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Thread: How Old is your Oldest Reloaqding Manual ??

  1. 03-09-2009, 05:34 PM #1
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    How Old is your Oldest Reloaqding Manual ??

    My oldest is the Third Edition of "The Complete Guide To Handloading" by
    Philip B. Sharpe, 1949. Although not a reloading manual to speak of, more of an educational/instructional book, there is a lot of data in in on most calibers available at that time.

    My oldest official proprietary manual, is the Speer volume #7 from April of 1966.
    I Have one manual from the early fifties but can't find it so I won't count it.

    Some of you fellas have been loading longer than I've lived. How old is the oldest manual??

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  2. 03-09-2009, 06:02 PM #2
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    Lyman Shotshell Handbook(expanded coverage) 2nd edition...price tage still on it $12.95 copyright 1976 I bought it brand new.
    Along with notes and all... Price for a lb of Red Dot $5.95/lb...One of the shotgun loads i still use.
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  3. 03-09-2009, 06:07 PM #3
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    I bought another one at the gunshow Saturday for 32.95 does that count.
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  4. 03-09-2009, 06:12 PM #4
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  5. 03-09-2009, 06:27 PM #5
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    Oldest: Lyman 41st (1957)
    My first: Sierra 2nd (1978)
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    Lyman #33 and Hodgdon #5 Speer #1 plus a bunch of others.
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  7. 03-09-2009, 07:29 PM #7
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    Lyman/Ideal #37, 1950...Ray
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    "Sixguns, Cartridges and Loads" by Elmer Keith (1936).
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    PO Ackley 196?? old anyway. Some REALLY hot loads in it. Also complete reference on the eargescplittenloudenboomer cartridge; a .50 BMG necked down to .22 cal.
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  10. 03-09-2009, 07:46 PM #10
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    Lyman "Handbook of Cast Bullets", 1958.
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    Dang, I got an old Speer manual that has a ring binder on it and I can't remember what edition it is. I'll look when I get home if this thread is still alive. It's way earlier than my Speer No. 9
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    Well, the oldest one that I actually bought new is a Lyman that no longer has its cover. It's the issue with the article about reloading in Eskimo villages. Next oldest is Speer #3 from 1957.

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  13. 03-09-2009, 09:46 PM #13
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    I also have the issue with the article about reloading in the Eskimo village. My cover wore off years ago along with the first several pages. Used it for years and would still follow its loads if was all I had.
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    I have a Speer #3 that a buddy found at a yard sale.
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    A vintage Ideal No.16, dated 1904.

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  17. 03-09-2009, 11:21 PM #17
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    Got a Speer #1 and an old P O Ackley Hand book, not sure how old but I got it in the mid 70s.
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    Belding & Mull Hand Book. Copyright 1955. HOT HOT loads in it. The one 30 Winchester(30-30Win.) load is 32.5gr of 4198 @ 2745fps! OUCH! DONT USE THIS LOAD!!
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    i aint gonna go look for all the dates////i have a herters ist( 1961?) and a lee first edition...
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    Phil Sharpe's second edition, and a reprint of an old Ideal, lyman 41st, and if I look hard enough there could be something by Townsend Whelen floating around.
    I am 53 but a real packrat when it comes to loading manuals.
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