{"product_id":"2940148287087","title":"Why Not Load Your Own","description":"This is a reproduction of the 1957 book Why Not Load Your Own by Colonel Townsed Whelen which advises new handloaders on reloading equipment and load data.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the introduction of the 1957 edition of Why Not Load Your Own:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou save money and you get exactly the loads you want. That’s the profit in handloading and this is the book that tells you how to do it, sold at a price you can afford. For the price of 2 factory cartridges you can handload 15! The easy, step-by-step explainations in this book give you the full information on beating the high cost of shooting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRight from the start, Townsend Whelen presumes that you don’t know anything about handloading or reloading equipment. He gives you every step in the various operations: decapping, cleaning the primer pocket, chamfering the neck, recapping, neck sizing and expanding, powder measuring, inserting and seating the bullets after you have cast, lubricated and sized them. Not a point is missed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe kinds of reloading equipment the beginner needs are pictured and described and Whelen doesn’t advocate that you go overboard buying reloading equipment. A full discussion of powders, how to measure, handle and store them is also given. The bullet-making chapter is particularly good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd best of all, Whelen doesn’t pretend to tell you how to load 8,000 different cartridges. He sticks to some 40 basic loads, the ones beginners are most apt to use, ranging from the .218 Bee to the .45-70 U. S. Government. In fact, the whole book is aimed at the tyro handloader, the man who wants to know how to handload and what reloading equipment he needs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fourth edition has been carefully edited and considerably enlarged to include all the new techniques  and reloading equipment resulting from a very considerable increase in handloading during the past five years. The tables of loads for each cartridge give the best loads for all uses for which that cartridge is suitable. Particularly, each load has been tested and found entirely safe in all normal weapons. Helpful hints are given on how to load and obtain the greatest accuracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1899, Whelen handloaded thousands of rounds each year, all of which he fired himself in experiment, target shooting, and game shooting. For some years he was Commanding Officer of Frankford Arsenal, which makes all Government small-arms ammunition. He was retired Colonel of the Regular Army. A Distinguished Rifleman, he won the U. S. Army Competitions in 1903, and for many years shot on the Army’s Infantry Rifle Team. He was also an enthusiastic hunter, and bagged over 115 head of big game, including almost all species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of the methods of handloading that Colonel Whelen gives, and many of the loads he recommends, were originated by him, and given to others in his many writings. So far as is known, he is the oldest handloader in the United States, and the next to oldest rifleman still actively shooting.","brand":"Sportsman's Vintage Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108672913648,"sku":"2940148287087","price":9.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148287087_p0.jpg?v=1763699643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148287087","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}