Handloader magazine

[abunaitoo]

Anyone collect them????
Have every one?????
I'm always on the look out for ones I don't have.
Very few here collect them.
I go on evil bay sometimes, just to see if any there I don't have.
Prices are borderline ridiculous.
Friend, who moved to Tennessee, and I were the only people I knew who collected them here.
When either of us would find a stash, we would help fill in missing ones.
Have 137 holes in my collection.
The old ones were kind of strange to me.
Kind of like a club news letter.
I stopped buying the new issues a while ago.

[Bazoo]

I would collect them if I had some other than new ones. I do collect handloader digest, gun digest, and now, guns and ammo annuals. Not only do I collect them, I read them.

[quack1]

I have them all, except#249. It got shredded by a momentarily unsupervised Lab puppy. Bought the first few issues at a local gun shop, then subscribed. Also have all issues of Rifle Magazine. They are a good reference, although the publishers have dumbed them down over the years. Still better than most gun magazines.

[rkrcpa]

I keep all of my copies of Handloader and American Handgunner. Been doing so for decades.

[JRLesan]

Yes, have them all up to most recent issue. Sadly, when Precision Shooting went down several years back, Handloader and Rifle were about the only things left. Have AR complete back to the early 30's and ST from its inception up thru late 90's when it became uninteresting.

[dannyd]

Purchased the DVD set couple years ago. Good reading

[contender1]

I too have the DVD set. That,, and a few older issues I've stashed away.

[alamogunr]

I've got all the print issues of Handloader. Acquired the older ones from various sellers incl. Ebay. Been a subscriber for approx. the last 20 years.

I've got a weakness for complete collections of various publications. I finally quit subscribing to Fine Woodworking last year. When various magazines started selling DVD's of all back issues, the value of such collections dropped significantly.

[pertnear]

I don't collect them but I guess I hoard them as a better term. I have close to all Handloaders & Rifles from the early days (ie issue #1 on) - unorganized of course. I have all Handloader & Rifle magazines from the last 15 years or so. I plan to organize & sell them all someday. What I've noticed on fleabay is that sellers ship the magazines via USPS media mail to keep postage cost down. BUT according to USPS, any media that contains commercials or ad's are not eligible to ship via Media-Mail. Just FYI...

[skeettx]

I have all the Handloader and also the Rifle Magazines
Also all the Gun Digests and Handloader Digests.

I rarely look at them now as the internet is soooo much faster

Mike

[Sig556r]

A nice guy from our local club gifted me a bunch of Handloader mags dating back from the 70s I believe.
Worth the read...

[Burnt Fingers]

Do they still offer DVD set?

[Txcowboy52]

Really enjoy Handloader magazine , i have them back to the early 70's.

[rockrat]

Saw my first one at a gun store in 1974 and been a subscriber since.

[dannyd]

Do they still offer DVD set?

yes, it's about 400 dollars

[dbosman]

I've got a nearly full collection, up to a couple of years back, and about a fifteen inch stack of duplicates. I'll put together a list of the duplicates. Eventually I'll sell the main batch.
I too bought the DVD set and a couple of fill in years on DVD.
What I'm wanting to do, and haven't figured out how yet, is OCR the text so I can search easily. The ads get in the way.

[dragon813gt]

yes, it's about 400 dollars

They would sell a lot more at a reasonable cost. I understand it costs money to digitize them but it’s a one time expense. And from what I understand it’s not searchable by keyword which it makes it less useful. It comes down to selling a little for a lot or a lot for a little. They have chosen the former.

[samari46]

The older issues of Rifle, Handloader,American rifleman, Precision shooting and Accurate rifle Always had good articles like DIY gunsmithing, builds,projects.Precision Shooting I have from about 1995 till it folded along with the Accurate rifle. American Rifleman is nothing like it used to be. More advertisements than anything. Have #1 from Handloader and Rifle magazines but stopped getting it as it to was devoid of projects. Same for Gun Digest. Have many of the ones from the late 80's but too expensive for what you get. So stopped buying it. Funny thing, when I was in the navy finding gun magazines in stores was easy so every so often would box them up and mail them home. When I came home on leave would read and save the articles and stick them in file folders. Still have a bunch but as interests change would cull the ones I no longer have any interest in. Frank

[abunaitoo]

I'm missing a bunch of them, but wonder how hard it is to find #1 to #34?????

[smithnframe]

I've subscribed to it a few times over the last several years but I always let it expire. Keep thinking I'll find something new but that doesn't happen often enough to justify the cost. Mostly the same old thing! I just used a few decades of them for a wet newspaper backstop!

[contender1]

"They would sell a lot more at a reasonable cost. I understand it costs money to digitize them but it’s a one time expense. And from what I understand it’s not searchable by keyword which it makes it less useful. It comes down to selling a little for a lot or a lot for a little. They have chosen the former."

Your thoughts on this are understandable. However,, many folks want the "old magazines" and be able to thumb through it like it was the magazine. I studied the DVD set for a few years,, & finally broke down & bought the set. Well, it is actually fun to slowly scroll through an issue or two, reading it exactly as it was published back then. Some articles,, of course,, are outdated & more modern info is readily available. And to search for a keyword or something could be useful,, but again,, you may miss a jewel of something you hadn't thought of.
I have taken to writing down a list of the issues that have stuff that interests me,, with a note about what it is in that issue I want to reference to. I'll be transferring that list into a computer list,, for quick reference when needed.

I guess I'm saying I like the "old magazine" format,, as I'm mostly old school, and prefer paper copies to read. But so many of these old magazines are hard to find,,, and expensive to buy & store,, only to have to do the same thing if I want specific info,, that the DVD set made perfect sense to me.

[dragon813gt]

I guess I'm saying I like the "old magazine" format,, as I'm mostly old school, and prefer paper copies to read. But so many of these old magazines are hard to find,,, and expensive to buy & store,, only to have to do the same thing if I want specific info,, that the DVD set made perfect sense to me.
Just because it was digitized doesn’t mean a format change. It’s still the same pages just on a screen. It’s the lack of a search function that makes it less useful. Thumbing through a physical copy is faster than trying to do the same w/ digital. That’s why a search function is vital.

[Gregorious]

My barber, Don, has every issue from #1 to present, all bound.

[fcvan]

Just because it was digitized doesn’t mean a format change. It’s still the same pages just on a screen. It’s the lack of a search function that makes it less useful. Thumbing through a physical copy is faster than trying to do the same w/ digital. That’s why a search function is vital.

They normally copy the magazine in PDF format, and with a good version of Adobe, you can make the document word searchable.

[ioon44]

I have some issues from the early 1990's I should get rid of.

[Jevyod]

I am 35 years old, and just recently started subscribing to handloader. I also love perusing through any old ones I can for the fun of it! I just wish they were not as expensive. I have looked longingly at them, but seems most people value them at a premium?? Oh well, I keep my eyes open for some that wont break the bank!!

[dannyd]

I got the digital set for christmas couple years ago. Wife had a 100 discount coupon. The set works best with Adobe 9 that came it. I read them on my laptop or table.

[Burnt Fingers]

$400 is stupid pricing. Especially without a search function.

[10x]

$400 is stupid pricing. Especially without a search function.
Understated, I would buy the DVD for $100 - if it was searchable by keyword.
I already have most of the paper copies starting from #2 with few missing.

[jonp]

My hunting camp has no power and I like to sit on the deck and have an actual book or magazine in my hand but I'm from an older generation I guess.

[dannyd]

Understated, I would buy the DVD for $100 - if it was searchable by keyword.
I already have most of the paper copies starting from #2 with few missing.

if you know how to use the program they are differently searchable