Cartridges: A Pictorial Digest of Small Arms Ammunition

Cartridges: A Pictorial Digest of Small Arms Ammunition first published in 1959 is a compendium of firearms ammunition beginning with the earliest paper and combustible cartridges to the modern rim-fire and center-fire cartridges in use today. All calibers of small-arms ammunition are included and for each cartridge author Herschel Logan provides a concise description and usage note and a detailed line drawing of approximately life-size. A useful Cartridge Chronology traces the development of ammunition from 846 A.D. to 1934 and the Appendix discusses primers bullets patents and manufacturers headstamps. While newer works are now available Herschels Cartridges remains a classic introduction to the subject and an invaluable reference for the historian gun-collector or sportsman.