Advanced Marksmanship Books for Advanced Marksmanship

[EvilWoodchuck]

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a few books for someone wanting to learn the formulas for calculating trajectory and just getting into more advanced marksmanship?

I realize that there are programs to do this now, and have one of them for my droid phone, but I'm oldschool and want to know how to do it by hand to further my understanding of the concepts.

Thanks!

 

[kengel2]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

Applied Ballistics by Bryan Litz, check the group buy section.

 

[EvilWoodchuck]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kengel2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Applied Ballistics by Bryan Litz, check the group buy section. </div></div>

Will do, thanks.

 

[jbailey]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

If you really want to go all out and really learn the math, there is none better than McCoy's Modern Exterior Ballistics:

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Exterior-Ba...3130&sr=8-1

Super in-depth however. Math geeks only.

 

[tullius]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

big +1 on both the Litz & McCoy texts

 

[ddavis]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

Agree on the Litz book. It is excellent reading and has helped me understand what is going on when the bullet leaves the bore. The huge list of bullet BC's and the included ballistic software is also very helpful.
-Dan

 

[Shoot 1st]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

be interested on some more books that cover all the bases, math, readings etc.

 

[kraigWY]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

Hatcher's Notebook

MG J. Hatcher

 

[tobias]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

McCoy's MEB is a first rate book. Big recommandation!
Especially the linearized theory is very interesting and enlightening. Chapters 9-12 are the best I ever read about ballistics.

 

[allghilliedup04]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

On the litz book. Hoe is the reading? Is it an easy read or something you gotta power through because you want the info? I guess I'm just worried it would read like a textbook.

 

[wizdumb]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: allghilliedup04</div><div class="ubbcode-body">On the litz book. Hoe is the reading? Is it an easy read or something you gotta power through because you want the info? I guess I'm just worried it would read like a textbook.</div></div>

I've read both editions of Litz's Applied Ballistics and found them quite useful and well written. I believe that you should find it to be an easy read. The book still does contain plenty of mathematic formulas because they are necessary for the subject matter.

 

[Squid284]

Re: Books for Advanced Marksmanship

The experimental ballistic info/charts in the back alone make it worth the $ in my opinion (Litz). Comes with a good ballistics calculator CD/program as well. It is somewhat like a text book but thoroughly covers everything that happens after a bullet leaves the barrel and is based off applied science, not conjecture.