Rifle Cartridges for the Hunter: A Hunting Journal Spanning a Half-Century Paperback – October 15, 2025

There have been a lot of hunting books and a lot of books about rifle cartridges, but there has never been one like this. In 408 pages, author, hunter, and gun writer Richard Mann details 50 different cartridges he has used over his career to hunt all over the world. It contains more than 120 color photos, a forward by outdoor/rifle writer John Barsness, and an introduction by Gun Digest magazine editor Luke Hartle.Mann grew up hunting the hills of West Virginia, a place he still lives today, and has spent a lifetime in the outdoors. His adventures have taken him to exotic locales, but he has always come home to write about them in his own honest, straight-forward, hillbilly style. In this book, he does the same, helping you understand not only the capabilities of 50 rifle cartridges, but the magic between hunters and some of the cartridges they choose.Mann edited the 13th Edition of Cartridges of the World, but this book is different. It’s not a technical manual, rather a collection of stories about hunting for animals as small as squirrels in the Allegheny Mountains to those as large as cape buffalo in the Mozambique swamps. The book also contains commentary from noted gun writers and subject matter experts, like Field & Stream rifle editor Dave Petzal, outdoor writer Ron Spomer, Buffalo Bore ammunition founder Tim Sundles, African professional hunter Geoffrey Wayland, and many others. For any rifle hunter or student of the rifle, this book is essential reading. Read more