Optics use is growing beyond the hunting world and crossing into wildlife watching. This unique reference provides specific recommendations for the most popular recreational optics including binoculars, firearm scopes, and spotting scopes. 
Optics users are provided with practical comparisons between competing products and pros and cons about whether to buy new or used, helping them get the best deal. Objective reviews of optical accessories help readers decide which are best for their needs. 
This entertaining, useful read utilizes lively writing and anecdotes from the field, untangles the technical jargon of the optics industry, and offers steps for greater success. 
• Brings the world of optics into clear, understandable terms • Compares popular optics to help make better buying decisions • Offers pros and cons of buying new or used • Provides objective reviews of optics accessories • Describes history and mechanics of optics development

The Gun Digest Book of Sporting Optics: How to Use and Choose Riflescopes, Spotting Scopes, and Binoculars

Sports & Outdoors

Van Zwoll,Wayne

Hunting & Fishing

DBI Books

Before purchasing a modern sporting rifle there are many things to consider. This updated and expanded edition of Bolt Action Rifles contains the information readers need to speak intelligently to gunsmiths, and understand their suggestions and objections. Contains years of thoroughly researched information, such as technical descriptions, instructions for takedown/disassembly, hints for reworking, and dimensional specifications of every major design manufactured since the Mauser of 1871. 
This massive reference also contains a remarkable amount of historical and general information clearly written, not without an occasional touch of humor, and detailed assembly drawings of featured rifles with individual reviews of the action, safety, and firing mechanism. Suitable not only for the professional and amateur gunsmith, but also for any hunter or collector who wishes to gain a more thorough understanding of his gun, and anyone who contemplates acquiring a new one. 
* Coverage includes most of the major military and civilian rifle actions * Features updated and expanded information

Bolt Action Rifles

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

DE HAAS, Frank

Antiques & Collectibles

Krause Pubns Inc

America's Great Gunmakers: The World's Standard Firearms Reference Book (Shooter's Bible)

Stoeger Publishers

Jarrett, William S.

Stoeger Publishing Company

America's Great Gunmakers

Stoeger Pub. Co.

Take an in-depth look at what rifles are best for the type of deer hunting you do. This is a must-have book for any dedicated deer hunter. Renowned author Dr. Wayne van Zwoll covers all aspects of deer rifles and their loads and bullets. From the proper action and caliber to hunting bucks in big woods or open terrain, Dr. van Zwoll covers it all. Handy reference charts include detailed information on the different lightweight, long-range, and lever rifles and the recommended loads for each. Excellent advice and information on deer scopes and sights. Dr. van Zwoll also shares expert advice on marksmanship for 'tumbling deer like grouse.' Grandfather of Deer Guns-Prodigies of Rifle Design-Big Names in Bolt Guns-Lightweight Deer Rifles-Rifles with Extra Reach-Deer Guns for Deep Woods-Rifles to Remember- Deer Loads to Love-Bullets for Big Bucks- Sights and Scopes-Shooting Deer Rifles

Deer Rifles & Cartridges (Outdoorsman's Edge)

Stoeger

North American Hunting Club, part of the Hunter's Information Series. 13th printing. The book is bound in red and gold stamped cloth covered boards with a pictorial inlay. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued.

Mastering Mule Deer (Hunter's Information Series)

North-American Hunting Club

Elk Rifles Cartridges and Hunting Tactics

Wayne Van Zwoll

Rifleman the world over have seen articles about Hawk Cartridges, Z-Hat Custom Inc., and Fred Zeglin. Fred has gathered years of pressure testing and shooting into a manual format that makes it easy for any reloader to form and fire Hawk Cartridge. Many years have passed since Dave Scovill of Wolfe Publishing wrote about the 375 Hawk/Scovill and Fred Zeglin introduced the rest of the Hawk line of wildcats through his company Z-Hat Custom. These cartridges were featured in later Wayne van Zwoll articles in several publications. They have also appeared in books, including the popular "Cartridges of the World" by Frank Barnes. Hawk Cartridges have proven to have staying power; that is the best test of a successful wildcat cartridge. This collection of data includes some new material and new cartridges in the Hawk line-up. The intention is to provide information that time has shown to be valuable to shooters of Hawk Cartridges. There is no other resource for Hawk Cartridges that meets the needs of Wildcatters, Reloaders, and Shooters everywhere.

Hawk Cartridges Reloading Manual

Fred Zeglin

Petrov, Michael

Z-Hat Custom Inc.

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:
<ul>
<li>The stories behind the American and European gunmakers making the grade today.</li>
<li>Trending now--rimfires to ARs, distance shooters, and those with big stopping power.</li>
<li>Overview of incredible feats of the best marksman ever.</li>
<li>The best loads for hunting and target shooting--and an inside look at what makes them tick.</li>
<li>Sights from iron to red dot, doping the wind and getting to zero.</li>
<li>Superb imagery.</li>
</ul>
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.

Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Rifles

Gun Digest Books

The interest in sniper rifles and long-range shooting has exploded. It's a challenge that both thrills and intimidates. Gun Digest tackles that challenge in Mastering the Art of Long-Range Shooting, where you can master the shots you've always wanted to with confidence and accuracy. Inside you'll find:
<ul>
<li>The rifles, ammunition, optics, and tools that make shots beyond the 500-yard mark reality.</li>
<li>Bullet trajectory and drift dissected.</li>
<li>Reading, shading, and clicking the wind.</li>
<li>Specialized schools that perfect long-distance skills.</li>
<li>And much, much more.</li>
</ul>Beautifully told as only expert marksman and noted author Wayne van Zwoll can, and gorgeously illustrated in full color, Mastering the Art of Long-Range Shooting is the definitive volume on the subject of shots beyond the 100-yard standard. Mine the gold in these pages and take your shooting to the next level--out there, way out there!

Mastering the Art of Long-Range Shooting

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