I have a Remington #2 Rolling Block. It started life as a .32 Rimfire. Before I got it it was converted to center fire but, of course, there is no ammunition available for it. So I sent it off to John Taylor to be relined and chambered for .32 S&W Long. He still has it so in the interim I have been planning for its return. I got a 98 grain RNFP Plain Base mould from Arsenal and have cast up a bunch of boolits. With Clip-On Wheel Weights the boolits weigh 100 grains. They measure .313 - .314" in diameter.. I also have some of the same boolits fom a professional caster but don't know the alloy. I lubed the Arsenal boolts with Lee Liquid Alox and they are living in a nice plastic box.
I have brass, primers, etc. What I don't have is load data. I find a minute amout online and in manuals but I dunno about their safety.
Looking at SAAMI's website I find that they consider the pressure range to be 15,000 PSI with a low of 12,000 and a high of 18,000. I don't think I need the higher end for my rifle. Prolly aim for 12-15K. I just don't know how to achieve that. Loading manuals no longer list pressures for their recommended loads and with the confusion caused by the diffeerence between CUP and piezo readings I can see why.
I worry about accidental overloads because loads in that pressure range will not cause flattened primers or sticky extraction, the normal way to spot a load that's too hot.
In the meantime I ordered a couple of 50 round boxes of factory Aguila 98 grain round nose cartridges. That should keep me going until I get this reloading thing figured out.
Thoughts?
Jim