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Summary: Outstanding
Review: A-Square really knows their stuff when it comes to bullet design and terminal ballistics. I have used their bullets on several occassions, and the data and load development contained in the books really produces great results.Thes loads are suitable to anything from Whitetail Deer on up.
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Summary: Art Alphin = a lifetime of accuracy!
Review: Col. Alphin's 'Any Shot You Want' is extremely accurate, informative, and written to comprehend. Having served in the military with Col. Alphin (2nd Armored Division - 1975) as his M-60A1 Tank gunner, I am not at all surprised at the devotion to detail nor his passion to share his vast expertise with both novice and expert firearm enthusiasts. He is well-known and respected throughout the world as a 'hunter's hunter' having gained practical knowledge in the field allowing us to benefit from his experience! Kudos to you, sir, ..."Buffalo"!
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Summary: "Just When I Thought I Knew It All"
Review: Having read all there was to read on rifles and cartridges since the 1950's I have rarely found examples of the keen insight routinely offered in this first rate manual. A lifetime of focused education and a touch of true genious have melded to produce the gemstone of all reloading manuals.
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Summary: One of the best reloading handbooks
Review: I would rank this one as one of the best reloading handbooks around, together with the German DNAG-RWS handbook and the Norvegian Vapenjournalens Ladebok. It is certainly the best in English language, when it comes to rifle reloading. Not the best for the raw beginner however, since it presupposes some knowledge. Its strength is the coverage of old British big game cartridges, where much of the information supplied is unique. Treatment of metric cartridges is weaker. Brillant ballistic and technical information - the loading data are only one half of it, and the first part is an extremely thorough *and* practical treatise on reloading.
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Summary: The best information for serious firearms students!
Review: If you really want learn about ballistics, recoil, bullet design, stock design, reloading techniques, chamber pressures, and just about anything else to do with serious shooting, reloading and hunting, this is the book. These guys are the experts in the field; teachers at West Point, professional hunters, professional guides, and engineers. The A-Square Company is one of only 19 members of the prestigious SAAMI. I have gotten more solid information from this book than all my other books and 30 years of reloading, shooting hunting combined. It is less reloading data, more firearms science. I refer to it often, especially for big bore reloading data that is not available anywhere else. Still, it is easy to understand and something you can read, put away and go back to. This was money well spent for me. If you are ready to step up to serious information and cut through the hype, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Close but not close enough
Review: This book has it's moments but quite frankly did not reach it's potential. I was riveted by the frankness and the seriousness of the safety and a few other chapters in this book, But on a whole it is better suited to the large bore african hunting safari big game buff.
I being the owner of rifles which are lighter in calibre than what the A-Square company specialises in put me at a distance to what the Authors talk about at times. The subject of bullet expansion was fasinating but also the likelyhood of me using a monolithic solid projectile on varmints is highly unlikely.
I though at first that this would be an excellent read but it started to wain in it's appeal after the Authors spoke about Terminal Ballistics and there after Bullet Expansion and Sighting in a Rifle. Don't get me wrong there were like I said some awsome third party stories and information but I was none the less dissapointed.
In a nutshell If you use big guns I mean BIG .338, .460, .577 you will find this a pleasure to read but if you go for game that is a bit smaller than Eland and Elephants then you are better off looking for another read. I for example live in Australia and I hunt Kangaroo, Feral Cats, Wild Boar, Feral Dogs, Rabbits, Hares and Foxes. This book talks about much larger game that is way out of my calibre and I mean much larger game.
Nice book to add to my collection but relevance to my situation is much desired and not met in this book. The principals I will admit are relevant to any shooter but I will not be trying to knock off a white rhino with my .243 Winchester after reading this that is for shure.
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Summary: Excellent piece of work!
Review: This is a must read for any serious firearms enthusiast. From the big time stuff, to the venerable 30-06, the book is informative and entertaining. I wish the A-Square company the best and can't wait till the next revision!
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