HI.
I found a very nice Ideal[lyman]320366 mould,I cannot find it listed in any of the catalogues I have .Is this spitzer mould for a 32/40 cal,I dont know what weight bullet it will drop ,there is not an indication of the weight on the box,The only other marking is the number 261on the block
Thanks
Danny

The mold drops at 176 grs. and was made for the 8 m/m. I hope this helps.

Leon

Thank you for the quick reply Leon .I will try it out ,alltought I did not have incuraging results with this bullet design the only other time I tryed before.This was one of those deals you cannot pass,one can allways reason that if you do not have a gun for it there is the possibility to get a new one .
Danny.

This sounds like another Lyman number that jumped around. An older list has it as the 320366 but the later ones have it as the 323366. The cherry number, 366, stays the same and so does the shape, but the diameter changes. There were some recycled numbers too, usually of old round ball moulds. Another catch is that low cherry numbers got padded out with zeros, so a 3589 is now a 358009.

Later data specs the weight as 181 or 182 grains. There's loading data for the 8x57 Mauser in the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook.

If the 261 is on both blocks, it's there to keep blocks paired at the factory.

Bye
Jack

The old Lymans list it as a 320366, the newer numbering system has it as 323366..then it fell ut of production. Kind of a spitzer that pretty well duplicates the shape of 8X57 ball ammo.

Guess if you loaded single shot, and the twist rate of your 32-40 was fast enough to spin this length bullet, it could work. that bullet tuns in the 176-180gr. class, but is very long for it's wegiht, and your 32-40 (which is probably a 1:16 twist) may not spin it fast enough for stability (8X57 is usally something in the 1:9 ot 1:10 twsit area).

I'd certainly try it.

My source for the info came out of my 1929 Ideal Handbook on page 80. It is listed as #323366 in the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook on page # 208. A friend of mine has had real good luck with it, keeping it down under 1,600 f.p.s. so it dose not misalign its self do to the large portion of unsupported ogive. Jack is right in his facts about the Lyman # system. It shure is nice to have people on here who no there stuff, as I had not put the 2 numbers togher in my head untill reading His post. Thanks for the info.

Still learning the secrets: Leon

There's one or two people working on books about the history of Ideal / Lyman moulds. I've got two lists that are over 500 long, and every once in a while someone asks a question about one that isn't on either one. I'd buy a book on them if it ever gets written.

Bye
Jack

Hi.
Thanks again all of you.
The reason I tought to a 32/40 was that .320 is close in size to a 32/40cal than an 8 mm is .I will put it to work to see what it will drop.
Danny.

Did some casting :with w.w. miked out .325 at 184gr.
Danny.