The world's only complete volume on 1,500+ American and European rifle, pistol, and shotgun cartridges-featuring ballistics, cartridge dimensions, loading data, and histories of current and obsolete rounds-now boasts nearly 100 new cartridge listings! Shooters, ammunition reloaders, and cartridge collectors will find their ammo answers here.
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About the Author
Stan Skinner's interest in guns began in his preteen years. Following military service, Skinner joined the NRA editorial staff. Today, he is managing editor of SAFARI magazine and technical editor of Guns & Ammo, with several African and North American species in the record books.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Jeff
Format:Paperback
This book is an encyclopedia of cartridges. It gives a bit of history and background for just about every cartridge ever made and where possible it also gives velocity and energy figures for several factory and handloaded loadings for the cartridge. There is also a bit of history of ammo, markings, and more.
If you are at a point where you don't know the difference between a cartridge and a bullet you may find more info than you can handle. If you are ready to start really learning about common, rare and obsolete handgun, rifle and shotgun cartridges this is the book for you. If, like me, you are an information junkie and you are into guns, this book is indespensible.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Pretty much THE standard firearms reference text. For the beginner the task of choosing and recognising a cartridge can be a tad confusing at best ( A simple example will suffice- this round is a .22 rimfire. Is it a .22 short? a .22 Long? A .22 Long rifle? a .22 shot cartridge? a 5mm rem. Magnum? a .22 Win. Mag?- you get the idea. Lets not even start on .30 Cal. Magnums!)
This is the authortive guidelines on every cartridge ever produced, with short history, ballistics and so on. Handloaders, and collectors must have this- hunters might manage to live without.
There are some opinions scattered throughout the book, but nothing in those is particully worrying- there is certainly no opinion that I would consider dangerous or worrying. And even if there are opinions which you might disagree with, gentle reader, this is still the only book that I am aware of that goes into such depth on such a range of cartridges. Recommended.
Grade: A
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By Tom Hughes
Format:Paperback
This book has every bit of info I've come to expect from COTW editions. Reloading data, cartridge historys, really neat side notes... you name it it's in there. This book is undoubtedly my most used firearms and cartridge data book. A must for any student of the gun.
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