Book description
From award-winning author Wayne van Zwoll, Gun Digest Shooter's
Guide to Rifles provides everything you need to know about
rifles in tight, lively text and sharp photos. Get the facts on
ballistics, cartridge selection, rifle mechanisms, optics,
zeroing--and the shooting techniques of the masters.
This book is for all rifle enthusiasts. For the beginner, it's a
crash course in all things rifle. And for the advanced shooter, well,
let's just say you're going to find out how much you don't know about
rifles. Either way, van Zwoll will leave you wanting for nothing
except more time on the range and in the field with your favorite long
guns. Inside this information-packed volume, you will find:
- The stories behind the American and European gunmakers making
the grade today.
- Trending now--rimfires to ARs, distance
shooters, and those with big stopping power.
- Overview of
incredible feats of the best marksman ever.
- The best
loads for hunting and target shooting--and an inside look at what
makes them tick.
- Sights from iron to red dot, doping the
wind and getting to zero.
- Superb imagery.
Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Rifles has it all--facts,
photos, trivia, history, and a perspective on the genre that
guarantees you, too, will fall in love with the long gun. It's a
must-have for any rifle lover.
Wayne van Zwoll has been shooting competitively and hunting for
45 years, and has published 14 books and more than 2,000 magazine
articles and columns on the shooting sports. An expert marksman, Wayne
once qualified for the Olympic tryouts in the English Match and two
state prone championship titles. He has coached marksmanship and
Hunters Education for many years, and is the winner of several writing
awards, including Gun Digest's own John T. Amber award.
