Hi All,

So I’m new to reloading and have had some great advice from members on this forum.

I made up some dummy rounds yesterday after reading the ABC’s of reloading and also the Lyman handbook. I was happy with the seating and the roll crimp, it seemed to be good and in the right place on the cannelure, however I noticed that the overall length is shorter than advised in my new Lyman reloading handbook (50th edition).

For .44 Remington Magnum, it states an OAL of 1.645”, for 240 grain lead bullets, whereas mine was 1.573” with 240 grain lead bullets. Is this difference something to be alarmed by?

Also, looking at powder, my local rfd has Blue Dot and Unique in stock, has anyone got a preference out of these two for .44 magnum, lever action gallery rifle shooting?

Thanks!