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Hey guys and girls. I'm looking to find out what the best Load Data book is for home cast bullets? I am looking to shoot a 124 g in my 9 mm and a 230 g in my 45. I am just new at this reloading thing and would like to get the right type of powder and amounts to be safe.

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Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook

The regular Lyman manual has a lot of cast bullet data as well but it doesn't have the in-depth instructional sections and articles for it.

Also, "ballistics" are things like bullet trajectory, wind drift, etc. If you are looking for how much of which powder to use with which bullet in a specific cartridge you are looking for "load data".
 
LUTNIT said:
Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook

The regular Lyman manual has a lot of cast bullet data as well but it doesn't have the in-depth instructional sections and articles for it.

Also, "ballistics" are things like bullet trajectory, wind drift, etc. If you are looking for how much of which powder to use with which bullet in a specific cartridge you are looking for "load data".
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The Cast Bullet Handbook used to have lots of unpractical maximum loads, and sometimes no realistic ones at all for some calibers. Has it changed in recent editions?

I much prefer the regular one, like the 2002 edition.
 
There's no ballistics involved. Just load data for cast bullets. Any manual will have that, but buy the Lyman book. It's the most versatile manual there is.
Lee manual's use data from the powder makers. Mostly Hodgdon. Lee tests nothing themselves.
Been using Bullseye with cast 230's(RN's or FP's) and 121 grain cast (Truncated Cone) for eons. A lot depends on what you're doing with 'em. Mine are target loads only. No shooting game playing loads.
 
kg said:
The Cast Bullet Handbook used to have lots of unpractical maximum loads, and sometimes no realistic ones at all for some calibers. Has it changed in recent editions?

I much prefer the regular one, like the 2002 edition.
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I bought new, the first edition of the Lyman Handbook of Cast bullets. The pages are well worn and the covers are taped on, from all the years I've used it. I have never found an unpractical (sic) load in it, nor have I ever seen any "no realistic," load in the book.
Maybe you could explain what loads you are talking about.
Bruce
 
kg said:
The Cast Bullet Handbook used to have lots of unpractical maximum loads, and sometimes no realistic ones at all for some calibers. Has it changed in recent editions?

I much prefer the regular one, like the 2002 edition.
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No idea what you're talking about.
What is an "unpractical maximum load"? Velocity too high? Too low?
What makes a load "realistic"? Uses powders not commonly available?

The cast data in the normal Lyman books is the same as the data from the Cast Bullet Handbook. Or are you expecting jacketed performance from cast bullets so want to use jacketed data?
 
H4831 said:
I bought new, the first edition of the Lyman Handbook of Cast bullets. The pages are well worn and the covers are taped on, from all the years I've used it. I have never found an unpractical (sic) load in it, nor have I ever seen any "no realistic," load in the book.
Maybe you could explain what loads you are talking about.
Bruce
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I remember the 44 Magnum section showing the little Lyman Wadcutter (172gr?) at maximum pressure for the caliber. Not at all what it was intended for (does the bullet actually show in the Russian or Special pages?).

300 Winchester Mag data, for example, shows 50000 cup loads with Lyman Nr2 alloy for 2800 fps.

There are lots of good loads, for sure, and lots of charted territories for advanced reloaders, but a beginner won't know which ones.
 
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