Gun Digest Book of Long-Range Shooting (Gun Digest) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lp Brezny
Publisher: Gun Digest Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 148051
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0896894711
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.31
EAN: 9780896894716
ASIN: 0896894711
Publication Date: June 24, 2007
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Condition: Brand new. Gift Quality. Ships in a box, with delivery confirmation, usually the same day as ordered.
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Book Description
*Appeals to a devoted audience - more than 372,000 shooters read industry-leading magazines Rifle Magazine, Rifle Shooter, and/or Shooting Times *Aftermarket parts for long-range shooting are in high demand, according to Brownell's, the leading supplier To shoot well and to shoot well at 500+ yards are two different things, and Gun Digest Book of Long-Range Shooting gives shooters and hunters the instruction and advice to go the distance. Readers learn how to make the most with shooting gear they own, which additional equipment to add for increased success, and what to look for in high-end long-range set ups. Sport shooters and hunters gain load data and rifle performance data for the most common calibers to obscure, plus insight about rifles, optics, bullets, barrels, triggers, and how to calculate bullet drop and wind drift. Varmint hunters to target shooters and handloaders will find long-range shooting success using the techniques and data presented in this shooting guide.
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 Poor quality picture book. June 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
You know, once upon a time, publishing houses were respected and revered.
They were the custodians of fine literature and accurate technical draft ...... and then, along came "desk top publishing" and the advent of "fast buck enterprises".
Now every Tom, Dick and L.P sees themselves as a skilled and crafted outdoors expert writer.
More and more publishing houses are putting dollars before credibility or quality.
The book contains 16 chapters, running to a little over 200 pages, and you would think that a large format book on such a technical subject would offer a wealth of accurate detailed advise ...... WRONG!
What it does contain, is over 89 poor quality, black and white photos of the author in various posies, 12 of which are full page. (and yes, I was that board, and I did count them.)
Infact, almost two thirds of the book is devoted to portrait style prints ???
Now the text.
I must admit, after reading some of L.P Brezny magazine articles, I'm not a fan of his opinionated, contradictory writing style.
But I do take particular exception to his blatant commercialism.
How many times can you mention WSSM in a book ? (and YES L.P, they do burn barrels out rapidly, its just simple physics, and that boat has well and truly sailed.)
The limited text could best be described as a collection of contradictory ideas and inaccurate ramblings.
Mark my words people, if we continue to let authors and publishing houses produce such rubbish, and allow it to go unchallenged, very soon, that's all that will be available.
Just Terrible December 28, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is just the worst piece I have ever seen written on this subject. There is no specific information that would educate or prepare someone for long range shooting. The coverage of firearms is just a listing of what guns and cartidges are available from major manufacturers with little offered regarding applicablility. The rest is just a collection of mundane stories...sort of like watching bass fishing on TV.
The author is contradictory from one chapter to the next, bascially wandering from one opinion to another as the book goes on. At one point he suggests the 7mm Remington magnum is a great selection for chuck hunting, after suggesting the 223 Remington and suggesting the 22-250. My favorite quote was "Recently, the 300 Winchester magnum is getting some attention for long range shooting" or maybe ""The scope is the eye of the shooter for long range hunting".
The author opens by ridiculing the opinion of someone who selected the 17 Remington for long chuck shooting, but later goes on to post data for the 17 Mach II and 22 LR cartridges. By the time he was done recommending, he had even included the 30-30 WCF and 50 BMG for long range sport shooting. I'm not trying to me mean. I am sure the author is a nice guy, as are his buddies, services and suppliers he covers in this work, but then I was charged $16 to read this tripe. Was the book inspirational in some way? Yes, it pretty much means I have a chance of publishing my work on hobbyist neurosurgery.
 Great book for the serious shooter July 14, 2007
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
L.P.Brezny has put together a comprehnsive and descriptive guide for a specialized area of shooting/hunting. This is a book for the serious shooter. Brezny has packed decades of on sight field research into this book and could save someone whose not as far along a lot of avoidable miscues that come when you just are using trial and error. I found the many excellent photos to be particularly useful and Brezny's conversational, storytelling style was a pleasure to read.
 Nicely written, but NOT for begginers July 12, 2007
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book was very interesting, but for those of you like me looking for a "shooting for Dummies" type thing, this is not it. It is written more about how to shoot like the author, using equipment like his, most of it very high dollar. It does not teach you to make the best with what you have. Also, it's some odd calibers, and the most discussed calibers are varmint rounds. This book would mean a lot more to someone who shoots regularly as a hobby, not just in the fall to hunt. Also good for someone who re-loads. The long range ballistics tables are great, but the only large caliber common to big game is the 30-06, and maybe the 300 mag. This was an easy read, but not what I was looking for, and although had a few tips I will remember, did not answer most of my questions for big game applications.
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