Why Not Load Your Own - Couverture souple

Whelen, Townsend

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ISBN 10 : 1626541175 ISBN 13 : 9781626541177

Editeur : Echo Point Books & Media, 2015

Synopsis

Save money and get exactly the loads you want! Why Not Load Your Own! explains how to get the results you want by handloading. The step-by-step guide has shown huntsmen how to shoot on a budget and produce ammunition that will give you more accurate results than any other load. Without assuming any prior knowledge on behalf of the reader, Colonel Townsend Whelen explains every step of the handloading operation: decapping; cleaning the primer pocket; chamfering the neck; recapping; neck sizing and expanding; powder measuring; and inserting and seating the bullets after you have cast, lubricated, and sized them. Whelen even provides basic equipment recommendations for those who are getting started. Ranging from the .218 Bee to .45-.70 US Government, Whelen covers 40 basic loads that are most useful to beginners. Whelen's precise instructions cover all of the precautions necessary for loading safe, accurate, and dependable cartridges. Originally published in 1957, this reprinted fourth edition offers a historic account of the art of handloading. Colonel Townsend Whelen (1877-1961), an American soldier and outdoorsman, is best known for his expertise with rifles, reloading, and cartridge development. An avid writer on hunting and outdoorsmanship, Whelen contributed to a variety of magazines and authored numerous books, including Wilderness Hunting & Wildcraft. Readers interested in related titles from Townsend Whelen will also want to see: Wilderness Hunting and Wildcraft (ISBN: 1626541027).

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For more books like this, please visit www.SportsmansVintagePress.com You save money—and you get exactly the loads you want. That’s the profit in hand-loading—and this is the book that tells you how to do it, sold at a price you can afford. For the price of 2 factory cartridges you can handload 15! The easy, step-by-step explainations in this book give you the full information on beating the high cost of shooting. Right from the start, Townsend Whelen presumes that you don’t know anything about handloading. He gives you every step in the various operations: decapping, cleaning the primer pocket, chamfering the neck, recapping, neck sizing and expanding, powder measuring, inserting and seating the bullets after you have cast, lubricated and sized them. Not a point is missed. The kinds of tools the beginner needs are pictured and described. Whelen doesn’t advocate that you go overboard buying. A full discussion of powders, how to measure, handle and store them is also given. The bullet-making chapter is particularly good. And best of all, Whelen doesn’t pretend to tell you how to load 8,000 different cartridges. He sticks to some 40 basic loads, the ones beginners are most apt to use, ranging from the .218 Bee to the .45-70 U. S. Government. In fact, the whole book is aimed at the tyro handloader—the man who wants to know how. As one reviewer has expressed it, “This is the only book that tells how to load a cartridge.” It gives complete, detailed, and easily understood instructions on exactly how to load every centerfire rifle and pistol cartridges. Each step is explained precisely, and all the precautions necessary for loading safe, accurate, and dependable cartridges are given. This fourth edition has been carefully edited and considerably enlarged to include all the new techniques resulting from a very considerable increase in handloading during the past five years. The tables of loads for each cartridge give the best loads for all uses for which that cartridge is suitable. Particularly, each load has been tested and found entirely safe in all normal weapons. Helpful hints are given on how to load and obtain the greatest accuracy.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author is the oldest and most experienced handloader in America. Since 1899 he has handloaded thousands of rounds each year, all of which he has fired himself in experiment, target shooting, and game shooting. For some years he was Commanding Officer of Frankford Arsenal, which makes all Government small-arms ammunition. He is retired Colonel of the Regular Army. A Distinguished Rifleman, he won the U. S. Army Competitions in 1903, and for many years shot on the Army’s Infantry Rifle Team. He has won many rifle matches, and is still shooting in competitions. He is also an enthusiastic hunter, and has bagged over 115 head of big game, including almost all species.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Echo Point Books & Media
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1626541175
• ISBN 13: 9781626541177
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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