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I found a copy of Rifle Bullets for the Hunter on Amazon and ordered it. I am wondering about The Big Book of Gun Gack: and other books available on Rifles and Recipes. I didn't see information such as index or table of contents or the like. Would you mind sharing more of what is in these books? Thanks.
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Here's the table of contents for GUN GACK.
Introduction: Two Warnings
1) Working Up a Load in the 21st Century 2) Modern Rifle Powders 3) Rifle Primers 4) Rifling Twist 5) Pre-Testing Big Game Bullets
6) Sizing Cases Straight 7) Meat Hunting Bullets 8) Why Reloading Data Varies 9) Choosing Varmint Bullets 10) The Three Factory .17’s 11) Why the .204 Ruger Works So Well 12) The .22 Hornet and K-Hornet 13) The .221 Fireball in a 700 Classic 14) The “Triple Deuce” (.222 Remington) 15) .223 Remington: The Smallest All-Around Cartridge 16) Newer Powders in the .22-250 17) The Infamous, Accurate .220 Swift 18) A Pair of Fast .22’s: .223 WSSM and .22/6mm Remington 19) 6mm PPC, the Essence of Accuracy 20) Untangling the 6mm Lee Navy
21) .243 Winchester: Popular Imperfection 22) The Other Two .24’s: 6mm Remington and .240 Weatherby 23) A Pair of .25-20 Winchesters 24) The Accurate .25’s: .250 Sav., .257 Roberts, .257 Wby. 25) .25-06, the Most Popular “Quarter-Bore”
26) The 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer 27) The 6.5 Creedmoor—Modern Accuracy Distilled 28) The 6.5x55 Swedish-Norwegian Mauser 29) The 6.5/.284 and 6.5-06 30) Reviving the .264 Winchester Magnum 31) 26 Nosler—The Hottest 6.5 32) The 21st-Century .270 Winchester 33) 7x57 and 7mm-08 Remington—A Perfect Pair 34) The Hard-Luck .280 Remington 35) .280 Ackley Improved and 7mm SAUM
36) Remington’s Phenomenal 7mm Magnum 37) Handloading the .30-30—If You Must 38) Easy Accuracy From The .308 Winchester 39) The 7.5x55, a “Metric” .30 Caliber 40) The .30-06—Still the Finest All-Around Big Game Cartridge
41) Holland & Holland’s “Super Thirty” 42) Winchester’s Most Popular .300 Magnum 43) Roy’s Famous .300 44) Great Britain’s Great .303 45) Modern Powders in Two Old 8x57’s
46) Kinder, Gentler .338’s: .338 Fed., .338 RCM, .338-06 47) .338 Winchester Magnum 48) The .338 Lapua Magnum, King of the Wide-Open Spaces 49) .348 Winchester—Only The Lonely 50) The Original .35 Remington
51) Colonel Whelen’s Fine .35 52) 9.3x62 Mauser, The Working Man’s Medium-Bore 53) The .375 H&H, Still The King 54) Modernizing Two Old .40’s: .450/.400 N.E. 3” & .416 Rigby 55) Epilogue: 9.3 BS wildcat
Appendix I: The Rules for Internal Ballistics Appendix II: Recoil Formulas Appendix III: Manufacturers
The book is about the size of a GUN DIGEST, and contains over 100,000 words. The cartridge chapters aren't just "profiles" but extended essays that also discuss many other details of handloading and rifle/cartridge history.
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Well. Looks like I need to order another book. Thanks.
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You definitely need this book.
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You definitely need this book. Agree. Get this book.
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The Big Book of Gun Gack is a must read and reference book for anyone who enjoys firearms and is a handloader.
Great stuff......
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Thanks for the votes of confidence, guys.
Might also mention that Eileen shipped her latest cookbook to the printer today, so we should have copies within 6-8 weeks. The title is TENDERIZE THE WILD: Marinades, Brines and Rubs for Wild Game. I have been serving as a taste-tester for over a year now, and it might be her best one yet....
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I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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