This superb loading manual specializes in black powder cartridge data for popular and rare calibers, from 32-40 to 50-140, including Sharps, Remington and Ballard cases. Wire bound, 6 x 9" format, with 150 pages. Drop tables for cast bullets will put you on target at long range. Steven P. Garbe invented SPG lube. He uses these loads to win the National Silhouette championship, three times, so far.
The Table of Contents includes the following:
- Introduction by Mike Venturino
- Chapter 1 Basic Black Powder Cartridge Reloading
- Bullets
- Bullet Alloys
- Bullet Sizing
- Custom Bullet Molds
- Author's Favorite Bullet Designs
- Primers
- Powder
- Wads
- The Cartridge Case
- Drop Tubes
- Bullet Seating
- Cartridge Case Cleanup
- Summary
- Reloading the Match Cartridge by Steve Garbe
- Black Powder in the .32-40 and .38-55 by Steve Garbe
- Sorting Out that New Rifle Steve Garbe
- Match Strategy Steve Garbe
- Chapter 2 Black Powder Calibers
- Picking the Black Powder Cartridge
- Chapter 3 Individual Cartridge Data Selection
- .32-40
- .38-55
- .38-56
- .40-50 Straight
- .40-50 Bottleneck
- .40-60 Maynard
- .40-65 Winchester
- .40-70 Government
- .40-70 Sharps Bottleneck
- .40-70 Sharps Straight
- .40-90 Sharps Bottleneck
- .40-90 Sharps Straight
- .44-77
- .44-90
- .45-70 Government
- .45-90(2.4 Inch)
- .45-100 (2.6 Inch)
- .45-110 (2-7/8 Inch Case)
- .45-120 Sharps
- .50-70 Government
- .50-90 Sharps
- .50-140 Sharps
- Chapter 4 Authors' Comments on Ballistics Chart
- Ballistics Charts
- .32 Caliber
- .38 Caliber
- .40 Caliber
- .44 Caliber
- .45 Caliber
- .50 Caliber
- Equipment Listing
- General Reloading Equipment & Accessories
All sizes are nominal. Please verify with description for more information.
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