For about the price of one reloading manual you can get a year's subscription to www.loaddata.com. They have published load data from most of the bullet and powder companies.
I dont know what kind of loading press you have your heart set on but the Lee reloading manual is a good read. Good luck and enjoy.
That looks like a good kit. Get a good set of calipers to check over all length. Try not to be intimidated if you can follow directions you can reload.I've been shopping around online. Looks like I'll probably go with the Lee Challenger set. From what I can tell it has most of what I need to get started other than dies, and the price is definitely right.
-S
That looks like a good kit. Get a good set of calipers to check over all length. Try not to be intimidated if you can follow directions you can reload.
Lyman's 49th edition...not biased to any brand that I can see, has load data for lead, and a very good section for beginners.
On page 251 there is data for the 32 Winchester Special, which I presume is what you are planning to load. Since it's a nearly straight walled case, it shouldn't be much harder for you than .38 special.
You are correct, that's what I'm planning to load because of the relative difficulty of sourcing factory loads in that caliber. However it's not a straight walled case, looks almost identical to a 30-30. I'm not sure how much difference that makes in terms of reloading.
-S
"Nearly" straight as opposed to the bottleneck you see on lots of modern cases.
I presume your gun is lever action? You may want to see if Lee offers their factory crimp die in this caliber.
I think you can use 30-30 brass. Lyman says the case is derived from the 30-30 case. Has to be a better round than the 30-30. You would just run the brass through your de-prime/resize die. The die will enlarge the case mouth to fit your .321 bullets, and any other difference would fireform on the first firing. I do that with the .338-06 using 30-06 brass and it works fine. CB
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