A complete and fully illustrated digest written specifically for hunters about the guns and loads that they use; includes comprehensive ballistics tables.
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Now for the first time, here is a book written specifically for hunters about the guns and loads that they use. In this complete and fully illustrated digest, you'll read about such diverse topics as: how to improve your long-range shooting; how to shoot accurately in winds of any speed or direction; how to solve the problems associated with shooting up and down hills; what causes mirage and how to read it; why some bullets shoot tighter groups farther away; how gunpowder is made; why bullets that move left also rise; which cartridges are suitable for everything plus comprehensive ballistics tables. (8 1/2 x 11, 288 pages, b&w photos, charts)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good General Text,
By Michigan Rifleman "ndjamena" (Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hunter's Guide to Ballistics: Practical Advice on How to Choose Guns and Loads, and Use them Effectively (Paperback)
A good general text on the use of rifles with a couple of short chapters on the shotgun. It really does not address the use of handguns. Mr. van Zwoll is a good writer and an experienced shooter.
He does not provide specific formulae for doing your own ballastics calculations, but he does provide useful guidelines for choosing guns appropriate to various tasks. I respect van Zwoll's advice because it has been borne out in my own experience. He is not a rabid fan of magnum cartridges, but he does appreciate what they can do. He is realistic in his assessment of the needs of real hunters who (like me) are not professionals and cannot spent weeks every year practicing 500 yard shots. Unfortunately this text was written just as the new "short magnums" were coming on the market. So only the first of the new high powered short catridges are delt with here. But all of the old favorites are. There is also a good history of firearms and their ballistic capabilities going all the way back to the era of the bow and arrow. Overall, this is another contribution to good gun literature. Much of what this book contains will be familiar to anyone who has read other gun books. But van Zwoll does it better than most.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Good guide for selecting the caliber of rifle for you.,
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This review is from: The Hunter's Guide to Ballistics: Practical Advice on How to Choose Guns and Loads, and Use them Effectively (Paperback)
The Hunter's Guide to Ballistics: Practical Advice on How to Choose Guns and Loads, and Use them Effectively Each size group of popular cartridges is covered in a separate chapter, and the pros and cons of most popular cartridges in each category is discussed. A good buyer's and user's guide. Different writers have different viewpoints, and may make different choices based on their viewpoint, but if you read this book you will make a good choice for you, and you won't go wrong.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great for the long distance shooter,
This review is from: The Hunter's Guide to Ballistics: Practical Advice on How to Choose Guns and Loads, and Use them Effectively (Paperback)
This was a pretty technical review of ballistics. If you're interested in a quick read with immediate results, this one's not for you. It was definately written with the long range shooter in mind.
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Ballistics is the study of hurtling objects. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
roundnose bullets, paper shotshells, normal hunting ranges, flatter flight, higher sectional density, big game bullets, excess headspace, big game cartridges, sabot slugs, fps energy, autoloading rifles, ballistic coefficient, hunting bullets, rimless case, short magnums, powder capacity, drams equivalent, ballistics charts, land diameter, hunting cartridges, breech pressure, magnum cases, flat flight, extractor groove, primer pocket Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ultra Mag, Winchester Magnum, Fail Safe, Power Point, Nosier Ballistic Tip, Nosier Partition, Remington Magnum, Roy Weatherby, Trophy Bonded, Nosler Partition, Charles Newton, New York, Dave Emary, Partition Gold, Spire Point, John Lazzeroni, New Haven, Swift A-Frame, Bronze Point, Carney's Point, Civil War, Don Allen, New Jersey, Norma Magnum, Bruce Hodgdon New!
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Ballistics is the study of hurtling objects. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
roundnose bullets, paper shotshells, normal hunting ranges, flatter flight, higher sectional density, big game bullets, excess headspace, big game cartridges, sabot slugs, fps energy, autoloading rifles, ballistic coefficient, hunting bullets, rimless case, short magnums, powder capacity, drams equivalent, ballistics charts, land diameter, hunting cartridges, breech pressure, magnum cases, flat flight, extractor groove, primer pocket Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ultra Mag, Winchester Magnum, Fail Safe, Power Point, Nosier Ballistic Tip, Nosier Partition, Remington Magnum, Roy Weatherby, Trophy Bonded, Nosler Partition, Charles Newton, New York, Dave Emary, Partition Gold, Spire Point, John Lazzeroni, New Haven, Swift A-Frame, Bronze Point, Carney's Point, Civil War, Don Allen, New Jersey, Norma Magnum, Bruce Hodgdon New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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