Was going back and re-reading Elmer Keith's "Sixguns" today, and re-found it amazing how much one can pick up from his work and this book. His advice on casting and loading and powders, and pretty much anything else he wrote about STILL makes sense. In his time, he didn't have many of the powders or bullets we do today, but he really knew what he DID have to work with, and was masterful at relating that to any who might be interested in trying any of it. His words and advice on casting and loading and shooting are still first rate, and the only difficulty I can see is his use of the American English language is a bit coloquial at times, but it's still pretty easily understood, so that's not a problem.
And BTW, if ya' doubt anything ol' Elmer says, don't. Everybody who ever knew him will avow to his simple and direct honesty. It seriously hurt his feelings that some doubted his tale of shooting a wounded and running buck at 600 yds. with his 4" .44. Honesty for men of his type and era was a sacred thing, and he'd NEVER have stretched the truth an inch for the sake of a "good story." I wish more of our current writers were so scrupulous. If he gave a gun a report, you could rest assured it was what he REALLY thought, and that if anyone edited out any detrimental comments, they'd dang well hear about it form ol' Elmer, and PRONTO, too! If you've never known a man of this type, you've missed something very special.
So if you're learning casting, or any other aspect of shooting or reloading, you really NEED a copy of this book. It's money you'll NEVER regret spending, and you'll enjoy the book for many, many years, and continue to profit form it no matter what stage of development you're in at any given time. This may seem TOO much to be true, but I promise it's not. Just a word to the wise, and those who WANT to be.