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Your cart is empty.The most comprehensive cast bullet data manual using the latest and most available components for bullet casters. In addition to data for Lyman’s entire line of rifle and pistol moulds, the Cast Bullet Handbook includes data for selected moulds from other manufacturers. Like Lyman’s other popular handbooks, this large edition covers valuable “how-to” editorial as well as important articles by acknowledged authorities in the field. Written by well-known cast bullet authority, Mike Venturino, this is the most up-to-date and comprehensive cast bullet data available.
Doug K
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2025
Excellent !
Harley
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
Must have for lead bullet loading
Glenn McCurdy
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2024
If you want to get into the sport of shooting cast bullets you want to learn from the people that have been doing it. This book really is packed with great information and lots of tips and tricks as well as common mistakes.
Randers
Reviewed in Sweden on May 14, 2024
Just what I needed
L. Dutton
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2024
saved for reference
gerald
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024
Lyman has once again come up with the needed information. If you Cast your own bullets this manual is most valuables. I cast and load for both rifle and pistol. Th loading data I need is here even for Lee and Saco molds. A good Value.
David Thornton
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
Has a ton of info for a reloader. Very good if you are looking for reduced load info.
Jed A Peeler
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2023
I have been using Lyman Reloading and Bullet Casting books for 56 years. I prefer their bullet designs and weights, and their reloading manuals have given me optimal results in cast projectile velocities without being too hard on the cases. For example, I use 8 grains of classic Unique Powder with both .45 Colt and .357 Magnum. The only constructive criticism I can give is that the pins on the molds make the molds have a lot of wear after a few thousand bullets are cast. I wish that some way could be found to lower that wear without impeding the opening and closing of the molds.
F. Lopez
Reviewed in Mexico on October 25, 2020
Muy buen libro, creo que le faltan cubrir más moldes de Lee pero trae lo esencial para empezar a recargar
alan g
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2019
If you use handload and use cast bullets then you should have a copy of this manual. Even if you have been reloading for years it still has a place on your bookshelf.
Darren B
Reviewed in Australia on December 11, 2019
This is the handloader’s Holy Bible. I found this out for myself after finally getting off my ass and buying it. I’ve already had a lot of questions answered and have used the alloy recipe for Lyman #2 and now cast some fine bullets which work.Great book.
Remi L.
Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2018
Excellent book. Lots of very useful information.I have been casting bullets for 15 years and I learned a lot from this book. I like the fact that there is load data for Lee, Saeco,Rcbs and Lyman moulds. Very recommended. Mike Venturino is one of my favourite authors and he has done very well in the way he presents the information.
kaiser
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2015
The Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook 4th Edition is an excellent reference for the "caster" and a great addition to any "reloaders" library. Mike Venturino is always a "good read" and he knows more about bullet casting than any two "experts" of the last two generation. He will not only tell you what will work, he is generous and humble enough to share mistakes he has made along the way in order to expedite your loading education. One might describe him as a "stand up guy" whose honesty and integrity shows in his writings (no, I'm not kin and have never had the pleasure of meeting him).The only fault I noticed was the "parroting" of an old "loading factoid" prefaced in a few of the "tables" that are identical to the same comments in their "oldest" Lyman books. An example of this is the "old saw" that "Microgroove barrels will not deliver accuracy if loaded above 1600fps" (those on the Marlin forum has proven this to be untrue through testing). Matter of fact, just the opposite is true if the bullet is sufficiently hard to drive at maximum velocity with a bullet that is at least .002 over normal size (a "poster" named Ranch Dog distributes molds based on this finding). I can't cite multiple editing mistakes, or where Lyman has used old data for new discoveries, so this one indiscretion (at least for me) can be easily overlooked for the massive amount of information it puts at the "finger tips" of the "common layman interested in obtaining safe, accurate loads.I have always appreciated Lyman's effort to provide loading data that includes pressure data, and the "theoretically" best powder/accuracy load (Many of their "accuracy loads" are "spot on", even in guns with different barrels and actions). I own several of Lyman's loading books to include one of the first they published and feel that no "shooter" or reloader's library is anywhere near completion without at least one of their excellent reference books. Thank you for your contribution, Lyman! Sincerely, Ken J.
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