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Modern practical ballistics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pejsa, Arthur J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Kenwood Pub., 1989.
Subjects:
Ballistics.
Table of Contents:
  • Historical background
  • Gravity
  • Accounting for air drag
  • The flight path and related elements
  • Sighting-in techniques
  • Velocity and flight time
  • The drag coefficient K and its use
  • Theory and use of the ballistic coefficient
  • The effect of wind on a projectile
  • A typical trajectory summary example
  • Recoil versus downrange bullet energy
  • Uphill and downhill shooting
  • Atmospheric and secondary effects
  • Maximum range
  • .22 rimfire ballistics
  • Interior and terminal ballistics
  • Glossary of terms
  • Appendix. Derivation of formulas.