Winchester Repeating Arms Headstamped Cartridges & Their Variations Vol. I

W.R.A. Co. Headstamped Cartridges and Their Variations Volume I. By Daniel L. Shuey. This first volume of the series contains a complete identification section for W.R.A. Co. headstamped ammunition. Topics covered are bullets including lead, Rabbeth, soft point, full patch (FMJ), tracer, etc. Case features and types, primers, and loadings such as shot, blank, and dummy are also included. Complete loading data and histories of each caliber are contained along with scale drawings by E.L. Scranton. Box labels, gages, cutaway specimens and x-rays of some bullets are another feature. In the cartridge box history and identifications section ten pages of color photos show some of the more unusual colors and styles of labels. Photos of weapons, cartridge boards and patent drawings are a bonus for the avid collector as well as historian. This book is printed on 80# white, coated text enamel paper stock. Hard case-bound, Smythe-sewn book with laminated cover and round-back spine. 368 pages.