Shooter's bible guide to rifle ballistics
By: Wayne van Zwoll
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781616082246
Subjects: Rifles; Ballistics; Handbooks, manuals
Other titles: Guide to rifle ballistics; Shooter's bible.
Table of contents: title: section 1. Ballistics in history; title: Hurling things that hurt; title: Gunpowder!; title: Rifles for a frontier; title: Breechloaders at last!; title: Rifles from a door-latch; title: What the numbers mean; title: section 2. The muscle behind the shot; title: Primers : sparkplugs with bang!; title: Fuel for the cartridge; title: Propellants from cotton; title: Dupont : powder pioneer; title: The Hodgdon story; title: Not quite black powder; title: section 3. Bullets, the inside story; title: Bullets and rifling; title: Opening the throttle; title: Controlled upset, then and now; title: The all/copper option; title: Speer, Nosler, Hornady; title: Inside an ammo factory; title: section 4. Speed, energy, and arc; title: Headspace first; title: Chaos in the rifle; title: Figuring bullet flight; title: More on speed; title: Knockdown is a myth; title: Of drop and drift; title: section 5. Putting ballistics to work; title: How to zero; title: Never a miss!; title: Wind wisdom; title: When the target moves; title: Minding the angles; title: Recoil!; title: section 6. Turning up the heat; title: Faster and shorter; title: Notes on handloading; title: Long shots at school; title: A day in the desert; title: Dial up the distance; title: The wrong shot; title: section 7. Glossary.