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From: Ken Waugh [waughken@bellatlantic.net]
Subject: [bullseye-l] Loads from the past
Date:Sunday, April 02, 2000 7:53 PM

At the risk of giving away my age, the 1968 edition of the NRA handloaders guide had some loads of the masters.

Gertrude Backstorm

38 Special H&G 50 2.7 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

45 ACP H&G 68 BB 3.5 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

F. Bob Chow

38 Special H&G 50 2.5 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

45 ACP H&G 78 3.3 Bullseye (25 yards)

45 ACP H&G 78 4.0 Bullseye (50 yards)

G P DeFino

38 Special H&G 50 2.7 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

45 ACP H&G 130 3.5 Bullseye (25 yards)

45 ACP H&G 130 4.0 Bullseye (50 yards)

William E. Guiette

38 Special H&G 50 2.7 Bullseye (25 yards)

38 Special Remington 148 gr Factory Load(50 yards)

45 ACP H&G 68 3.5 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

Gil Hebard (Hummm, that name sounds familiar)

38 Special H&G 50 2.7 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

45 ACP Saeco-Cramer 5G 3.1 Bullseye (25 yards)

45 ACP H&G 130 3.6 Bullseye (50 yards)

John W Hurst

38 Special H&G 50 2.7 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

45 ACP H&G 130 3.5 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

Ellis Lea

38 Special H&G 50 2.7 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

45 ACP H&G 130 3.5 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

Harry Reeves

38 Special H&G 9 2.5 Bullseye (25 yards)

38 Special H&G 41 2.0 Bullseye (50 yards) I guess no one told him about H&G 50/2.7 Bullseye

45 ACP H&G 130 3.5 Bullseye (25 and 50 yards)

W T Toney, Jr

45 ACP H&G 130 3.0 Bullseye (25 yards)

45 ACP H&G 68 4.7 Dupont 5066 (50 yards)

PS It appears that most or all of the above cast their own bullets and mixed their own lubes (beef tallow, locomotive side-rod grease, water pump grease, and various waxes were used.)

Loads From The Past

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