How To's For The Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Shooter

Contains fine points not covered in Matthews's other black-powder books, such as lube recipes, good bore cleaners and over-powder wads. Tips on compressing powder charge, combating wind resistance, improving ignition and combustion, and case annealing.

Table of Contents
Chapter
1 How to Make a Good Black Powder Bullet Lube
2 Make Your Own Black Powder Bore Cleaner
3 How to Accurately Compress the Powder Charge, A Critical Factor
4 Things You Should Know About the Bore-Riding Bullet
5 How to Determine and Use the Ballistic Coefficient of Your Bullet
6 Ways to Improve Ignition & Combustion of the Powder Charge
7 Testing for Eye Error and Long Range - Groups
8 How to Determine the Amount
of Sight Adjustment for Minute of Angle and Inches
9 Why Use an Over-Powder Wad?
10 How to Make a Spirit Level
11 Making a Tote Box
12 Hints on Case Annealing and Resizing to Original Dimensions
13 Things You Should Know About Pyrodex
14 Planning the Custom Rifle
15 Do What Works for You