Rifle Accuracy Facts [Paperback]

Harold R. Vaughn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

The author, who spent his career studying trajectories of nuclear missles and artillery shells, wrote this work after becoming dissatisfied with the accuracy of commercial rifles. Through years of research, he examined a variety of gunsmithing and handloading issues in search of the ultimate in rifle accuracy, including barrel-receiver joint motion, barrel vibration and rigidity, chamber and throat design, case neck tension, and bullet imbalance.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Rifle Accuracy Facts is a superb book; most attentive readers will understand all or almost all the main text material. --Duncan McPherson, Wound Ballistics Review, Vol. 4 No. 1

About the Author

The author served as the supervisor of the Aeroballistics Division of the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque from 1959 to 1986, which provided the flight dynamics and aerodynamic research for nuclear weapons.

Product Details

• Paperback: 292 pages
• Publisher: Precision Shooting, Inc.; 3rd edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931220077
• ISBN-13: 978-1931220071
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rifle Accuracy Facts, September 30, 2008

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K. Smith (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews
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An excellent book. Great detail of what happens in a rifle
when a shot is taken. Very technical but presented in a way
that is very easy to understand. Opinions of the author are
clearly separated from the facts he has gathered.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Original, informative and specialized, February 7, 2011

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Pierre J. Van Walt "Gunwriter" (Johannesburg South Africa) - See all my reviews
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Harold Vaughn is another aerospace engineer who ventured into the world of firearm research and gunwriting and it is fortunate that he did. The focus of this 290-page b&w book was to determine which factors contributed to accuracy and which to inaccuracy. Vaughn set about it systematically. The books tarts out with general internal ballistics and then moves on to specific issues such as chamber and throat design, barrel vibration, riflescope mounting, barrel fitting and muzzle blast before it switches to bullet related issues and wraps up with maintenance and handloading issues that affect accuracy. The text is supported by over a hundred explanatory photos and graphs and that is essential, because the book is quite technical. Even so it is readable.
Production quality is good, the font readable and the page design functional if unimaginative as one would expect of a technical work.
This is a book for precision shooters, gunsmiths and accuracy buffs after small groups. Most of its content fall in the nice to know bracket for the general hunter. The tinkerer and home gunsmith will find lots of things he can do and try to improve his rifle.
The main value of this book lies in the fact that Vaughn conducted original research and presented the empirical results for interpretation and use. He isolated many accuracy factors, evaluated them and separated the wheat from the chaff. It is no longer necessary to fumble around in the dark or believe all the old wives tales.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, February 1, 2009

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Arno Wilhelm - See all my reviews
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Really great book that shows how the author tried to prove what really affects a rifle's accuracy. Beside learning a lot of this book about rifle accuracy I also learned a lot of the authors way on how to solve scientific problems. But be warned - the book has a rather scientific approach and might not be so easy to read for someone who is not accustomed to that.