Aryana Libris

Author : Treleaven Philip
Title : Art of shooting An introduction to target shooting with rifle, pistol, shotgun and airgun
Year : 2008

Link download : Treleaven_Philip_-_Art_of_shooting.zip

Preface. This handbook is a ‘primer’ for the new target shooter: introducing the firearms, shooting disciplines and firearm technology, and drawing on the expertise of Bisley, the home of British and Commonwealth target shooting. For someone interested in taking up target shooting, it is surprisingly difficult to find out what are the different shooting disciplines (or to give them their ISSF name Events), and perhaps more importantly what’s available in their area. Naturally you won’t find Shooting for Dummies in the local bookshop, but there are some excellent books and web sites, especially in the United States. Most cater for the experienced competitor in a specific discipline, like Smallbore or Benchrest, rather than the new shooter. I am fortunate in that I live 40 minutes drive from the world famous Bisley Camp, the home of British and Commonwealth shooting (cf. Camp Perry in America). The great thing about shooting at Bisley is the wealth of knowledge and experience available covering all aspects of the sport. People who have shot in the Olympics and Commonwealth Games, national champions for every shooting discipline, experts in ballistics and hand loading, gunsmiths and armourers … and national coaches. Truly a university of shooting – akin to Cambridge or Harvard! However, even at Bisley it is a daunting challenge to find out what shooting disciplines are available, and who to ask for advice. It’s like everyone else in the shooting world knows everything about shooting, marksmanship, ballistics and hand loading, and you the novice know nothing. Even simple things like how to properly clean a precision target rifle or target air pistol. I shudder to think how close I’ve come to ruining my £3,000 FClass rifle and more recently my target air pistol though using inappropriate cleaning solvents. People at Bisley (and Camp Perry) are passionate about shooting, but often you have to hunt for information. Therefore we (I and my friends in the NRA, NSRA and CPSA) decided to compile this handbook for the new shooter; a sort of crash course in target shooting. ...