Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West

Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West
- Practical loading of black powder cartridge rounds for single shot rifles
- This book focuses on the rifles used by plainsman primarily interested in bison hunting
- Target shooting along with hunting, including modern buffalo hunting, are covered with single shot black powder cartridge rifles, in addition to the historical background on the mentioned rifles
- Over the past 20 + years, Mike has fired over 100,000 rounds of ammunition through black powder cartridge rifles and quit keeping records at about 50,000 rounds. All of the shooting information here was gathered fresh, not a rehash of his earlier shooting experiences.
Table of Contents

Introduction
2) What Constitutes a Buffalo Rifle?
3) Understanding Buffalo Rifle Cartridges

Part I: THE RIFLES

4) Trapdoor Springfields
5) Sharps
6) Remingtons
7) Ballards
8) Winchester Single Shot
9) The Rifle Reproductions

Part II: BASIC RELOADING FOR BUFFALO RIFLES

10)Introduction to Buffalo Cartridge Reloading
11)Basic Reloading for Buffalo Rifles
12)A Paper Patch Bullet Demonstration
Author's Note
13).40-70 Bottleneck (2 1/4")
14).40-70 Straight (2 1/2")
15).40-90 Bottleneck (2 5/8")
16).44-77 (2 1/4")
17).44-90 (2 5/8")
18).45-70 Government (2 1/10")
19).45-90 (2 4/10")
20).45-100 (2 6/10")
21).45-110 (2 7/8)
22).50-70 Government (1 3/4")
23).50-90 (2 1/2")

PART III

24)Modern Competitions for Buffalo Rifles
25)Reloading Match-Grade Ammunition

PART IV: MISCELLANEOUS

26)Sights
27)"The Buffalo Hunters"
28)"The Legend of Billy Dixon"
29)Modern Hunting with Buffalo Rifles
30)Modern Bison Hunting
31)The Buffalo Rifle in Combat
32)Cleaning Chores
33)Favorites

BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
Country USA
Brand Wolfe Publishing
Manufacturer Wolfe Pub Co
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber 1879356929
Model 1879356929
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781879356924
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wolfe Publishing
Manufacturer	Wolfe Pub Co
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	1879356929
Model	1879356929
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781879356924
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West

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