Is There A Comprehensive Cast Boolit Load Manual?

[daddyseal]

Or are they in bits and pieces in many manuals?

[gon2shoot]

Lyman produced a cast bullet manual, but most loads are covered in thier standard book.

[462]

For strictly cast loads, Lyman's 3rd and 4th editions of their Cast Bullet Handbooks are the most comprehensive. The 3rd edition is 30-years-old and its loads do appear in their later Reloading Handbooks and Pistol and Revolver Handbooks, but the 4th edition contains much new and welcome information.

The RCBS manual has some things to offer, but pales in comparison to the Lyman's.

I don't have a Lee manual, but understand its loads are nothing more than re-prints from various powder manufacturers.

If I had to pare all my manuals down to one, it would be Lyman's 3rd.

[williamwaco]

see:


http://www.amazon.com/Lyman-Cast-Bullet-Handbook-Edition/dp/B004DWBKQY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340842332&sr=8-1&keywords=lyman+cast


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[Cherokee]

+ 1 Lyman

[daddyseal]

see:
http://www.amazon.com/Lyman-Cast-Bullet-Handbook-Edition/dp/B004DWBKQY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340842332&sr=8-1&keywords=lyman+cast
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Thanks, I took a look thru that at a gun store, but it didn't have loads for my Makarov, so didn't buy it...I guess I was short sighted at that moment. It did seem to have quite a few cast loads for other calibers.
I'll get it when I recover from buying my reloading and casting gear...

[baikal1]

Lymann 4th ed is a good book to have. A lot of info and loads for modern cartridges

[45-70 Chevroner]

I have several Lyman manuals, 5 to be precise. One being the Lyman Cast bullet manual 1st edition. They all cover a lot of cast loads but not all different weights, which leads to extrapolation. I also have the Lee 2nd edition manual. It has some cast boolit loads, which include only three calibers, 30-30, 308, and 30-06. It has a real good artical on understanding the relationship between hardness, pressure and velocity. I am in the process of learning to put this into use. It says it is easy to understand the relationship between the three but I'm an old dog and the cliche is fitting in my case. I have ordered a hardness tester and will start from there.

[JCherry]

45-70 Chevroner,

Check your PM's.

JCherry

[MtGun44]

Glen Fryxell's free online book is absolutely comprehensive about casting.

Bill

[daddyseal]

Glen Fryxell's free online book is absolutely comprehensive about casting.

Bill

Lots of info there, but could you give me link to the cast load date there, please?
I didn't see it.

[303Guy]

Try this one. No load data though.
http://www.lasc.us/Fryxell_Book_Contents.htm

In the past only fast powder lower velocity loads were available to me. I started experimenting with normal rifle powder loads. That's the kind of info I'm looking for.

Try this one for load data. I got it from our own site.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/reloadersrfrnce/

[MtGun44]

The Fryxell book is all about casting, not loading data. Sorry.

Bill

[MBTcustom]

http://www.hodgdon.com/
This is as close as I have come to what you ask for, short of ripping the covers off all of my Lyman,RCBS,Lee,Hodgdon,Seirra books and taping them together. Its pretty much all I use any more because I can tell it to find data by powder, or bullet weight, etc. etc.
Give 'er a try. Just click on Load Data and follow your nose. If I could do it anybody can do it.
(They have a kick @ss powder burn rate chart too!)