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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Foreword
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
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