From days past ....

[Digger]

Dropped by my friend Ian's reloading shop today ..(shameless plug!) here in Gardnerville NV.
and he knows how I value the older reloading equip.
He showed me a couple of Items that another gentleman had left earlier ..
One was an older stand alone Seaco powder drop, single stroke with the outside on the arm piston/volume adjustment.
The other was an original Speer reloading manual .. 1961 edition ! (oh geezz , I feel older already)
It has pictures of the company staff at that time , who knows maybe someone here might know a name or two.
Also pics of what was available in basic reloading machines at that moment .... very nice !
will try to post some of the pics here ... love the history/machines going back then.
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will start another thread with the machine pics ..click on the pics for better rez.

[brassrat]

Thanks for posting, old stuff is great. People too

[EddieNFL]

My first manual. Not as old as yours. Haven't looked at it in a while, but I think '69.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a338/EddieF/Lyman_zpsc64b6798.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/EddieF/media/Lyman_zpsc64b6798.jpg.html)

[Digger]

excellent !, sometimes there is good info in the old ones that is unavailable today ...

[rbuck351]

My first Speer was the #3. Somewhere I picked up the first one like you have shown and it is in almost perfect condition.

[brassrat]

I only have one reload book, #45.

[BUCKEYE BANDIT]

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[gunshot98]

These pics take me way back. This is so cool to look at. I remember my Dad and his friends reloading in his shop and me a wee one at that time, just soaking it all up. I have a few old books i'll shoot some pics of. Thanks I needed this.