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TimSr · July 12, 2016, 07:56 AM

I saw this post and took a look at my older Lyman manuals. The older one from the 80's especially has 32 W Long for bullets all around yours. It is weird how its listed in other 32 calibers, but not in that one. They list an 85gr FMC I think. They also list lighter lead bullets.

Since you are working with a gun with a very wide margin of error for this cartridge, I'd suggest looking at Lyman data, and extrapolate. As you mentioned, it would be hard to load enough of even fast powders to run into a problem with that gun. Especially if you are able to cross reference your extrapolated loads with a chrony.

July 12, 2016, 07:56 AM	#4
TimSr Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2013 Location: Rittman, Ohio Posts: 2,074	I saw this post and took a look at my older Lyman manuals. The older one from the 80's especially has 32 W Long for bullets all around yours. It is weird how its listed in other 32 calibers, but not in that one. They list an 85gr FMC I think. They also list lighter lead bullets. Since you are working with a gun with a very wide margin of error for this cartridge, I'd suggest looking at Lyman data, and extrapolate. As you mentioned, it would be hard to load enough of even fast powders to run into a problem with that gun. Especially if you are able to cross reference your extrapolated loads with a chrony.