Good Book Recomendations?

[Dimis]

Hey all I am looking for some books to read about long range shooting and ballistics

I have the army field manual on sniping and a few books on basic rifle shooting but nothing gets too detailed
I was looking for something that covers from the basics all the way up to explaining drag coefficients and really breaking down the act of shooting at greater distances

anybody know of anything that would cover this or maybe a few titles?

I feel that most books are either for beginners or they are such basic information about a topic and then they leave you wondering more
for example the army manual talks about proper eye alignment and how the shot will miss but never explains the why or its explained trhough very simplistic drawing also there is no talk on paralax what it is and how to properly adjust for it

thanks in advance

 

[taliv]

do an internet search for bryan litz. _applied ballistics_ 2nd ed

 

[Dimis]

thanks Taliv
any other suggestions?

 

[Strykervet]

I think the NRA has a list of recommended books. Check out their website.

John Plaster was a Marine sniper that wrote a book on sniping. I don't know anything other than that, never read it.

There are also a couple of forums, I wish I could recall I want to get in on those discussions, that focus on long range shooting and the particulars of that. It's all about elimitating variables essentially, and some of these guys have lots of genius methods. One guy, on a bet, shot a 55 gallon drum at one mile using a .223, then posted the pictures, videos, and the "how to". Said he did it cheap using a Savage rifle so others could mimic it without grandiose gear (there are some tripods on there that look like TOW missle tripods, really). Search for .223 mile long shot and I'll bet you find it. Good info there, and this is where to find the truly up to date stuff.

Drag and calculating those coefficients requires some calculus and physics. If I were you and I knew a little bit of calculus, at least familiar with it, then I'd look at the mechanics chapter of a physics 101 book.

Studying math and physics, by the way, taught me more about shooting in general than anything else did.

Hope this helps some.