Pictures of vintage 7mm Remington Magnum ammunition and Reloader 21

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I know there are many out there that still appreciate products of the past; I'm certainly one of them, and the older the better. I recently purchased an 1963 Remington 700 in 7mm Remington Magnum from the son of the original owner. IIRC, both the 7mm RM and Remington 700 were introduced in 1962. Unfortunately, the rifle is no longer original as it was powder coated by Corlanes and bedded in a McMillan stock, but it's still a beauty of a rifle, and the quality of these early Remington 700 is to be appreciated.

But what really delighted me was the vintage ammunition that came with the rifle and the classic can of Reloader 21 (still sealed). Having not yet been born, and not having access to a lot of older powders, I'd not seen this type of packaging before.

Anyways, I thought it was worth sharing the a couple of photos of the ammunition and powder for those who enjoy such things.



 
Wowser, 11 boxes of old school core lokt. I still use them, and in 7RM too. They were well prepared.

Nice find, thanks for sharing.
 
Very nice! Like finding a couple of gold nuggets, lol. I well remember those Red and Green Remington ammo boxes.
The 175 Cor-Lokt was a great bullet, and while I am not a big fan of the 175 anything in 7mm, that bullet was a solid performer.

Those CIL 175 SP were also a great bullet. Reloder 21...older manuals will still have data, should you choose to use it.
Was the slowest burning powder available from Hercules for quite some time...burned up several pounds of it myself.

Regards, Dave
 
The old adage that "they don't build things like that anymore" holds true for old ammo but in reverse of what is usually meant.

The fact is that most ammo built in that era was hard pressed to shoot within 2 moa, completely good enough for hunting at what was considered acceptable ranges at the time. My old man and his reloading partner dissected numerous brands of 60's and 70's era factory ammo...most had a fluctuation of 5 gr or more of powder from the same lot #. Bullets from that era were "reasonably consistent" but you could easily find a few out of a pulled bunch that wouldn't roll straight on a piece of glass.

The fact is that the lack of consistency in ammo of that era is the reason handloading grew into what is available to us now, of course the economics of it played a part as well but anybody that wanted pin point target accuracy at any range or consistent hunting shots from 200 yrds to 450 yrds or more would be using handloads. Back in those days any hunting shot over 200 yrd was actually considered in bad form by most anybody that didn't handload.

The digital age changed all that, now quality factory loads, because of the very tight measuring, weighting and manufacturing tolerances that are achievable, have for the most part come out equal to what is achievable with handloads.

I think handloading is still a financial gain (looking at the current shelf cost of 'quality" factory rounds) for prolific shooters and has benefits for anybody trying the "precision game" but for the most part a fellow that shoots a box or two a year, a quality factory offering can be had that can almost equal any handload I can make.
 
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