Fred Huntington, reloading innovator

[John Long]

I learned tonight through a friend, who helped care for Fred this past
year, that Mr. Huntington, who founded RCBS in 1943and brought us the
great Rockchucker press, passed quietly in his sleep Monday night, in
an Oroville, CA hospital. He will be sorely missed by the shooting
sports community, and reloaders everywhere.

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[WALT K]

On 12 Aug 1998 11:48:17 -0400, jl...@cmc.net (John Long) wrote:

#I learned tonight through a friend, who helped care for Fred this past
#year, that Mr. Huntington, who founded RCBS in 1943and brought us the
#great Rockchucker press, passed quietly in his sleep Monday night, in
#an Oroville, CA hospital. He will be sorely missed by the shooting
#sports community, and reloaders everywhere.
#
#. . . . . . . . . .
#
I went to school in chico in 79-81 just down the road from oraville
and when i got started in reloading i baught my first reloading gear
a RCBS Rockchucker from huntingtons a very nice heavey set older man
sold it to me and rang up the sale i told him I was on a budget he
p[onited me over towards the Seconds table and I picked up a comsetic
2ND rock chucker for 20.00 i still have that press
well any way when I got back to my apt i was reading about the
company and the man who started the company
that was the same guy that helped me out and sold my first reloading
manual and press that was Fred Huntington

i have delt with Fred snice and he asks me hows it going i was back
there many years later and fred said hello to me he rembered me and
and ask me how my press was doing
RIP Fred

[John Long]

On 13 Aug 1998 17:19:59 -0400, Dmal...@earthlink.net (WALT K) wrote:

# that was the same guy that helped me out and sold my first reloading
#manual and press that was Fred Huntington
#
#i have delt with Fred snice and he asks me hows it going i was back
#there many years later and fred said hello to me he rembered me and
#and ask me how my press was doing
#RIP Fred

I, too, met Fred at Huntington's. He was always very friendly and
informative, and one day he took me on a tour of the firearms museum
in the store, and described the history of every firearm that I asked
him about. I never enjoyed a visit in a sporting goods store more than
that day. Good Shooting, Fred.