Lyman 41032

[6mm250]

The boolit on the left is the 41032 , the boolit on the right is a more conventional SWC.

So , what was the more "truncated cone" 41032 designed for ?

Does anybody know ?


Thanks

Mike

[Guesser]

The 41032 was one of a series of 210-215 grain designs Lyman turned out for the 41 Magnum. they are good designs and work well. That was the first mold I purchased new for my 41 way back when. I still use it. The first listing I have for it is from Lyman Handbook #44, dated 1967.

[6mm250]

The 41032 was one of a series of 210-215 grain designs Lyman turned out for the 41 Magnum. they are good designs and work well. That was the first mold I purchased new for my 41 way back when. I still use it. The first listing I have for it is from Lyman Handbook #44, dated 1967.

Do you have any idea why they put that long "nose" on that bullet ?

I just got this mold , I am eager to shoot some of these boolits from my Dan Wesson and my Contender.


Mike

[rintinglen]

It looks a little like a Gordon Boser Design. He made a number of designs that generally have not withstood the test of time, but that resembled yours. Why he choose the longer nose designs, heaven only knows. The only one of his molds that I have is a much-cussed 429-360 that shoots for s*** out of every 44 I own. (But it is a 4 cavity older Lyman, so I keep trying.

[leadman]

I think Elmer Keith might have had a hand in that one. Resembles some of his with the wide base band and long nose. He did this to get more weight outside the case and to provide more room for powder. The version of Elmer's 429421 I have now is similar.

[BCall]

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...man-41032-data

I seriously doubt that Keith had anything to do with that design. Nothing about the 41032 says "Keith" to me except the thick base band. floodgate stated the 41032 was listed in Lyman catalogs starting in 1963, about the time Keith was going to H&G to make his true designs because Lyman had been taking so many liberties with his designs. At H&G he designed the #258 for the 41 mag.

That long nose SWC type design had been around for some time before the 41032 was introduced. Modern Bond made the same basic design of the thick base band, straight taper long nose with a not overly large meplat. MB made them in 32, 357, and 44 and called them a "Ness" design. H&G made the same type design in 357 as the #73. I also have a Lachmiller 41 mold that looks just like the 41032. That straight taper nose SWC with the beveled crimping groove has been around quite some time and in many calibers. My impression was that the designs were intended as target boolits.

[Guesser]

The one thing I do know is that it is a serious penetrator. Running it at good speed from a 10" Contender and testing for depth, the only thing I have that will penetrate farther is the 429303 in 44 caliber. Shooting into cottonwood block, cross grain, the penetration was impressive.

[ddixie884]

Maybe that long taper is for stability at longer ranges....