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Loads From The Past
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.)
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