Black Powder Cartridge Reloading Primer

Product Description

Newly Revised 9th Edition!

20 new pages
new articles "Sorting Out the New Rifle" and "Match Strategy"
.25-20 Single Shot Loading Data

The standard reference work for loading the black powder cartridge rifle. Written by 4-time National BPCR Silhouette Champion Steve Garbe and world-renowned gun writer Mike Venturino this is the first and only guide you will need to successfully reload black powder cartridges. Twenty-two different black powder cartridges are listed with specific sample loads that will get you on the road to optimum accuracy in your BPC rifle as well as ballistic charts for bullets from .32 to .50 caliber. There is also an equipment listing that puts you in the loop on where to find supplies for black powder reloading. It consists of 124 pages, 60 photos, and numerous charts, spiral bound in tough shop-proof paper designed to lie flat on your reloading bench and will last for many years. Guaranteed to be a constant source of reference and simply just the facts on black powder cartridge reloading.

INTRODUCTION BY
MIKE VENTURINO1

CHAPTER 4
BASIC BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE RELOADING9
BULLETS 10
BULLET ALLOYS 14
BULLET SIZING 16
CUSTOM BULLET MOULDS 17
AUTHOR’S FAVORITE BULLET DESIGNS 18
PRIMERS 19
POWDER 21
WADS 23
THE CARTRIDGE CASE 23
DROP TUBES 25
BULLET SEATING 26
CARTRIDGE CASE CLEANUP 26
SUMMARY 27

RELOADING THE MATCH CARTRIDGE BY
STEVE GARBE 29
BLACK POWDER IN THE .32-40 AND .38-55 BY STEVE GARBE32

CHAPTER 2
BLACK POWDER CALIBERS 32
PICKING THE BLACK POWDER CARTRIDGE 34

CHAPTER 3
INDIVIDUAL CARTRIDGE DATA SECTION 39
.32-40 40
.38-55 42
.38-56 44
.40-50 STRAIGHT 46

.40-50 BOTTLENECK48
.40-60 MAYNARD50
.40-65 WINCHESTER52
.40-70 GOVERNMENT54
.40-70 SHARPS BOTTLENECK56
.40-70 SHARPS STRAIGHT58
.40-90 SHARPS BOTTLENECK60
.40-90 STRAIGHT62
.44-7764
.44-9066
.45-70 GOVERNMENT68
.45-90 (2.4 INCH)70
.45-100 (2.6 INCH)72
.45-110 (2 7/8 INCH CASE74
.45-120 SHARPS76
.50-70 GOVERNMENT78
.50-90 SHARPS80
.50-140 SHARPS82

CHAPTER 4
AUTHORS’ COMMENTS ON BALLISTICS CHARTS84
BALLISTICS CHARTS86
.32 CALIBER86
.38 CALIBER90
.40 CALIBER92
.44 CALIBER100
.45 CALIBER102
.50 CALIBER110

EQUIPMENT LISTING112

GENERAL RELOADING EQUIPMENT
& ACCESSORIES114