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The Complete Blackpowder Handbook - 5th Edition

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The Complete Blackpowder Handbook is the place for the latest information on blackpowder traditional and in-line guns, muzzleloaders and cartridge guns, as well as ballistics and techniques. Expert Sam Fadala's personal experiences, along with the results of his scientific testing method, present a very clear, user-friendly study of everything blackpowder.
21,5 cm x 26 cm, Soft-Cover, 446 Sites, Many black-and-white Pictures, Text in English, by Sam Fadala.

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The Complete Blackpowder Handbook

The Complete Blackpowder Handbook is the place for the latest information on blackpowder traditional and in-line guns, muzzleloaders and cartridge guns, as well as ballistics and techniques. Expert Sam Fadala's personal experiences, along with the results of his scientific testing method, present a very clear, user-friendly study of everything blackpowder.

Topics he covers, include:
  • Shooting
  • Tune-ups
  • Cleaning
  • Ballistics
  • Repairing
  • Do-It-Yourself

In addition to the desirable technical information, Fadala rounds out this blackpowder bible with bits of interesting blackpowder folklore and history. With The Complete Blackpowder Handbook, you won't be disappointed.

Content:

  • Chapter 1 - Your Blackpowder Guns
  • Chapter 2 - How They Work
  • Chapter 3 - Staying Safe
  • Chapter 4 - What You Will Need - The Accoutrements
  • Chapter 5 - Putting the Tools to Work
  • Chapter 6 - Non-Replicas
  • Chapter 7 - Replicas and In-the-Spirit Guns
  • Chapter 8 - The Modern Muzzleloader
  • Chapter 9 - The Custom Front Loader
  • Chapter 10 - The Blackpowder Pistol
  • Chapter 11 - The Blackpowder Revolver
  • Chapter 12 - The Smokepole Scattergun
  • Chapter 13 - Squirrel Rifles
  • Chapter 14 - Load 'em Right
  • Chapter 15 - Optimum VS Maximum Loads
  • Chapter 16 - The Deadly Lead Pumpkin
  • Chapter 17 - The Efficient Conical
  • Chapter 18 - Patches - What They Do and Don't Do
  • Chapter 19 - Flame of Life - Ignition
  • Chapter 20 - Rifling - A Twisted Story
  • Chapter 21 - Blackpowder Ballistics
  • Chapter 22 - The Chronograph Speaks
  • Chapter 23 - Blackpowder Propellants and Their Ways
  • Chapter 24 - Pyrodex and Triple Seven
  • Chapter 25 - Blackpowder Accuracy
  • Chapter 26 - Aiming Devices
  • Chapter 27 - Working With the Rainbow
  • Chapter 28 - Troubleshooting the Charcoal Burner
  • Chapter 29 - Taking Care of Your Friend - Maintenance
  • Chapter 30 - Substances for Shooting and Shooting
  • Chapter 31 - Two Great Guns of the Buffalo Runners
  • Chapter 32 - Lever-Action Blackpowder Rifles
  • Chapter 33 - Blackpowder Cartridges in Review
  • Chapter 34 - Running Ball
  • Chapter 35 - Rifled Musket Range and Power
  • Chapter 36 - Shooting Without Rifling - Smoothbores
  • Chapter 37 - The Big Thumpers
  • Chapter 38 - Silueta and Cowboy Action Shooting
  • Chapter 39 - Rendezvous - A Shooting Game
  • Chapter 40 - Blackpowder Knives and Hawks
  • Chapter 41 - Just for Show and Tell
  • Chapter 42 - Smoking Small Game and Varmints
  • Chapter 43 - Wild Turkeys And Other Birds With the Smokepole
  • Chapter 44 - Big Game with Charcoal Burners
  • Chapter 45 - They Made Muzzleloaders - The One-Man Shop of Yesteryear
  • Chapter 46 - They Make Custom Muzzleloaders - Today's Craftsmen
  • Chapter 47 - They Were After Ivory
  • Chapter 48 - Snipers of the American Civil War
  • Chapter 49 - Guns of the Fur Trade - The Mountain Men
  • Chapter 50 - Starting A New Shooter On Blackpowder
  • Chapter 51 - Read All About It - Blackpowder Books
  • Reference - Blackpowder Shooting Associations; Tables; Manufacturers' Directory; Glossary

21,5 cm x 26 cm, Soft-Cover, 446 Sites, Many black-and-white Pictures, Text in English, by Sam Fadala.


Author: Sam Fadala
Language: English

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