Hunter's Guide to Accurate Shooting: How To Hit What You're Aiming At In Any Situation

by Wayne Van Zwoll

Overview

In THE HUNTER'S GUIDE TO ACCURATE SHOOTING, firearms and ballistics expert Wayne van Zwoll tells you how become a better shot, both on the range and in the field. His clear, readable, and entertaining descriptions of rifles, cartridges, sights, and shooting techniques make this book a page-turner for any rifle enthusiast or hunter.

Dr. van Zwoll has made guns and shooting his vocation for thirty-five years, and he brings in the advice of other renowned marksmen, from extraordinary hunters and trick shooters to Olympic competitors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592284900
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2004
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Wayne van Zwoll has written a number of books on guns and hunting, including The Hunter's Guide to Ballistics and The Complete Book of the .22 (page 112). He is a magazine contributor, professional photographer, elk hunting guide, and ballistics expert. He earned his doctorate studying recent changes in hunting and how they affect wildlife policy. 

Read an Excerpt

So I lived in the van, took sponge baths, and used public washrooms. I thought about renting a cottage. But the local people told me that winterized cottages were few and far between. And I had certain social aspirations. There was a standard of housing that I wouldn't go beneath. I wanted the kind of place that Jack London or Jack Kerouac might have rented. It could be lacking in class, but it had to lack class in a certain kind of way. Log cabins with rusty woodstoves and squirrels in the walls were okay, but house trailers fitted out with wall-to-wall shag and motel furniture were unacceptable. If I couldn't find a place with a good view of the forest and the lake, I'd go back to the city, which right now didn't seem like such a bad idea. I hadn't written a sigle paragraph since my departure from Tower Island, and nowadays, the idea of having running hot water and a plug-in typewriter seemed as exotic as any tent camp in the wilderness.

Table of Contents

(1) Accuracy Counts (2) Choosing the Right Rifle (3) Proper Rifle Fit (4) Matching Optics to Your Rifle - How to Choose the Correct Scope (5) What Weight Bullet? (6) Breaking in Your Rifle (7) Cleaning Your Big-Game Rifle (8) Field Care of Your Rifle (9) Gun Storage (10) Practice, Practice, Practice (11) Dealing with Wind (12) Dealing with Uphill Shots (13) Dealing with Downhill Shots (14) Long Shots, Short Shots (15) Shots Through the Trees (16) Shots at Running Game (17) Shots at Standing Game (18) Quartering-Away Shots (19) Low Light Shots (20) Bright Light Shots (21) Shots in Shadows (22) Cold-weather Shots (23) Hot-weather Shots (24) Rain and Snow

Editorial Reviews

"[Van Zwoll] is an expert and this book is an easy way to pick up expert advice"
—Great Falls Tribune

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