Applied Ballistics For Long Range Shooting 3rd Edition

Felt like an engineering textbook, but with more emphasis on the concepts and hardly any math. An outstanding and pleasurable read.

I think the level of detail in this book is PERFECT. Bryan Litz just nailed it, covering virtually every relevant ballistics topic for the accuracy shooter while keeping math to a tolerable level. I find his text crystal clear and relatively easy to follow. I will say that it’s a long, deep drink for anyone not passing familiar with the chapter topics, however. Fortunately, most chapters stand on their own. The discussion of the development and importance of G7 coefficients is excellent (as you’d expect, given that the author developed them). Good examples are given and G1 vs G7 fit to accurate curves measured using Doppler radar are used extensively. In fact, ballistic coefficients are explained in depth, including how they relate to and change with velocity and precisely how they relate to form factor and sectional density. On a more practical level, I particularly liked the presentation of ballistic merit, especially as it relates to danger space, drop, and sight-in distance. That’s just one example of the practical advice in the book, however. I regard this title as a must-have, reference volume for anyone starting the study of ballistics. For most, it will be sufficient on its own.

This book rocks! Bryan Litz knows his ballistics and presents his knowledge in this easy to understand masterpiece. After all, what could possibly be cooler than being able to ***precisely*** determine the point of impact of 750 grains of pure excitement 1-2 miles away? In all seriousness, this is a fantastic book when it comes to understanding the factors involved in ballistic motion. Easy to read and understand with massive amounts of relevant information.

Perfect quality of the book, quick and easy delivery. /compared to current circumstances. The book is really helpful, knowledge-based, intensive, which provides usable knowledge to the reader. Thank you very much!

Well written and easy to read treatise on a very complex subject. I read this as a primer to getting into long range target shooting (primarily F-Class) and came to appreciate all the variables that spell success (or failure) in this pursuit. While these at first appeared overwhelming, the author does an excellent job of suggesting an approach that allows to prioritize and address the most important factors for a given situation. I also came to really appreciate the training and expertise by the snipers in our military.

Lots of good information I never knew. The author is a smart dude and is well qualified. He’s done a lot of work on ballistic coefficients for many popular bullets.

It's really well written. Concise and to the point. I was afraid it would be too technical and nerdy, but it's an easy read, full of useful information. Based on this example, I'll be reading more from Bryan Litz.

This is an excellent book on long range shooting and ballistics. Along with a team of instructors, I teach long range shooting (600yds plus). This book has most the elements of our lesson plan. The book is a bit over-the-head for most people, but is understandable if one has a basic understanding of ballistics and long range shooting. I highly recommend one take a course in ballistics and long range shooting (with actual shooting on the range), then read the book. Go to saferusa.com website to view the long range shooting course information. SaferUSA teaches courses for NRA, tactical, and advanced shooting with pistols, rifles, and shotguns. This will give one an overview of what's involved. Our students have gone from not hitting a target at 100 yards to under 12" groups at 600 yards in one day. The course and the book go hand-in-hand. Robert Knight Firearms Instructor Range Master Pistol Armorer Metallic Cartridge Reloader Pistol and rifle competitor Police Officer

Fácil leitura, um dos melhores livros que já li, o livro contém informações tanto para novatos como veteranos e demonstrados algumas fórmulas de fácil compreensão

There are other books by the same author but this is the Key book to read and re read This book in the range is worth the money . Its also better than just about any other book on the subject I dont necessarily agree with the danger space logic But there is nothing wrong with the maths or anything else in the book. There are now lots of phone Apps that do this sort of Ballistics Hornaday's is a good example But Applied Ballistics was there first and they have done a lot of very important work All the others are still on catch up. I use Applied balistics , Strelok, Hornaday 4DOF and Lapua and My shooting apps AP and Hornaday stand out. My shooting is also a must and its free.

Bryan Litz ingegnere aerospaziale con elevata specializzazione nella balistica dei vettori lavora come progettista responsabile presso la Berger Bullets, tiratore agonista è riuscito a spiegare la balistica esterna con disegni e grafici, per gli esperti ci sono ovviamente le formule. A corredo c'è il DVD con il software di calcolo traiettoria basato su 3 variabili, nella tabella si inseriscono i dati dell'ogiva, della V0 e delle direzioni del vento e velocità. I risultati di caduta e drift sono espressi in misure Imperiali e Metriche. Grande ed utile testo per chi è appassionato o vuole conoscere ed approfondire le conoscenze realmente e non per sentito dire al poligono "dammiocuggino". Unico limite? Ovviamente la lingua, è in inglese e non esiste una versione tradotta. Ma con un pò di buona volontà si impara sempre e comunque.... Grazie Bryan!!

Extremely informative and interesting

I found it to be a very good starting point to introduce me to practical exterior ballistics. Even though the book may claim otherwise, it's not overly technical when compared with science and engineering literature on the matter. There's a bit of redundancy here and there to drive the points that are made home. This however does come with the upside of better retaining the readers attention, making it a less dry and less boring read than many other way more technical books. It allowed me to almost completely write my own ballistic solver in C++. Almost completely because unfortunately it does not include how the component of projectile drop due to gravity, which is a very important part. You will find sources on the internet which claim it to be the "equation of falling bodies" with d(t) = d0 + v0*t + 0.5 * a*t^2 You may also have learned this in school with the claim that a falling bullet hits the ground at the same time that a bullet takes to hit the ground if fired perfectly level from a barrel. Mythbusters even tested this. However this is only true for scenarios where there is no atmosphere. Or perhaps it is still relatively accurate for pistol projectiles, where the length of the projectile is not considerably larger than its diameter (l/d < 2). For modern rifle projectiles however this is quite inaccurate as there is a non-negligible lifting force (for lack of a better name) acting on the bullet, which is mainly dependent on the velocity of the projectile and its drag coefficient, making it fall at considerably lower rates for common modern muzzle velocities of rifles. I hope this will get added in future editions.