P.O. Ackley, Research 

I am Fred Zeglin, my first book, "Wildcat Cartridges, Reloader's Handbook of Wildcat Cartridge Design" is published and in print.   For more information on that book click here.

Part of that project involved the history of wildcatting so I collected some data on a few of the gunsmiths that drove the development of wildcat cartridges.  The next logical step is to put together a book on the gunsmiths themselves, I selected P.O. Ackley as the focus of this book.  I started looking around and there are scattered articles and tidbits, but no definitive work on Mr. Ackley.  At the bottom of this page there is a link to an article that I wrote for Guns & Ammo Magazine, about P.O. Ackley.

The purpose of this page is to give the public an opportunity to participate in the assembly of credible information on P.O. Ackley.  He started smithing full time in 1936 and passed away in 1989.  Information about his life and work, examples of his work, and personal experiences of those who knew him are all welcome.

Email me if you have something that will help.   Ultimately the inclusion of any information or personal data in the book will depend on the quality and quantity of the data.  The author reserves the right to make all decisions concerning including or excluding information at his sole discretion.

What I am looking or is:

Email your information to me at research@z-hat.com 

Open PDF, Research Form

Open Word Document, Research Form

Read Article Fred wrote for Guns & Ammo about P.O. Ackley