Books
- Thread starter eric n
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The lyman manual has a lot of good reading and the hornady reloading manual has some good guide lines and above all safety first and no internet loads till you know how to prove them out.
For short range benchrest-type shooting, I'd recommend (in descending order):
Boyer
Ratigan
Newick
There's a lot of great info on match strategy in addition to the expected stuff on rifles, ammo, and wind doping. Virtually exclusively limited to 6PPC, though. Not surprising, given the dominance of the 6PPC in the game.
Warren Page's "The Accurate Rifle" is still relevant and has a lot of interesting history. Out of print now, I think.
I've never found any good books on benchrest score shooting or long-range benchrest, so if you come across anything, let me know.
Boyer
Ratigan
Newick
There's a lot of great info on match strategy in addition to the expected stuff on rifles, ammo, and wind doping. Virtually exclusively limited to 6PPC, though. Not surprising, given the dominance of the 6PPC in the game.
Warren Page's "The Accurate Rifle" is still relevant and has a lot of interesting history. Out of print now, I think.
I've never found any good books on benchrest score shooting or long-range benchrest, so if you come across anything, let me know.
I liked the Tony Boyer book very much as he hints at tricks he does.
michaelnel
Old and In The Way
I agree on the Boyer book. Lots of great info there from a guy who "walks the walk".
savagedasher
Banned
P O Ackley Book 1 & 2 Larry
thekriebles
Gold $$ Contributor
eric n said:
Two books by David Tubb: "Rifle Shooter" and "High Power Rifle"
"The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters" by Linda K. Miller
michaelnel
Old and In The Way
I am really glad I bought Tony Boyer's book. I only wish he was a LR benchrest guy... lots of the stuff in the book is for SR benchrest. Still a terrific resource though, well-written, nicely illustrated, heavy paper. A real gem!
May or may not be what you want, but you can still find used copies, albeit rather pricey, "The Benchrest Shooting Primer", is a collection of Precision Shooting magazine articles. Good luck on your endeavor.
Here is a link to a list from this site. http://www.accurateshooter.com/book-dvd-reviews/book-review-page/
What you glean from a book makes a big difference in reading. It's easy to get misled when a author gets on a topic that they don't completely understand but include just to complete their book. I try to focus on their strong subjects and not let myself fall into their quagmires. I refer to it as pulling the weeds from a book.
Saw an authors name in a previous post. Newick??? Full name and what book?
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