Here are the pages from the Ideal (Lyman) Number 37 Handbook (1950) showing pistol and revolver load data.
The bullet numbers are Lyman mold numbers. Two of the three powders listed -Bullseye and Unique - are still being manufactured, the 3rd - DuPont No. 6 - is long obsolete.
Many of the charges show are maximum loads, so you should treat them as such. There's some hard-to-find data here for those of you that load for old guns.
P.S. - According to the manual, the data was provided to Lyman by Phil Sharpe and Elmer Keith.
The bullet numbers are Lyman mold numbers. Two of the three powders listed -Bullseye and Unique - are still being manufactured, the 3rd - DuPont No. 6 - is long obsolete.
Many of the charges show are maximum loads, so you should treat them as such. There's some hard-to-find data here for those of you that load for old guns.
P.S. - According to the manual, the data was provided to Lyman by Phil Sharpe and Elmer Keith.
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