COTW 12th Edition is out

[Broom_jm]

The 12th Edition of Cartridges of the World has hit the shelves. There isn't much about it that is terribly different than the 11th edition, but there IS one noteworthy comment in it.

They make mention of folks shortening 35 Remington cases by .120" to meet Indiana's deer-hunting regulations. I might pick one up, just to see what they had to say.

 

[LarryC]

Looks interesting, think I'll pick one up too, I have a lot of old military ammo stored - once in a while I lose the identification attached. I then have to measure the round to re-identify. My son has all the reloading manuals at his house so have used the web but having this book would be helpful.

 

[Cerberus]

Have they corrected the very erroneous information on obsolete BP cartridges?

 

[Broom_jm]

Have they corrected the very erroneous information on obsolete BP cartridges?

Can you be more specific?

 

[Cerberus]

Can you be more specific?

Oh there are a few. On the section on the .44-77 Sharps, it said it was a popular target round but not popular on the buffalo prairies. Wrong.

And there were some inaccuracies on the .45 Sharps cartridge family, but I don't remember all of them. Most of them were "rookie" type mistakes.

 

[Broom_jm]

Oh there are a few. On the section on the .44-77 Sharps, it said it was a popular target round but not popular on the buffalo prairies. Wrong.

And there were some inaccuracies on the .45 Sharps cartridge family, but I don't remember all of them. Most of them were "rookie" type mistakes.

When you said "very erroneous" in your earlier post, I thought you meant some truly egregious mistake, not a question of perception or hyperbole.

All in all, COTW is a remarkable reference work for anyone remotely interested in firearms and cartridges. It might even be considered acceptable for a book with thousands of entries to have one or two you do not fully agree with.

 

[Cerberus]

Need to go look at mine again. It's a older copy, but I do remember getting some chuckes and at times belly laughs when reading it.