Vihtavuori 1st Ed. C1994

[JonB]

After a discussion a week ago, I decided I needed a paper Vihtavuori manual. I found a 1st Edition hard cover and it arrived yesterday. There is a lot of Metric caliber data, which I guess, is to be expected...and once in a while a need for it arises, so that's good. I'm attaching a couple photos of pages I found interesting. I included the table of contents because I was surprised at the amount of "theory" they included, but only 10 pages of basic reloading instructions.

 

[Michael]

The section on powders is an interesting read.

 

[Bret4207]

Interesting you should choose the 6.5x57 page. That cartridge is almost the same as the 6.5x257 Roberts, which I happen to own one example of. I also have old manuals that show the 6.5x257R data. Shoulder angle and neck length differ slightly, but that's about it. It always struck me as a odd when you had two cases so similar and yet you'd see widely different data for them.

 

[JonB]

Interesting you should choose the 6.5x57 page. That cartridge is almost the same as the 6.5x257 Roberts, which I happen to own one example of. I also have old manuals that show the 6.5x257R data. Shoulder angle and neck length differ slightly, but that's about it. It always struck me as a odd when you had two cases so similar and yet you'd see widely different data for them.

Well, it's because I also have a 6.5x257R (a customized T-38). When I first started to work up a load, I looked to cast data for 257Rob and 6.5x55 in the Lyman castbullet handbook, and then interpolated the hell out of them, LOL.

I have heard of 6.5x57, seeing it listed at CH4D website and such, but never looked up history or where it's from, so I found that page interesting. This manual also has data for 6.5x57r (rimmed).