Ballistics in Perspective [Paperback]

Mike Lagrange (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 096248072X | ISBN-13: 978-0962480720 | Publication Date: February 1, 1990 | Edition: 2nd

Originally written in 1983 in response to a need to provide guidelines for prospective hunters under the 1975 amended Parks and Wild Life Act and provide for learner professional hunters embarking on a new career. The book was primarily directed at Zimbabwean hunters and sponsored for 1000 copies. It is essentially practical, dealing with the commercial weapons that were available at the time of writing in Zimbabwe.

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About the Author

Mike LaGrange, born in Southern Rhodesia, spent many years as a warden in Problem Animal Control for the Zimbabwe National Parks. Mike has shot over 6000 elephants and knows which calibers work.

Mike lives with his wife Cathy and children in Zimbabwe, and is currently involved in live animal capture. He met the publisher, Bill McBride, and became partners with him, producing ammunition under the name of "Professional Hunter Supplies". Mr McBride, who also ran safaris in Mozambique, was naturally interested in the guidelines set down her for prospective hunters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 76 pages
• Publisher: Professional Hunter Supplies; 2nd edition (February 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096248072X
• ISBN-13: 978-0962480720
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,223,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent advice for African big game hunters, December 14, 2002

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Charles E. Boettcher (Spokane, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ballistics in Perspective (Paperback)

This book exceeded my expectations from reading the advertizing. The author provides detailed advice, with sound reasons, on calibers and bullets apropriate to hunting big game in Africa. He does it in a very readable style in a concisely written book. He covers the subject well and with an appropriate mix of theory and practicle information. His advice is based on extensive experience of his own and of other respected professional hunters. I have read many articles by, and talked to a fair number of, professional hunters and people who have hunted Africa over the last 15 years and cannot recommend another source where one will find all this information available in one place, much less so well organized and easily understood.