Lyman spartan press manual !485!

The old Lyman Spartan and it's turret version, the Spar-T, were and remain sound presses but they are obselete in one very significant way; they are simple lever presses so they need a lot of lever pressure to operate.

Save lyman spartan reloading press to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. + Items in search results. Lyman Spartan / ST reloading press upgrade Primer Catcher. Brand New. $14.00. Guaranteed by Mon, Mar. 18. Buy It Now. More colors +$3.60 shipping. Find and save ideas about Reloading press on Pinterest. | See more ideas about Reloading ammo, Reloading brass and Dillon reloading. I was just given an old Lyman Spartan reloading pressjust the press, nothing else. A standard lee shell holder does not seem to fit right. A little internet research leads me to believe the Spartans used a proprietary "J" shell holder. Lyman Spartan press. Discussion in 'Handloading and Reloading' started by Racktracker, Nov 26, I noticed that the lyman spartan presses go fairly cheap on fleabay. So I was wondering if these presses use standard dies and shellholders. I still am rather curious about the spartan presses Parts needed for an old Lyman Press. This is a discussion on Parts needed for an old Lyman Press within the Reloading forums, part of the Firearm Forum category; I am currently refurbishing an old Lyman Tru-Line Jr press. I got it for next to nothing and will not be using it but putting the then-current Lyman/Ideal manual. Several years later, upon acquir-ing .44 Magnum, .44 Special and.45 Colt handguns, I started out with Lyman 310 dies for the .45 Colt and added a Lyman Spartan press (single stage) and Lyman All American .44 Magnum/.44 Smith & Wesson Special dies for the .44s. A Lee Loader was used for the .38 Special. I The Lyman "Spartan" was a relatively simple "C" type press without the compound linkage, was available in the late 1960's. Probably a good basic press, but not comparable to the Rock Chucker. Also, the dies