Ideal/Lyman 313492 Wadcutter

The 313492 wadcutter mold is a classic projectile for the .32 revolvers. It’s a type 3 wadcutter, meaning that it’s designed to be seated with the forward portion of the bullet exposed. Weighing in at about 95 grains, mid-range loads with this bullet tend to shoot to the sights of many older .32 revolvers. I’ve […]

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Lyman 311410 Solid or HP

The 311410 bullet is a medium light bullet ate about 135 grains as a solid and 125 grains as a hollow point. As a plain based bullet it doesn’t really like to be pushed too hard, so I generaly keep it under about 1600 FPS. Both versions do well as light loads for .30 caliber […]

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Lyman/Ideal 3118/311008

One of Ideal’s earlier designs, the 3118 (later renamed 311008) was designed as a ‘standard’ bullet for the 32-20 Winchester cartridge. The bullet weighs 118 grains in lyman #2 alloy. I’ve used the bullet in the .32 S&W long, .32 H&R magnum and .327 as well as the 32-20. It also works as a lightweight […]

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Ideal 31133 mold

The Ideal 31133 Mold is the factory Hollow point version of the 3118 (later 311008). The Hollow point cavity is fairly deep, roughly 2/3 the length of the bullet, and approximately .090 in diameter. I like this bullet cast from a soft binary 8 BHN alloy of lead and tin at about  at about 900-1400 […]

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