Description
Speer 1966 Reloading Manual No. 7
- 381 pages, about 11″ x 8″, glossy soft-cover in full color.
- New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original.
- Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper.
- Fully Illustrated.
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This restored reprint of the 1966 Speer Reloading Manual No. 7 offers comprehensive instructions and reference data for a wide range of cartridges and reloading processes. Digitally enhanced from a clean original and printed on high-quality acid-free paper, it remains a cornerstone resource for handloading enthusiasts.
Manual contents include:
- Introduction to handloading by Don Cotterman and Speer staff
- Detailed component breakdowns: cases, primers, bullets, powders
- Handloading step-by-step procedures
- Sections on hunting, varmint, and handgun cartridge loading
- Internal ballistics fundamentals and powder temperature effects
- Cartridge velocity and energy tables for popular calibers
- Reloading sections for .22 Hornet through .45 ACP and magnum rounds
- Shell reloading basics and shotshell loading instructions
- Glossary, conversion tables, and rifling twist data
Best suited for:
- Handloaders seeking authoritative mid-20th-century reference material
- Ammunition historians and ballistic researchers
- Reloading instructors using classic technical guides
- Firearm enthusiasts building a comprehensive reloading library
CONTENTS INCLUDE:
- INTRODUCTION TO HANDLOADING -Don Cotterman
- THE CARTRIDGE COMPONENTS, CASES -PRIMER5-BULLETS-Speer Staff
- POWDERS-B. E. Hodgdon
- HANDLOADING-STEP BY STEP -Speer Staff
- HANDLOADING FOR HUNTING -Jock O’Connor
- RELOADING fOR VARMINT RIFLES -Bob Forker
- SHOOT THOSE OLD TIMERS -Major G. C. Nonte , Jr.
- BASICS OF INTERNAL BALLISTICS -Edward M. Yard
- WHERE AND HOW HARD DO THEY HIT -Homer S. Powley
- GLOSSARY & TABLES
- VELOCITIES OF POPULAR
- COMMERCIAL CARTRIDGES
- THE WIZARDRY OF PROPULSION -Dr. Edgar L. Eichhorn
- MODERN RIFLING TWISTS
- BULLET ENERGY TABLES
- VARIATION Of MUZZLE VELOCITY WITH POWDER TEMPERATURE
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE LOADING
- TABLES
- CONVERSION FACTORS
- REOADING HANDGUN CARTRIDGES –Dean A. Grennell
- BASIC SHOTSHELL LOADING -Ted Curtis
- .22 Hornet
- .222 Remington
- .223 Remington
- .222 Remington Magnum
- .225 Winchester
- .22•250 or ”Varminter”
- .220 Swift
- .243 Winchester
- .244 Remington (or 6mm Remington)
- .256 Winchester (Rifle)
- .250/3000 Savage
- .257 Roberts
- .257 Improved
- .25/ 06 158
- .257 Weatherby Magnum
- 6.5mm x 57mm Mauser
- 6.5mm x .257 Roberts
- 6.5mm x 55mm
- 6.5mm Remington
- Magnum
- .264 Winchester Magnum
- .270 Winchester
- .270 Weatherby Magnum
- 7mm x 57mm Mauser
- .280 Remington
- 7mm/ 06-7mm x 64mm
- .284 Winchester
- 7mm x 61mm Sharpe & Hart
- 7mm Remington Magnum
- 7mm Weatherby Magnum
- .30 Ml Carbine
- .30/ 30 Winchester
- .30 Remington
- .300 Savage
- .308 Winchester (7.62mm NATO)
- .30/ 40 Krag
- .30/ 06
- .30/ 06 Ackley Improved
- .300 H & H Magnum
- .308 Norma Magnum
- .300 Winchester Magnum
- .300 Weatherby Magnum
- .303 British
- 7.65mm Mauser
- 7.7mm Japanese
- .32 Winchester Special
- .32 Remington
- 8mm x 57mm Mauser
- 8mm/ 06
- .338 Winchester
- Magnum
- .348 Winchester
- .35 Remington
- .358 Winchester
- .35 Whelen
- .350 Remington Magnum
- .358 Norma Magnum
- .375 H & H Magnum
- .44 Magnum
- .22 Remington Jet
- .221 Remington Fireball
- .256 Winchester (Pistol)
- .38 Special
- .357 Magnum
- .41 Magnum
- .44 Special
- .44 Magnum
- .45 ACP
- .45 Auto Rim
- .45 Colt
