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Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading

A Comprehensive Reference for Responsible and Reliable Reloading
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Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading by Wayne van Zwoll is a comprehensive guide to handloading firearm cartridges at home. It covers the history of handloading, key innovations, and provides step-by-step instructions on selecting cases, dies, primers, and powders. The book includes over one hundred detailed photographs demonstrating equipment and processes, as well as discussions on bullet integrity, casting bullets, barrel length influence, and economics of home reloading.
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This book is ideal for firearms enthusiasts and hunters interested in learning or refining the craft of handloading. It suits those looking for a detailed, practical resource with historical insights, technical guidance, and hands-on instructions.

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A thorough resource on handloading at home, Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading provides detailed information about the history of handloading and key figures' innovations. It offers a simple explanation of hand reloading, selecting the basic tools needed, and choosing your cases, dies, primers, and powders. The book also includes step-by-step instructions for reloading firearm cartridges and how to test your loads at the range.

The text is supplemented by more than one hundred detailed photographs that illustrate the various types of reloading equipment available and provide guidance in performing the actions that result in a handloaded cartridge. Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading covers interesting engineering questions the handloader may consider, including bullet integrity, copper bullets, and energy versus killing power. Other topics covered include:

  • Handloading the old-fashioned way
  • Casting your own bullets
  • The influence of barrel length
  • Economics of home reloading
  • And much more!

Pick up a copy of the Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading to learn everything you need to know about reloading by hand at home.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781632202871

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 December 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing

Illustration: 235 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 267.0mm

Weight: 769g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Wayne van Zwoll is a full-time journalist for the outdoors press and has published more than 2,000 articles and twice that many photos for numerous magazines, including Field & Stream, Sports Afield, and Outdoor Life. Currently Special Projects Editor for Intermedia Outdoors, Wayne also contributes to Petersen's Hunting and Guns & Ammo television. He is a professional member of the Boone and Crockett Club and has served on the board of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Wayne resides in Bridgeport, Washington.

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