerals originally assigned as suffixes to Ideal, and, later, Lyman Bullet Molds, for whose particular Bullet shape, the numerically co-responding Top Punch is intended.
So, if I understand this right, interpreting the Top Punch Number, or, finding the number of a Top Punch one is after, would be greatly aided by having access to a comprehensive listing, with illustrations of the Bullet's shapes, of all Lyman (nee: Ideal ) Bullet Molds, from their beginning, in order to tell what any given Top Punch would be suited to.
Yes?
These use Sizing Dies, and their complimentary plungers/punches, referred to as "G" (Top Punch)..."H" (Die Body)...and, "I" (Plunger which slides inside of the Die and, which also forces up the Sized Bullet for removal ) which Dies proper, have a three-decimal-place numeral describing their internal diameter...so, all is well there.
The 'Top Punch' or "G" has it's own enumeration, which I gather, co-responds to the numerals originally assigned as suffixes to Ideal, and, later, Lyman Bullet Molds, for whose particular Bullet shape, the numerically co-responding Top Punch is intended.
So, if I understand this right, interpreting the Top Punch Number, or, finding the number of a Top Punch one is after, would be greatly aided by having access to a comprehensive listing, with illustrations of the Bullet's shapes, of all Lyman (nee: Ideal ) Bullet Molds, from their beginning, in order to tell what any given Top Punch would be suited to.
Yes?
