Log In
Members
Home
Add Reply
Add Topic
Hi,
Can someone who has the Lyman 49 or 50 edition vertify that the 25-20 round is in it? I am looking at getting it, and am curious as to whether or not that load is in it. Thanks
November 7, 2015
Offline
Don’t have a 49th but the 25WCF is listed in my 48th and 50th as well as Lyman’s Cast Bullet Handbook, 4th edition. All three entries a bit disappointing. For a more comprehensive listing I’d refer to Mike Venturino’s “Shooting Lever Guns of the Old West.”
Thanks. So if I am newer to reloading, I’m having someone I know teach me, would you recommend all three books or is there one you wouldn’t recomend getting?
For the 25-20 you should get the 50th edition only. It has the most loading information, for 3 different jacketed bullet weights and the 65 grain lead bullet, but doesn’t include the 85 grain lead bullet.
An alternative way to do it is to make a one time only purchase of a 1 year subscription to loaddata.com and print out or store everything you’ll ever need. On the 25-20 alone, it lists 22 sources of reloading data.
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
November 7, 2015
Offline
MRB said
Thanks. So if I am newer to reloading, I’m having someone I know teach me, would you recommend all three books or is there one you wouldn’t recomend getting?
It’s my firm belief that you can’t have too many loading manuals or sources of load data. I buy a new one every year or two and have been reloading for over 35 years so I have a shelf full of them. I like the Lyman Cast Bullet manual but in some situations the load data is little different from the other editions. The front section of the CB manual is only useful if you want to take up bullet casting or wish to better understand how cast bullets work. Venturino’s books often discuss load data but are not loading manuals per se, I just like to have multiple sources and I like reading what he has to say about a cartridge. OTOH I see no point in buying an older edition of the Lyman manual when I see few changes in the cartridges I load. One exception is the third edition of the Lyman CB manual, I hear it’s excellent-if you can find one. Newer editions have info on the new powders so they are useful if you are wanting to keep up with the new powder technology. The is also some great information in the first part of most loading manuals about safety and best practices that is very helpful to new reloaders. Online data is useful but I prefer to consult at least three hard copy loading manuals and the Hodgdon site and sometimes the LASC site when kicking around a new load.
Short answer, I recommend starting out with at least two manuals. Lee, Hornady, RCBS, Lyman, Nosler, Swift, Waters and the Hodgdon annual are all excellent. I haven’t used the Swift manual because I don’t use their bullets. They make an excellent bullet and their manual looks good but I can’t speak from experience on them. Don’t overlook the instruction section, it would take many days in a one-on-one setting to pick up the information available there. Having someone teach you is great but you’ll learn much more if you read up a bit before and after you work with your friend.
Have fun and be safe! Let me know if I can help.
Mike
1 Guest(s)
