197 pages, about 8 1/2" x 11" glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 24# 97 bright acid free paper. Fully Illustrated.

Contents - Index:

• Pages: 197

• Handbooks on Ammunition 1905
• (corrected to November 3rd, 1905)
• London, England
• Gunpowders, Black, Brown,Saltpeter, Charcoal
• Shape, Glazing, Moisture
• Manufacture of Powders
• Color and Distinguishing Marks
• Cordite and Lyddite
• Drying the Gun cotton
• Pressing, Blending, Drying
• Cordite for Small Arms and Webley Pistols
• Storage, Heat Test
• Cartridges for BL Gun
• Cartridges for Heavy QF Guns
• Marks on the Base of a QF Cartridge
• Cases and Boxes
• Transport Cylinders
• Small Ammunition Boxes
• Machine Guns
• Tubes and Stores connected with them
• Vent Sealing Tubes
• Projectiles
• AP Shells
• Pointed Common Shell
• Lyddite Common
• Schapnel Shell
• Fuzes
• Fuze table, Time and percussion Table
• Ammunition for Light QF and Machine Guns and Small Arms
• Distinguishing Marks for SA and MG Ammunition Boxes
• Tables of Ammunition for Each Gun