Hello All!
I will preface this post by saying I have never owned, nor shot any black powder guns. Additionally, I have never reloaded, so I am very green when it comes to all of this.
Recently, I acquired a Smith and Wesson "Lemon Squeezer" and I would like to handload black powder rounds for it. Based on my research thus far, the only load I have seen published is 4.5 grains of 3fg powder with an 85gr LRN bullet. I have not been able to find any 85gr 32 cal. LRN bullets for sale, however I have found 78 gr coated bullets at a good price. I was thinking about loading these with 4.8 grains of 3fg as this is the quantity dispensed by a .3cc Lee dipper. Additionally, if I understand correctly the coated bullets remove the need for lubrication at these velocities.
My main question is about the tooling necessary to produce these rounds. .32 S&W dies seem to be very difficult to find and I have heard about loading with a combination of .32 S&W Long and 32 ACP dies. If anyone could clarify this for me, or point me somewhere where I could purchase dies I would be very grateful.
Additionally, if anyone has .32 S&W brass, dies, or hand loaders (as space is at a premium for me) such as the Lyman 310, or Lee Handloader for a reasonable price I would be more than happy to purchase these items.
If anything I have said in this post seems egregiously wrong please let me know, I am always happy to learn.
Thanks in advance,
Dave