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    Ammunition: Contemporary Information

    A collection of articles with contemporary information relating to ammunition / loading for long range shooting with the muzzle loading and black powder cartridge rifle is available via my web site.


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    Very nice. Thanks for posting.

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    I just added a bookmark for it.
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    In the new edition of my Research Press Journal I have an article on loading ammunition in the 19th Century. This draws from published letters and news reports in the UK. Full contents are:

    Research Press Journal – Issue 3, Summer 2018. (40 pages)
    • Calendar of Events
    • Priming - News, Events, People & Places
    • Long Range Rifles (MLAGB Branch)
    • Loading Ammunition (in the 19th Century)
    • American Rifle Team, Creedmoor 1882
    • Firearms History: Improvements in the Rifle - Breech-Loading - Selection of the Service Weapon - The Snider and Martini-Henry
    • Military Match Rifles & Their Sights: Kerr and Turner
    • Arming Georgia: With The Beginning Of The War, Governor Joe Brown Turned To Domestic Production And Britian To Supply Georgia’s Needs For Arms
    • The Literature of the Volunteers of 1859


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    Great info, thanks David.
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    Please note that Research Press web site is being rebuilt. The following link will take you to the new collection of articles on 19th Century Ammunition.

    There’s some general historical information, plus articles on ammunition for British Military Longarms, and for Target Shooting.

    Thanks for your continued interest.

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