I've been playing with Lovell cartridges for over 35 years now, ever since I first chanced upon Landis's writings. The G&H brass is indeed good stuff, but as stated above the current Captech is much better. Keep your loads well under what was bandied about in the publications from the 30's and 40's and the brass will last a long time.

My current Lovell chambering is a heavy barreled .22 Maximum Lovell, built by Hervey himself, on a single shot Krag and Pacific double-set triggers, with a heavy Marksman-style stock. Lo and behold, it too has a 27 1/4" barrel. I would blush to tell you how tiny are the groups it produces. Hervey touted this design as being the most efficient .22 wildcat based on the .25-20SS case.



I was under the impression that Lovell started out in Indiana, and moved to the Pacific Northwest right after the War. I never heard tell of him being located in New York state. The story about the inception of the R2 reamer being a collaboration between Donaldson and Risley is the impression I was under also.