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tct, with what you’ve listed, I’d start with the first two powders, 4227 and #9. Both of these should give you very fine results. Keep us informed of your results. Feel free to drop me a PM any...

Different manufacturer, but my Uberti copy of the same model had a similar problem. The lug as still in place but wouldn’t hold the lever in place. A gunsmith at Ft Shenandoah (North-South...

tctender, what powder(s) do you have to start your load development, or which do you plan to get? I’ve used or seen used 4759, 4227, 2400, and Accurate #9. The folks at Accurate also tried to...

You’re singing my song. I felt so strongly about it I had Project 616 built… a Model 66 fitted with rebored Model 617 barrel and cylinder. It works!
Froggie

Many moons ago when I was starting out with the 32-40 I was told to use IMR 4759 powder and a 165 grain +/- bullet weight. If you can find that powder, PM for further instructions. Also, one of my...

Wouldn’t it be appropriate to place this query anywhere besides Casting and Reloading HAND Tools? I’m having a hard time thinking of any less appropriate place for it to be.
Just for laughs, try...

Five pages later, it’s still “like tryin’ to tell a stranger ‘bout Rock-n- Roll”!
Froggie over and out.

I would expect something like that to be used by the bench rest community. Most of the ones I have seen have been FL like the ones Lyman used to make, but the BR guys prefer to neck size only with...

Long cases if you can get them. They may be a touch long,but will clean up easily. The short cases will always give you a short product.
Froggie

I gotta say, it sounded almost sacrilegious when you talked about shooting those modern redesigned powder coat bullets in the venerable 32-20. I felt myself starting to throw up in my mouth. The...

As a plaything, a 14” barrel in 32-40 might be fun. Brass, if you don’t already have some is easily made by forming 38-55 brass (now available from Starline) using a standard set of RCBS dies, no...

Without more information to the contrary Bazoo has given as close to a definitive answer as you’re likely to get.
Froggie

You’re about a hundred and twenty years late asking this… Ideal made a wadcutter mould for 44 Special target loads sometime about 1900. Since the 38 became more popular for Bullseye, the 44 WC is...

If you are buying something to shoot, 32 acp is a marginal choice for any of the revolvers (at least any I've encountered) but it will work if need be. I've heard some folks have erratic (or no)...

The 444 is to ID the mould block pair. There should be another one like it on the other block. The other block should have a 4 to 6 digit number that will tell you what the blocks started out as....

Herter66, you must not have read much of my stuff. I’ve repeatedly observed that the ability to handle multiple lengths of the 32 family was a selling point of the 327. In fact, I’ve fired all five...

+1 to that, Barry54. Does anybody know of a gun club with camping near Lake Havasu? We could all meet there with our campers and portable reloading equipment and guns. Larry could be Camp Director...

There is a philosophical saying about “a solution looking for a problem”. In a way, this is how some folks regard the 327 FM, but for me it seems like a fine chambering looking for an appropriate...

I'm fascinated by the obscure origins of phrases. What I have been able to find upon studying the phrase in question is that once upon a time there was a person of authority whose name was Robert,...

Bruce,
The most thorough description of the Ideal tool in question, that I’ve ever seen at least, was in the Lyman Centennial journal they put out back in the ‘70s. I still see them around from time...

I'm a veritable machine shop dilettante, but I remember one of my instructors commenting that a dial caliper was a "little better" than a yardstick, "but not much". I've never been able to stir up...

Bruce,

When I first saw this, I thought you must be talking about the 45-70 indenter tool system developed about 130 years ago by Ideal. They were used for downloading the Govt rounds for indoor...

Well, Outpost75, my friend, I never thought I’d find myself disagreeing with you, but I submit that in a properly sized revolver, the 327 FM is a fine, flexible cartridge.and more, the basis of a...

OK, I just noticed this thread. I probably qualify as one of the pioneers in the 327 movement, having bought a Ruger 8 shot Blackhawk when they came out, and since S&W wouldn’t build a suitable K...

Are you sure the Herter’s threaded shell holders won’t work? IIRC, Wells actually manufactured the Herter’s presses if that vintage. Just wonderin’...