Shooter's Bible Guide to Rifle Ballistics

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

SECTION I: BALLISTICS IN HISTORY

1. HURLING THINGS THAT HURT

2. GUNPOWDER!

3. RIFLES FOR A FRONTIER

4. BREECH-LOADERS AT LAST!

5. RIFLES FROM A DOOR LATCH

6. WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN

SECTION II: THE MUSCLE BEHIND THE SHOT

7. PRIMERS: SPARKPLUGS WITH BANG!

8. FUEL FOR THE CARTRIDGE

9. PROPELLANTS FROM COTTON

10. DUPONT: POWDER PIONEER

11. THE HODGDON STORY

12. NOT QUITE BLACK POWDER

SECTION III: BULLETS—THE INSIDE STORY

13. BULLETS AND RIFLING

14. OPENING THE THROTTLE

15. CONTROLLED UPSET, THEN AND NOW

16. THE ALL-COPPER OPTION

17. SPEER, NOSLER, HORNADY

18. INSIDE AN AMMO FACTORY

SECTION IV: SPEED, ENERGY, AND ARC

19. HEADSPACE FIRST

20. CHAOS IN THE RIFLE

21. FIGURING BULLET FLIGHT

22. MORE ON SPEED

23. KNOCKDOWN IS A MYTH

24. OF DROP AND DRIFT

SECTION V: PUTTING BALLISTICS TO WORK

25. HOW TO ZERO

26. NEVER A MISS

27. WIND WISDOM

28. WHEN THE TARGET MOVES

29. MINDING THE ANGLES

30. RECOIL!

SECTION VI: FOR LONGER REACH

31. FASTER AND SHORTER

32. NOTES ON HANDLOADING

33. LONG SHOTS AT SCHOOL

34. A DAY IN THE DESERT

35. DIAL UP AT DISTANCE

36. THE WRONG SHOT

BALLISTICS TABLES FOR MODERN SPORTING RIFLES

GLOSSARY