Lyman 55 Powder Discontinued

[jimkim]

I wouldn’t know where to begin, Ken. If we still had electronic access to the old project 55, someone could cut and paste, but to start writing now from scratch is beyond my abilities at this time. I could offer some random thoughts if one of the real writers wants to take on the project though.

Froggie

I loved that site. I wish someone would put it back up. It had a wealth of knowledge on powder measures other than the 55 as well.

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[Mk42gunner]

Too bad, but honestly I've never bought a brand new powder measure. My first was an RCBS Uniflow with only the large drum. It worked great all the way down to 4.4 grains of W231 and up to whatever I was using in my .270 Weatherby.

I thought I was set for life. HA HA.

Then came the I Frame addiction. 2.5 grains of Red Dot didn't work with the Uniflow. But an auction buy for under $20 got me a decent 55, a little bit of cleaning and it works fine.

Robert

[lightload]

I would like to find a last production model, NIB. If anyone knows of a distributor or dealer that has one please PM me.

When I talked with the Lyman rep, he told me they still had some new 55 measures in stock. Don't bother with their website. Call direct. They have some parts but not all. When they are gone, that will be it.

[smithnframe]

I've heard the current Lyman stuff is made in China!

[car16]

My 55 is the only measure that will throw the small charges for 25 auto

[gpidaho]

I bought a couple of 55s on ebay and used them mostly for my shotgun slug reloading where 10ths are not important. When I started loading 32ACP I found they threw very accurate small charges of HP38. They are a much better measure than I first thought them to be. Gp

[dverna]

With the move to progressive presses for loading in quantity, and the inability to use the 55 on a progressive there will not be much of a demand for them.

I have two stand alone powder measures and never use them. For accuracy loads, I use the RCBS ChargeMaster and weigh every charge. If I had to load a few boxes of rifle ammunition during a power outage, the measures would be handy. One is my first PM so I will likely never sell it even if I never use it again. An old Bonanza (Benchrest?) measure.

Still sad to see a design that stood the test of time dropped. But the lack of a market has consequences.

[robg]

got an orange one i bought in 82 so far never had a problem with it .

[farmbif]

ive got a new one still in box somewhere, bought a whole bunch of Lyman stuff when they were clearing out the warehouse years ago. they work great for most powders, but for the hard to measure powders that task goes to the old belding and mull