A very good book! I have several ballistics related books available to me and have found that this is one of the best I have read on the subject to date. The chapters are generally structured to allow the reader to develop their understanding of the topic from the basic to the more advanced concepts with the aid of some very good diagrams. A great study and quick reference guide for the 'student' of ballistics.

This book is presented very well and easy to understand. Whether the drawings are hand drawn or not they are easy to read and illustrate the idea of the topic very well. Every firearm enthusiast should have this book in their collection.

I recently bought this book. It is a very interesting work, because it gives explanations that are easy to understand.

The only limitations are that the book uses the Imperial system with pounds and feet rather than grams and meters, so people like me, who use the Metric System, may find it hard to understand some parts of the book.

There are also many calibers like 9mm and 7.62 x 39 that are not given in the charts.

However, the book is interesting. I think it is a good choice of reading for a beginner in Firearm Ballistics.

P.A. Beaulieu
Québec, Canada


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Pour les lecteurs francophones,

Ce livre est très intéressant et donne beaucoup d'informations sur les armes, mais le fait que le système impérial est utilisé au lieu du système métrique peut vous causer des problèmes pour les mesures et les formules.

Aussi, certains calibres comme le 9mm et le 7,62 x 39 ne sont pas présents dans les explications.

Toutefois, ce livre me semble être un excellent choix pour les débutants dans l'étude de la ballistique des armes à feu.

P.A. Beaulieu
Québec, Canada

It's not a page-turner. If you don't have serious interest in ballistics, read something else. It's not a how-to manual on marksmanship and it doesn't tell you interesting CSI stuff.

If you've read this far, this book is highly informative. It goes through a lot of detail on exactly what happens when you pull the trigger of a loaded firearm. It covers history, dispels urban legends and explains things in normal language.

Explanations aren't math laden. On the contrary, the author seems to be extremely afraid of math and attempts to project that upon the reader. The explanations are highly qualitative and almost not at all quantitative. The humor is corny, but it's not meant to be fun and games.

I found this book very informative and readable. Has the maths formulae in simplified forms; leaves out the insignificant factors. Debunks many of the popular myths about projectile behaviour. A great reference to be returned to again and again.

I am an engineer and found this book to be a fundamental but comprehensive treatment of interior, exterior, and terminal ballistics. There is much detailed information within the book and technical principles are explained in the text along with some basic algebra. The book could use a comprehensive edit from a scientist, especially a physicist, to clean up some of the technical explanations offered by the author; because I suspect he doesn't always have a deep understanding of the processes he is explaining. While not inaccurate, some of his discourse is difficult to follow and sometimes left unclear with numerous incomplete sentences which are sometimes annoying. Still this is a decent treatment of ballistics and I have learned from reading it. I would recommend it to others.

This is a good comprehensive treatment of interior, exterior, and terminal ballistics. There is much detailed information and technical fundamentals are explained in the text along with some algebra. The book could use an edit from a scientist, especially a physicist, to clean up some of the explanations offered by the author. While not inaccurate some of his discourse is difficult to follow and is unclear. Still this is a very decent treatment of ballistics and I have learned much from reading it. I would recommend it to others.