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Kenneth L. Walters · February 8, 2001, 07:57 PM

This is a classic example of the sorts of differences you can run into.

Lyman is famous for this partially because I seriously doubt that they have reexamined some of their loads in years, maybe decades.

What I always do is look up loads in as many places as possible. That way you can spot ones that are out in left field. That shouldn't happen, of course, but it does. Just a fact of life.

Personally I shot the 45 Colt a lot but I use cast bullets. Incidentally, if you are going to use near maximum loads (and I wouldn't really recommend that) you might want to look at the RCBS catalogue. They have an automatic powder despensing system when you tell the machine how much powder to deliver and it does. Works very well! (Lyman has something similar that doesn't really work at all).

Hope this helps.

February 8, 2001, 07:57 PM	#2
Kenneth L. Walters Senior Member Join Date: September 2, 1999 Location: flagstaff, arizona Posts: 477	This is a classic example of the sorts of differences you can run into. Lyman is famous for this partially because I seriously doubt that they have reexamined some of their loads in years, maybe decades. What I always do is look up loads in as many places as possible. That way you can spot ones that are out in left field. That shouldn't happen, of course, but it does. Just a fact of life. Personally I shot the 45 Colt a lot but I use cast bullets. Incidentally, if you are going to use near maximum loads (and I wouldn't really recommend that) you might want to look at the RCBS catalogue. They have an automatic powder despensing system when you tell the machine how much powder to deliver and it does. Works very well! (Lyman has something similar that doesn't really work at all). Hope this helps.