Range Report Bryan Litz's Book

[Tactical]

Just a quick note to say to all that want to know what true BC's are for various bullets. Just get Litz's book. I spent hundreds of hours shooting on a few bullets to get bc's that really worked, then opened Bryan's book and found he had the correct BCs for a ton of bullets. I want to thank Monte for giving me a copy. Bryan is the bets thing to happen to reloaders in a long long time.

Thanks Bryan for all your hard work. Now I need some more work on 6.8 bullets

 

[SGT TickleFight]

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Best piece of equipment a precision shooter can buy is litz's book.

It doesn't cover everything but it does cover all exterior ballistics with good tips on wind estimation and puts weight to each concept -as in which factors are extremely significant and which are minor and can be ignored if you don't have time to calculate.

There are interesting points for long range hunters as well.

 

[Tpb10505]

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+1 Got my copy a few weeks ago and its a wealth of information

 

[5RWill]

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Also the program bryan helped work on "shooter" has a lot of recorded BCs in it as well IIRC.

 

[CSAR]

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I agree with the OP. Just started reading his book and wow.... lots and lots of good info. I'm finding that while reading, I'm doing a lot of "huh!, that makes sense".

 

[Cegorach]

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In my opinion anyone seriously interested in long distance shooting should read it. There is so much good, easily digestible, and seldom covered information in it.

 

[Helmet]

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This book has proved itself to be more useful to me than any other book on this subject.

 

[George63]

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I thought about buying it, but it never reached the top of the list - never mentioned it to anyone but my daughter did some research and surprised me with it at Christmas - thats what you get from an engineering grad student - a completely nerdy gift

Like the OP said this can pay for itself working out data for just one load, especially the .338 300 gr that got me to open it

 

[kraigWY]

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Is there that much difference between his first book and the second????

If so, What?

 

[DIBBS]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kraigWY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is there that much difference between his first book and the second????

If so, What? </div></div>

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <span style="font-weight: bold">I'm interested in an answer to Kraig's question as well. I have book one, and wonder how much new information is in book two? Maybe a pm to Litz would get us an answer straight from the source

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[5RWill]

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I'm not sure about the rest but i know there are more of his recorded BCs in the second book IIRC.

 

[Tactical]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dibbs</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kraigWY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Is there that much difference between his first book and the second????

If so, What? </div></div>

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> <span style="font-weight: bold">I'm interested in an answer to Kraig's question as well. I have book one, and wonder how much new information is in book two? Maybe a pm to Litz would get us an answer straight from the source

</span> </span> </div></div>

No idea. I have the second edition

 

[Retterath]

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where can a guy buy this book?

 

[Retterath]

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nevermind i found his website

 

[GrantB]

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Great book, it sure puts to bed a lot of the old wise tails.

 

[KYpatriot]

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Definitive book on external ballistics that I believe will stand the test of time. Very well written and researched.

I would like to see a similar work on internal ballistics.

 

[Burleyboy]

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Does the book list the true BC of the 200g .308 accubond?

Bb

 

[David_M]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Burleyboy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Does the book list the true BC of the 200g .308 accubond?

Bb </div></div>

His first edition did not have that bullet. However, its my understanding that the 2nd edition does in fact have it. I plan to purchase the 2nd edition soon. I really enjoyed the 1st. Very informative to anyone who plans to shoot long range.

 

[clmayfield]

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The second edition has more BC's, including the Berger 308 Hybrids and the new and improved Hornady 178 BTHP.

Also, the second book has a lot more information on wind... the additional info on wind alone is reason to buy the second edition.