Pejsa’s Handbook of New, Precision Ballistics

Finally, a book that makes ballistics understandable. Pejsa’s Handbook of New, Precision Ballistics has numerous tips, many never before published, to help improve the ability of any shooter, from novice to expert. Explains effects of winds, altitude, and air pressure or temperature, as well as those due to inclines, rifle tilt, and even the rotation of the Earth. Discusses air drag, retardation, and ballistic coefficients and illustrates all with clear examples. Presents a new, easy, but exact do-it-yourself method, using a small calculator, for finding precise trajectories and sight-line elevations, as well as downrange velocity, energy, and flight time. Also included are ballistics tables that cover .22 rimfires, as well as virtually any high-power rifle cartridge. tables, 119pp.