Cartridges of the World: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges

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Author: Frank C. Barnes

ISBN-10: 0896899365

ISBN-13: 9780896899360

Category: Strategy & Weapons of War

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If you shoot, this book is for you. This premiere ammunition guide outlines the different facets of a wide variety of cartridges, and in doing so helps you chose the best caliber for the type of shooting you are doing. You'll refer to this book's large-size photographs, load data and ballistics for commercially made, obsolete, military and wildcat cartridges, from the 1870s to the present, over and over again.

Introduction6Chapter 1Cartridge Nomenclature and Identification7Chapter 2Current American Rifle Cartridges15Centerfire Sporting--Blackpowder and SmokelessChapter 3Obsolete American Rifle Cartridges92Centerfire Sporting--Blackpowder and SmokelessChapter 4Wildcat Cartridges154Rifle and HandgunChapter 5Proprietary Cartridges211Rifle and HandgunChapter 6Handgun Cartridges of the World264Current and Obsolete--Blackpowder and SmokelessChapter 7Military Rifle Cartridges of the World311Current and Obsolete--Blackpowder and SmokelessChapter 8British Sporting Rifle Cartridges347Current and Obsolete--Blackpowder and SmokelessChapter 9European Sporting Rifle Cartridges381Current and Obsolete--Blackpowder and SmokelessChapter 10American Rimfire Cartridges414Current and ObsoleteChapter 11Shotgun Shells433Current and Obsolete--Blackpowder and SmokelessChapter 12There is No Substitute for Cubic Inches: Factors Limiting Cartridge Velocity and Pressure449Chapter 13Sporting Cartridges for Long-Range Shooting453Chapter 141873: The Great Year of the Cartridge Gun457Chapter 15The Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) Cartridge Numbers: Production Aid, Logistics Tool or Marketing Ploy?462Chapter 16Revolutionary Bullet Designs468Chapter 17Military Ammunition 5.56 to 20mm476Description and IdentificationChapter 18Cartridge Identification by Measurement494Index to Cartridges509