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Old 07-05-2023, 05:46 PM
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I just bought a set of Lyman 310 dies in the box. The box is clearly ink stamped 41 S&W. Any ideas, thought and the like? Thanks! Mick
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Almost certainly. 41 Magnum, ammunition developed by Remington, first factory-chambered revolvers by Smith & Wesson.

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That makes sense and I appreciate your response. Thanks! Mick
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I believe they are for a shortened 41 Mag. They would be the equivalent of a 44 Special to a 44 Mag.
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I am not sure. I thought the 41 Mag came out long after Lyman stopped making the 310 tool. The 310 tool was an all in one hand operated bullet mold, sizer and repriming tool. A picture is worth 1000 words here.
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I would think the question should be "What was chambered in 41 S&W?" that existed before the Tong tool was discontinued.
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I just bought a set of Lyman 310 dies in the box. The box is clearly ink stamped 41 S&W. Any ideas, thought and the like? Thanks! Mick
Not sure what your 310 tool dies are for but it is virtually impossible that they are for the actual .41 S&W cartridge. .41 S&W is a basically experimental caliber for the New Model #3 top-break revolver approximately 1900. There were only two known guns ever chambered for this cartridge, one a double-action NM #3 and the other a single -action NM #3.

The cartridge was one of a series of calibers in .32, .38, and .44 caliber made for S&W by Union Metallic Cartridge Co. (UMC) which used the S&W self-lubricating bullet. The .41 S&W cartridge was never produced commercially.

It is likely your dies were made very early in the life of the .41 S&W Magnum cartridge and are actually for the Magnum. Try a .41 Mag. in the seating die, and if it goes in then the dies are .41 Mag. The .41 S&W cartridge was smaller diameter and the Magnum would not enter the .41 S&W dies.

The shortened .41 Magnum is usually referred to as the .41 Special and was not created until years after the 310 tool became virtually obsolete.
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Cartridges of the World only lists .41 Long Colt and .41 S&W Magnum.
.41 Long Colt was introduced by Colt in the Lightning Model revolver in 1877. I think Billy the Kid had one.
My guess is your dies are for .41 S&W Magnum and they just left off Magnum.

Edit: My book might be out of date. If I read my Roman numerals correctly it was published in 1980. Could be some changes occurred in the last 40 or so years.
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According to Graham Burnside in the March, 1961 Gun Report, there was also a circa 1867 4-shot .41 that was basically an enlarged 1 1/2 New Model.

Serial number 38 is pictured in the article.

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My Lyman AA series die set that I have owned since the 1980,s is marked 41 S&W on the end label but each die in the box is stamped 41 Magnum.
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Quite a few years ago a chap on this forum had Starline run off a 41 S&W Special case, basically a 41 mag cut down by 2/10th inches (think 38 Special vs 357 Mag). I was lucky enough to obtain 500 from him, then maybe 3 or so years ago, Starline brought out the regular 0.41 Special case, so I stocked up. As far as I know the the S&W 0.41 Magnum was the only S&W revolver cartridge that never had the "non-magnum" sizing. Dave_n
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