Knowledge Centre
One of the primary objectives of Beaks and Brass is to ensure that Canadians shooters and hunters can keep their guns in service. Over the past 30 years the amount of information on the internet has exploded, some free, some not, variations in quality and accuracy. However, there is a lot of information from reputable sources that is “lost” if you do not know where to look. As part of our mission to support our customers and shooters we have begun to list articles from our personal copies of:
- Handloader
- Shooting Times
- Guns & Ammo
It is going to take some time to work through all these back-issues and articles that meet the following criteria will be catalogued:
- There are antique firearms chambered for it.
- It is an obsolete cartridge that we carry.
- Modern loading manuals do not carry info on it.
So 41 Long Colt would be included but the 45 Long Colt would not qualify. Similarly the 8 x 52R Siamese would be listed but not the 8×57 Mauser.
The first phase of this project is now completed and the available articles are shown in the following appendices. If you are a customer and would like to get a pdf copy of any of the articles listed, simply email us.
Handloader Articles Index
| Topic – Metric Cartridges | Issue Number | Year |
| 6.5 x 53R (Dutch/Romanian/Mannlicher) | 150 | 1991 |
| 6.5 x 53R (Dutch/Romanian/Mannlicher) | 161 | 1993 |
| 6.5 x 54 Rimless Mauser | 192 | 1998 |
| 6.5 x 57 Mauser | 332 | 2021 |
| 7 x 57R | 193 | 1998 |
| 7.65mm Long (French) | 333 | 2021 |
| 8 x 50R Lebel | 173 | 1995 |
| 8 x 56 MS | 175 | 1995 |
| 8 x 52R Siamese T66 | 179 | 1995 |
| 8 x 57J | 337 | 2022 |
| 8 x 60 Mauser | 185 | 1997 |
| 8 x 60R Kropatschek | 214 | 2002 |
| 9mm Browning | 153 | 1991 |
| 9 mm Largo | 346 | 2023 |
| 9 x 56 MS | 170 | 1994 |
| 9 x 72R | 348 | 2024 |
| 9.3 x 57 | 283 | 2013 |
| 9.3 x 57R | 225 | 2003 |
| 9.3 x 72R | 149 | 1991 |
| 11 x 60R Mauser (43 Mauser) | 217 | 2002 |
| 11.2 x 36 Austrian | 338 | 2022 |
| Topic – Imperial Cartridges | Issue Number | Year |
| 22 Hi-Power (1) | 270 | 2011 |
| 22 Hi-Power (2) | 349 | 2024 |
| 25-20 WCF | 284 | 2013 |
| 25-20 SS (1) | 183 | 1996 |
| 25-20 SS (2) | 196 | 1999 |
| 25-20 SS (3) | 197 | 1999 |
| 256 Winchester Magnum | 275 | 2012 |
| 25-35 Winchester | 204 | 2000 |
| 25-35 Winchester (2) | 239 | 2006 |
| 25-35 Winchester (3) | 296 | 2015 |
| 25-36 Marlin | 202 | 1999 |
| 256 Mannlicher | 150 | 1991 |
| 256 Mannlicher (aka 6.5 x 53R) | 150 | 1991 |
| 256 Mannlicher (aka 6.5 x 53R) | 161 | 1993 |
| 256 Newton | 295 | 2015 |
| 280 Ross | 310 | 2017 |
| 300 Rook | 340 | 2022 |
| 32 S&W | 157 | 1992 |
| 32 S&W Long | 303 | 2016 |
| 32 H&R Magnum | 303 | 2016 |
| 32-20 WCF (1) | 214 | 2002 |
| 32-20 WCF (2) | 336 | 2022 |
| 32-20 WCF (3) | 343 | 2023 |
| 318 Westley- Richards | 185 | 1997 |
| 32-40 WCF (1) | 245 | 2007 |
| 32-40 WCF (2) | 315 | 2018 |
| 32 Remington | 206 | 2000 |
| 348 Winchester (1) | 275 | 2012 |
| 348 Winchester (2) | 311 | 2017 |
| 351 WSL | 300 | 2016 |
| 350 Rigby | 185 | 1997 |
| 360 2 ¼” | 225 | 2003 |
| 38 S&W | 214 | 2002 |
| 38 S&W (2) | 261 | 2009 |
| 38 S&W (3) | 351 | 2024 |
| 38 Colt | 293 | 2015 |
| 38 Long Colt (1) | 204 | 2000 |
| 38 Long Colt / 38 Colt (2) | 272 | 2011 |
| 38 Long Colt (3) | 332 | 2021 |
| 38-55 Cast bullets (1) | 210 | 2001 |
| 38-55 (2) | 225 | 2003 |
| 38-55 (3) | 294 | 2015 |
| 38-55 (4) | 299 | 2016 |
| 400/375 H&H | 185 | 1997 |
| 450/400 | 276 | 2012 |
| 40-50 SBN | 163 | 1993 |
| 40-60 WCF | 159 | 1992 |
| 40-60 Maynard | 167 | 1994 |
| 40-65 WCF (1) | 161 | 1993 |
| 40-65 WCF (2) | 214 | 2002 |
| 40-65 WCF (3) | 251 | 2008 |
| 40-70 WCF | 162 | 1993 |
| 40-72 WCF | 295 | 2015 |
| 40-82 (1) | 200 | 1999 |
| 40-82 (2) | 289 | 2013 |
| 40-90 SS | 180 | 1996 |
| 405 WCF (1) | 232 | 2005 |
| 405 WCF (2) | 295 | 2015 |
| 41 Long Colt (1) | 156 | 1992 |
| 41 Long Colt (2) | 196 | 1999 |
| 41 Long Colt (3) | 332 | 2021 |
| 41 Long Colt (4) | 351 | 2024 |
| 416 Taylor (1) | 180 | 1996 |
| 416 Taylor (2) | 333 | 2021 |
| 43 Mauser | 217 | 2002 |
| 44 Colt (1) | 293 | 2015 |
| 44 Colt (2) | 332 | 2021 |
| 44 Russian | 339 | 2022 |
| 44-77 | 317 | 2019 |
| 45 S&W | 334 | 2021 |
| 450 Adams | 233 | 2005 |
| 455 Webley – Webleys and Triple Locks | 215 | 2005 |
| 455 Webley | 305 | 2017 |
| 45-60 WCF | 241 | 2006 |
| 45-90 WCF (1) | 160 | 1992 |
| 45-90 Express (2) | 170 | 1994 |
| 45-90 Winchester / Sharps (3) | 233 | 2005 |
| 470 Capstick | 156 | 1992 |
| 500 3” Black Powder Express | 208 | 2001 |
| 500 Express | 219 | 2002 |
| 500 Jeffery | 335 | 2021 |
| 505 Gibbs (1) | 200 | 1999 |
| 505 Gibbs | 335 | 2021 |
| 50-70 (1) | 202 | 2000 |
| 50-70 (2) | 268 | 2010 |
| 50-95 | 311 | 2017 |
| 577 Revolver | 226 | 2004 |
| 577 Snider | 299 | 2016 |
| Topic – Miscellaneous | Issue Number | Year |
| Blackhorn 209 (1) | 257 | 2009 |
| Blackhorn 209 (2) | 269 | 2011 |
| Beginning Bullet Casting – Part 1 | 302 | 2016 |
| Beginning Bullet Casting – Part 2 | 304 | 2016 |
| Beginning Bullet Casting – Part 3 | 307 | 2018 |
| Beginning Bullet Casting – Part 4 | 310 | 2017 |
| Cast and Shoot | 212 | 2001 |
| Cast Bullets Afield – Part 1 | 191 | 1998 |
| Cast Bullets Afield – Part 2 | 192 | 1998 |
| Cast Bullets Afield – Part 3 | 193 | 1998 |
| Cast Bullets Afield – Part 4 | 194 | 1998 |
| Cast Bullets Afield – Part 5 | 195 | 1998 |
| Cast Bullets Afield – Part 6 | 196 | 1999 |
| Cast Bullets Afield – Part 7 | 197 | 1999 |
| Cast Bullets Afield – Part 8 | 198 | 1999 |
| H&H Paradox | 227 | 2004 |
| Reloading Brass Shotshells – Part 1 | 266 | 2010 |
| Reloading Brass Shotshells – Part 2 | 267 | 2010 |
| Reloading Nitro Express | 202 | 2000 |
| Trail Boss (1) | 265 | 2010 |
| Trail Boss Revisited | 302 | 2016 |
| Trail Boss (2) | 316 | 2018 |
| Triple 7 FFG | 333 | 2021 |
| Webley’s Man-stopper Bullet | 298 | 2015 |
| XMP-5744 (1) | 176 | 1995 |
| XMP-5744 (2) | 176 | 1995 |
| Accurate 5744 (2) | 310 | 2017 |