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Lyman NRA Handloading Guide Speer #6 Speer #10 Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook Lyman Pistol & Revolver Handbook Hornady Manuals 2003 & 2018 Lee Manual - recent Hatcher's Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers - published about 1937. Has data on factory loads at that time. I have often used it to...

I know struggling against the tide. No use at all. Magnumitis. The young’uns want rounds just barely below blowing up their revolvers, don’t matter if they can hit the inside of a barn. And we sure don’t want one of them putting a 357 magnum round in a 38 long Colt revolver. Although ...

I agree to a point. But in a way I wish that Elmer and the others had left the 32S&W Long and the 44 Special alone. As soon as they got magnumized Smith stopped making revolvers in those calibers with rare exceptions in 44 Special. Of course I know you can shoot 44 Specials in a 44 Magnum, but...

Good timing indeed. Just reading an article in Handloader magazine that I got in the mail yesterday. Mostly on early Colt ammo but does reference S&W.

My Lee 90 314 throws a .314 swc; so I see no need to do any resizing. One more thing, with the 90 grain my S&W 631 4" really likes 1.9 grains of Bullseye, but the group began widening with 2 grains, and even more with 2.1 grains of Bullseye. It never ceases to amaze me how much difference a...

I relied on Oregon Trail .431.” 240 grain laser cast swc's before I got into casting. Good bullets

I use 2 - 2.1 grains of Bullseye for my 98-100 grain cast .314" semi-wadcutters. I based it on Hatcher's Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers published about 1937 or so. His factory loads which used the 98-100 grain lead round nose were sitting on 2 - 2.1 grains of Bullseye. In my S&W 32 HE 5th...

I have seen HP-38 a few times lately, but no primers.

I once owned a Ruger BH in 30 cal carbine, but never ever shot it. From what I have heard and read, you need plugs and muffs both to shoot it anyway.

I learn most things from bitter experience. My 788 would run all my 223 reloads, but my AR gave me problems until I seriously started measuring case length and trimming to a trim length of less than 1.760” (some of my Lake City was 1.780 - 1.785!), and started using a Lee RGB die set that was...

Well, the old whack a mole Lee Loaders only neck sized. I would venture that you would need to neck size at a bare minimum. Try one and see if it will chamber after neck sizing. Course need to at least chamfer the case mouth if using jacketed, or bell the mouth if using cast.

From what I have read Speer has disclaimed the information in their manuals published prior to the #11 manual. So as far as I know it is ok.

One other point and then I will hush. Due to circumstances pert near beyond our control many are forced to dig pretty deep for powder either in our own personal storage or at yards sales and such. No telling how old some of the Win 231 is or HP-38 for that matter. Be wary is all I am saying. I...

Not a thing wrong with my 32S&W L reloads at all. But I use Bullseye. Just noticed the difference in my Hornady manual. By the way, not much difference if at all in larger calibers. Excuse me for bringing it up; but there are some who reload for early 32 hand ejectors. Party on.

I have read that myself, and that may have been a mistake in the Hornady Manual. Like I said before that is exactly what I thought also. But in loading for 32 S&W Long, I will err on the side of caution. Shoot I have both so I may just load a few rounds, say 10 with Win 231, and 10 with HP-38...

I agreed on that up until today, but, and I posted this in another thread today because I think it is important enough to repeat. Not exactly the same. I was thinking the same thing until today. This is more a note to myself, so that hopefully I will remember it - When you get to 38 Special or...

Not exactly. I was thinking the same thing until today. This is more a note to myself, so that hopefully I will remember it - When you get to 38 Special or above, yup, they are pert near indistinguishable, but in smaller calibers like 32 S&W Long at least in the Hornaday 2003 manual, what would...

Holy mackerel Kingfish! That’s $50 per a 100 pack.

It ain’t that bad. I priced 44 Special ammo just before my Ruger BH in 44 Special came in 7 years ago. It was $44 a box; so I traded for 44 brass, and was set up and reloading for it when it came in. Not bought any factory ammo since other than a couple of boxes of 9mm for the G43 for social...

If anything qualifies as a BBQ rig, that does!