Bryan,
I would like to thank you for your book, Applied Ballistics for Long-Range Shooting. I have several books on ballistics that I have bought over the years and am somewhat familiar with the general subject but I learned so much more from your book than from the reading of other works that I have on this subject. You certainly achieved your stated objective “to present information on exterior ballistics that shooters can use to achieve greater success at long range shootingâ€.
Your explanation of the issues associated with BCs for long range bullet designs was most informative (specifically the industry practice of calculating BC based on the form factor derived using the drag coefficient from the G1 standard projectile). The simple solution of using the G7 standard projectile for the calculation of the form factor and BC for the long range bullet configurations is profound.
On page 271 you state, “The [experimental] data presented in the remaining pages of this book are what I consider to be the original contribution to the long range shooting community.†Here you are referring to the results of your work to experimentally determine the BC of over 175 modern long range small arms bullets in eight calibers from six major brands and as you state this “…is the most extensive and accurate assembly of experimental BC data ever compiledâ€. Wow, and what a contribution this is.
It was a pleasure to read your understanding of measurement accuracy and uncertainty associated with test data and how to use the scientific principals in obtaining meaningful data and the professional analysis of that data. I had some exposure to this type of methodology in my professional career and have an appreciation of this underlying foundation to your work.
We are all benefiting from the F Class discipline within our high power rifle competition sport. We gained tremendous rifle accuracy knowledge in the 1950s and 1960s from the bench rest folks and now we are benefiting in a similar way from F Class.
Bryan, thanks again for your book.
Sincerely, Clyde.
I would like to thank you for your book, Applied Ballistics for Long-Range Shooting. I have several books on ballistics that I have bought over the years and am somewhat familiar with the general subject but I learned so much more from your book than from the reading of other works that I have on this subject. You certainly achieved your stated objective “to present information on exterior ballistics that shooters can use to achieve greater success at long range shootingâ€.
Your explanation of the issues associated with BCs for long range bullet designs was most informative (specifically the industry practice of calculating BC based on the form factor derived using the drag coefficient from the G1 standard projectile). The simple solution of using the G7 standard projectile for the calculation of the form factor and BC for the long range bullet configurations is profound.
On page 271 you state, “The [experimental] data presented in the remaining pages of this book are what I consider to be the original contribution to the long range shooting community.†Here you are referring to the results of your work to experimentally determine the BC of over 175 modern long range small arms bullets in eight calibers from six major brands and as you state this “…is the most extensive and accurate assembly of experimental BC data ever compiledâ€. Wow, and what a contribution this is.
It was a pleasure to read your understanding of measurement accuracy and uncertainty associated with test data and how to use the scientific principals in obtaining meaningful data and the professional analysis of that data. I had some exposure to this type of methodology in my professional career and have an appreciation of this underlying foundation to your work.
We are all benefiting from the F Class discipline within our high power rifle competition sport. We gained tremendous rifle accuracy knowledge in the 1950s and 1960s from the bench rest folks and now we are benefiting in a similar way from F Class.
Bryan, thanks again for your book.
Sincerely, Clyde.
