Picked up a Lyman 45th edition in pristine condition today, I'm pretty pleased. My old one has seen better days.
Picked up a Lyman 45th edition in pristine condition today, I'm pretty pleased. My old one has seen better days.
Lyman's 45th was the first loading manual I bought, sometime around 1980. Having graduated to later editions, I passed my original on some years ago to a good friend starting out in reloading. I was able to replace my original with a usable, but worn, copy a few years later.
Good O for both of you -- the 45th is a very good manual --Unfortunately my 40th 41st 44th and 45th were lost in my recent move -- Hope the movers just didn't chuck them --
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |