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Language
  
English

Pages
  
686

Originally published
  
1965

Country
  
United States of America

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Subject
  
Firearms Cartridges

ISBN
  
978-1-4402-4265-6

Page count
  
686

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Publisher
  
Krause Publications (Gun Digest Books)

Authors
  
Stan Skinner, Frank Barnes

Similar
  
Gun Digest, Standard Catalog of Firearms, Ammo Encyclopedia, ABC's of reloading, Shooter's Bible: The World's B

Cartridges of the World is a comprehensive guide to firearm cartridges. The reference series (in its 14th edition as of 2014) is a very popular work used by firearms and cartridge enthusiasts.

Contents

The book is in the 14th edition is edited by W.Todd Woodard. It is organized into several sections which include contents:

  • Foreward, Dedications, Acknowledgements, Introduction, and about the Author
  • Preface
  • Cartridge Nomenclature
  • Cartridge Identification

    • The 14th Edition has the following featured articles:

  • The .38 Smith and Wesson
  • In Praise of Standard Cartridges
  • A Shotgun Wildcat
  • Three Noble Bits
  • The .458 Winchester Magnum
  • The Ins and Out of the 6.8 Remington SPC
  • Why Roy Loved the .257 Weatherby Magnum
  • The .455 Webley Mk II is Still Kicking
  • Inside the 6.5mm Creedmore

    • Following this section is the Cartridge Information area organized as:

  • Chapter 1: Current American Sporting Cartridges
  • Chapter 2: Obsolete American Rifle Cartridges
  • Chapter 3: Wildcat Cartridges
  • Chapter 4: Proprietary Cartridges
  • Chapter 5: Handgun Cartridges of the World
  • Chapter 6: Military Rifle Cartridges of the World
  • Chapter 7: British Sporting Rifle Cartridges
  • Chapter 8: European Sporting Rifle Cartridges
  • Chapter 9: American Rimfire Cartridges
  • Chapter 10: Shotgun Shells
  • Chapter 11: US Military Ammunition
  • Chapter 12: Cartridge Identification Measurement

    • Editions

  • 1st edition, 1965, ASIN B000CRY476
  • 2nd edition, 1969, ASIN #
  • 3rd edition, 1976, ISBN 978-0-695-80326-1
  • 4th edition, 1980, ISBN 978-0-910676-16-8
  • 5th edition, 1985, ISBN 978-0-910676-95-3
  • 6th edition, 1989, ISBN 978-0-87349-033-7
  • 7th edition, 1993, ISBN 978-0-87349-145-7
  • 8th edition, 1997, ISBN 978-0-87349-178-5
  • 9th edition, 2000, ISBN 978-0-87341-909-3
  • 10th edition, 2003, ISBN 978-0-87349-605-6
  • 11th edition, 2006, ISBN 978-0-89689-297-2
  • 12th edition, 2009, ISBN 978-0-89689-936-0
  • 13th edition, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4402-3059-2
  • 14th edition, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4402-4265-6

    • Criticism

    The series of books has often been criticised for not including dimensioned drawings of cartridges and for placing some cartridges into unusual categories (for example, the 11th edition of the book places the .303 British round inside the section of American Military Cartridges.)

    References

    Cartridges of the World Wikipedia
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