Issue Number 274 [hot] | Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal October 2011

: Mike Venturino offers a historical and technical breakdown of 15 different options for the iconic Sharps rifles, a must-read for black powder cartridge fans. Managing Recoil

For collectors, the ads in are as valuable as the articles. : Mike Venturino offers a historical and technical

Frank smiled. Walmsley wrote like a poet who’d accidentally become a ballistician. “Powder is not memory,” Walmsley said. “It does not care who pulled the handle before you. It only cares about temperature, density, and the geometry of the case you shove it into. Trust your scale, not your nostalgia.” not your nostalgia.”