This volume profiles most of the older, more famous wildcats. Each represents a small advance in cartridge development. The history of cartridge development is the history of wildcatting. From the very beginning, ballisticians, military ordnance experts, gunmakers and others interested in improving small arms ammunition based their experiments on the predecessors' success. Each military or commercial cartridge introduced served as a point of departure, spurring improvements, not only in case shape and bullet construction but in primers and propellants as well. 79 page soft cover.
