Bidspirit auction | 1940s. Western Cartridge Co. Ammunition

1940s. Western Cartridge Co. Ammunition Handbook, 6th Ed. and a Springfield Manual Reprint. - This lot features two softcover publications focused on firearm maintenance and ballistics. The first item is the Western Ammunition Handbook, 6th Edition, published by the Western Cartridge Company of East Alton, Illinois, circa 1940-1945. This octavo handbook is bound in light blue textured paper wrappers with a distinctive purple central band and white lettering. The content serves as an ammunition reference guide for shotguns, rifles, and pistols, featuring technical diagrams of shotgun shell construction, ballistic data, and advertisements for Western Xpert and Super-X brand cartridges. The second item is a modern reprint of the historical military manual titled Description and Rules for the Management of the Springfield Rifle, Carbine, and Army Revolvers. Caliber .45. This edition was printed by The Buckskin Press in Big Timber, Montana, reproducing the original 1898 manual from the Government Printing Office. It is bound in bright yellow paper wrappers featuring the Ordnance Department U.S.A. insignia. The manual contains intricate schematic plates of firearm components including the guard-plate, guard-bow, and trigger assemblies, as well as a partial longitudinal section of the Schofield Smith and Wesson revolver. The Western Ammunition Handbook displays visible foxing and light staining to the front cover and title page, with moderate edge wear consistent with its age. The Springfield manual reprint is in very good condition, showing minimal handling wear to the wrappers and bright, clean internal pages. Both volumes are structurally sound with intact bindings.