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Lyman new 51st reloading handbook
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ArchAngelCD
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I just looked on the Lyman site and they are not listing it there yet.
ArchAngelCD
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Actually the 50th Edition is only 5 or 6 years old but I agree, it's always nice to have an updated manual. The problem is, I'm a load manual junkie and can't just buy the Lyman manual. I will end up buying many of the new crop that usually follows when Lyman issues a new manual.
rkrcpa
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My problem with new manuals is they sometimes drop certain bullets from their data. The new Hornady (Annual) book actually dropped all loading data for 44 Special.
I'll need to see a hard copy before I spend money on a "new" book.
I'll need to see a hard copy before I spend money on a "new" book.
gwpercle
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This is a great reason to keep your your old manual(s) after you get a new one . I recently was given 2 pounds of Alcan #5 powder ( not Accurate #5 ... but Alcan #5 ) Speer Manuals #8 (1970) & #9 (1974) had plenty of data for the Alcan Powders and allowed me to use it in cast lead bullet handgun reloads .
9mm Luger , 38 Special and 45 acp . Alcan #5 is just a little slower than Unique in burn rate and can be used in many handgun loads ... I hate to throw away good powder !
In these powder shortage days you need to be able to use powers that you can get ... throwing away 2 pounds of a good handgun powder would be a crime around my bench .
Gary
Yes, I’ll get the new one when it becomes available, AND get the new manuals from other manufacturers, AND keep all my old ones. Gonna run out of bookshelf space before too long! Thanks for the heads up.
austintexas
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I probably won't get one, all the powders I use are in my current manual. I'm not one to run out and buy the new powders just because some Gun Magazine writer says this new powder is just he thing for use in .45, .38, 30-06, 9mm, etc. I don't own any of the new calibers, the 6.8, the 7mm world class kill everything. I get by with the 30-06 I bought in '62, SP-1 AR I've had for years, 45 APC and 38 special.
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I have the Hornady 2021 11th edition of cartridge reloading and it has a 44 special section with several loads.
Westie1
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Sevens: the hornady 11th does have data for the 200gr ftx using the 300-mp. Doesn't list it for anything else.
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My last Lyman is the 49th issue. Anyone here have the 50th or 51st?
I'm asking to find out if either issue has data for .41 Special.
There is very sparse data on the web for this wildcat cartridge and I would only be interested in buying a copy if it had that cartridge listed.
Thanks if anyone can help...
I'm asking to find out if either issue has data for .41 Special.
There is very sparse data on the web for this wildcat cartridge and I would only be interested in buying a copy if it had that cartridge listed.
Thanks if anyone can help...
I have both - no mention of 41 Special.
ArchAngelCD
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Was there ever a 41 Special cartridge? I thought that was just a downloaded .41 Magnum and not a SAMMI cartridge.
Actually, I just looked on the SAMMI site and there is no reference to the 41 Special.
Actually, I just looked on the SAMMI site and there is no reference to the 41 Special.
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People have been loading the alleged .41 Special for years. I think it's based on a cut down .41 magnum case, but I don't know if the length was standardized or not. There have been writeups over the years, but the only one I can recall offhand was in one of the GUN DIGEST (GUN DIGEST, HANDLOADER'S DIGEST, etc.) publications years ago.
I just load my lighter .41 loads into the Magnum cases and save the money that the WildCat brass would cost
I truly do not understand the fascination of the 41 Special and I am a guy that likes the unusual cartridges
I mean if there were smaller firearms that would lend themselves to the shorter brass I could see that
I will be getting a copy of the 51st edition when it is out. I have every manual I ever bought over the past 40 years of handloading
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No fascination, just a necessity. My club's indoor range was recently modified and now ALL magnum ammo is prohibited. Doesn't matter what the reason is, it's just the rule.
I inquired about cutting down mag brass and/or simply loading light and it was nixed by the bosses. It's all what the case headstamp says.
41 spl has been talked about for years, but it never caught on. Regardless, Starline is now making new brass.
My Model 57 was my Dad's deer gun and also his favorite. Only new gun he ever bought. There's no way I'm going to stop shooting it. I can sense his presence every time I fire it.
Thanks to all that responded.
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I'm aware. I was addressing the fact that the 50th edition doesn't have many loads with the newer powders developed a just few years before it was published. I'm hoping 51 has copious amounts of CFEP loads.
I will get the 51st when it becomes available and keep all of my old ones. As manuals change with the times they tend to drop old powders and older ctgs in favor of the new. Lyman manuals are probably the best on the market for realistic data.
