I recognize some and I see others I'd like to own! Nice collection.
Sometimes it takes a second box of boolits to clear my head.
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Here are some of my older reloading handbooks. I have missplaced the cover of the Lyman Cast Bullet manual and the Lyman manual on the right.
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Nice !
I have a few as well
Scott
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The Hornady manual , with the fellow wearing a cowboy hat , looking through binoculars, top right , was Hornady's first manual , printed in 1967 and only contained data for rifle cartridges !
This was my first manual and I still have it.....it was one of the few back then that had data for the 7.5 Schmidt Rubin 1896/11 rifles that flooded the market. $29.95 got you a rifle at the Army Navy Surplus store. My first rifle, and I still have it also !
Gary
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I want the 2 Hodgdon ones i dont have!! I am always looking at garage sales etc. for old loading manuals.
Those Speer Wildcat manuals are getting hard to find now. I passed several up in the past but the next one I find at a decent price is going home with me. james
I just ordered an old Sierre #2 manual. Looking forward to looking it over. james
Hi!
Do any of these reloading manuals show loading data for the German 9.3 X 72 Rimmed? This is not the more powerful 9.3 X 74R
Thanks!
Jim
What are these old manuals going for? I have some doubles and triples of various ones I may part with or trade off.
Jeff
I think these older manuals are a great resource to have, I am constantly using them to cross reference load data from newer manuals, there are a lot of differences in some of the data, I think the newer manuals are no where near the max limits on a good portion of the loads they list. I think lawyers have edited reloading manuals for at least the last 20 years
Please copy these to our files to share only in our group in a off or word format.
Old Reloading Data Manuals.
Texan Reloader Manual with clear parts lists.
Pacific Reloader Manuals with clear parts list.
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I have a couple older manuals a Lyman 45th is my favorite
I have that oldest Hornady manual; autographed by JW Hornady, which I always thought was pretty cool. I regret not keeping my fathers' Speer #7 (?), as my more-modern Speer (#11 IIRC) manual had eliminated many good loads that were in the older manuals.
I also have a pretty wild PO Ackley manual from about the same time. Some of those loadings look pretty crazy to me these days - including 'how did he fit /that much/ powder in the case' ???
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |