Handloaders Digest 1968-69 Pics

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Here are a few pictures from the 1968-69 edition of "Handloaders Digest" that I just picked up from an estate sale along with a press, scale, box of assorted powders, and a bunch of other odds and ends including 4 other reloadling manuals......Y-E-S!!!!!!


I would doubt that anyone will be screaming copyright legal action, but if the mods think it is a problem, feel free to delete them.

Ill try and add a few more if I can get my scanner to settle down.

Back when an RCBS Rock Chucker cost $52.50 or you could get it with a set of dies for $61.50 !!!

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Man, there are a lot of good articles in this book.........and those prices just want to make me cry when I think about what we pay today......IF WE CAN GET THE STUFF!!!!!!
 
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Denny, I sure hate to say this, but I think I have the Handloaders Digest prior to yours!
I had quite a time finding a date on it, but it is the Third Edition. Then, first page in is a picure of the cover, and on that they have, "1966."
The powder prices are the same as yours, but the page you scanned is not identical. I notice that Nosler, 30 calibre, 180 grain partition bullets are $5.35 for a box of 50.
My book is well used, because I bought it when it was the current issue. On page 91 is the article on primers, that I have quoted from on postings. Their bottom line after extensive, lab testing, was the strength of the firing pin had more to do with the pressure the primer gave, than did the type of primer, including magnum, or standard.
So, next time someone asks if they should reduce their load if they use a magnum primer, just tell them to have their firing pin tested. If it is weak they will be getting less pressure from the magnum than they would from a standard primer, with a harder hitting firing pin!
Those old books are great, Denny, and I imagine you will really enjoy yours, as I have mine.
Bruce
 
Mine is the fourth edition Bruce. There's an article in it titled "Product Testing 1968 1969".

I can't find an official publication date on it either, but the fellow who had it put some of his powder loads on stickers and put them inside. They're dated 1969.

I haven't had a chance to read through even a quarter of it yet. It amazed me how many bullet swagging presses there used to be for stamping out your own lead rather than casting.

In that lot, I also picked up a Texan single stage press, a Texan 257 (as shown in the picture) scale and a Forester hand crank case trimmer. I still like my Lee cheapy creapy length gauges with the lock spindle that you put in a drill. It takes me about half the time. He also had 7 cans of various powder. All of them had a $3.15 price tag on them. 4 of them have never been opened. There were the usual odds and sods as well. There were some funky primers in there too. They had a built in anvil that went straight across the inside of the primer instead of the 3 finger style we have today.

There were 2 Sierra reloading manuals, and one Hogdon powder data book. Also a couple of others as well. I've still got the option of buying his Browning Auto 5 12 gauge. He put this kind of a rubber protective sleeve over the butt stock, and it's now started to melt into the wood. I need another 12 gauge like I need a hole in the head, but I could probably pick it up pretty cheap and the rest of the gun looks pretty good. How well did those Browning semi-autos work anyway??? It looks like this one.

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Denny, you sure got a good find. I have used the Browning Auto Five some, and found I could hit what I shot at, pretty good. The first time I had my hands on one I made a double on geese. I think they look homely as a mud fence, but they are considered really good guns, built like the proverbial brick out house.
The press I bought in 1964, still have and have used it extensively, is in these books. It is the C-H 111, Magnum H press. Take a look at it. You being a machinest will appreciate how strong it is built. I see it ranks up there with the most expensive, at $36.00 in my book.
I'm wondering what kind of powder you got?
Bruce
 
Your Handloader digest "find'

Interesting post--a good "find'----I refer to mine often---and I have them ALL including a Handloader's Digest Bullet & Powder Update (copyright MCML### DBI Books--whenever that is) CHEERS! Bent Barrel
 
Bent Barrel, congratulations on having all the old books. They are hard to come by and getting harder. I have quite a few of the old Outdoor Life, the years when Jack O' Connor was the shooting editor. I even have the last issue of his association with the magazine. The article he wrote to close out his long position with the magazine is entitled, "Hale and Farewell." This in itself I consider quite a collectors find, as Jack gives his history in it.
I have noticed on these threads that very few people are interested in collecting, or historical threads. however, I certainly am, so come on guys, there must be some of you out there.
And Bent Barrel, I notice you haven't been too active, so I would encourage you to write more, as you just wrote an interesting post.
 
Bruce. The powders I got were IMR4895, Hogdon 4831, H870 and IMR3031. 3 of the cans have the old round pry open lids, and the rest have screw off tops. I don't plan on using any of them. More collector sentiment in just having them on the shelf. I saw the screw top cans in a display case at P&D here in Edmonton. Can you still buy powder in metal cans or do they all come in plastic now??? Anything I've bought since I started reloading has been plastic.
 
I have all the Handloader's Digests from 1 to 16...missing 17 and 18.
Cartridges of the World 1 to 11. For some reason never got on to the Gun Digests. Have more DBI and Krause Pub. stuff than I care to think of.
 
I looked through my original reloading stuff and found my Lyman Reloading Handbook, 45th edition. Don't know what year that might be, but early 60's likely.
Also found a copy of Gil Hebard's catalogue #16 Sigh
S&W Model 52 $150.00
Colt Python $125.00
Colt Gold Cup, National Match $125.00
Mind you, salaries then were not the greatest either.
I think I was making around $181.00 a month, when I started with the City.
And that wasn't too bad for a first job at the low end of the pay scale.
When I retired, I was making a little more than that!
 
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