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Dead On: The Long-Range Marksman's Guide to Extreme Accuracy |  | Authors: Tony M. Noblitt, Warren Gabrilska
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 54177
Media: Paperback
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0873649974
Dewey Decimal Number: 799
EAN: 9780873649971
ASIN: 0873649974
Publication Date: November 1998
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Product Description
This hands-on manual walks the shooter through every step required to become a true long-range marksman, from understanding minute-of-angle principles and selecting a rifle, caliber and cartridge to mounting and zeroing a scope, estimating wind values, dealing with mirage, understanding bore sighting, selecting and using iron sights, shooting with a variety of slings, performing preventive maintenance on your rifle and using range finders. Includes scope adjustment charts for a long list of rounds.
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 Great for beginers January 27, 2009
C. Carpenter
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great book if you are just getting in to long range shooting. It covers the basics of long range shooting, rifles and extra equipment as well as a suggested distance to zero. It is a small book in volume and size. It can fit in your cargo pocket and it only took me a couple days to read it. There are a lot of other books out there that cover long range shooting and sniper shooting, but many are so in depth that it can be difficult to know where to start. Take zeroing, if you talk with a hunter, he'll likely tell you to zero your rifle at 200 yards. If you talk to an Army Sniper, he'll likely tell you to zero your rifle at 300 meters. If you talk to a Marine Sniper, he'll likely say 600 meters (at least that's what they all told me). So, where do you start? This book talks you through a 100 meter zero. Once you gain experience, you will have the know how to choose what is best for you. It also covers the proper way to mount a scope, if you're so inclined. If you are just getting into long range shooting, this book has a lot of great, basic information so you don't get lost. If you've never shot before, especially long range, this book might just inspire you to get into it. After 10 years of being away, this book inspired me to get back into long range shooting.
 Interesting September 14, 2008
B. Fernance (Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Both and educational and critical look at what it takes to both get on, and stay on target at long range, would recommend to those looking to get started in long range shooting, however keep in mind that it can be done on a cheaper budget than this book suggests.
A pithy little book October 6, 2006
L. M. Jordan
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
If you've ever run out of elevation adjustment on your scope at 600 yards, this book is for you. Noblitt and Gabrilska have put together a cogent (pithy) text on taking your heavy-barreled bolt gun, chambered in a suitable long-range cartridge with appropriate optics and getting on paper at 600, 800, or 1000 yards.
The solutions are surprising, some rather simple and elegant recommendations to create a long-range system--an adequate rifle, the right cartridge, the right scope, the right bases and rings, the right zero or zeros. It's amazing what you can do even with a 1MOA rig, if all these factors are working together. I've discovered some of these techniques after much money and time at the high-power range and in open country. If I'd only known about this book 10 years ago.
The data tables in the back are worth every penny. They are generally reliable. Of course, you'll need to create/tailor your own tables using your field trajectory data, but that's the joy of shooting and discovering how your rifle and cartridge perform under different environmental conditions.
If you are an advanced shooter, you might want to pass. But, if you are new to long range precision rifle and want to get the most out of your equipment, this book comes highly recommended. Not an encyclopedia like many books on this topic, but dialed in on essentials. One of my favorite little books.
 1 star is too kind June 8, 2006
M. B. rn (anderson, sc United States)
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
Picked it and looked at it at a gun show : If you are a total gun moron you might learn something . Bites the big one .
Save your money February 10, 2005
James R. Mckinley (San Diego, CA USA)
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
Almost half of this book is balistics tables, probably for cartridge and bullet combinations you are not shooting.
The rest of the book is mostly geared to the beginning shooter, but the information is not very good. For instance, the authors suggest using scope bases with the built in windage adjustments. The authors must have about zero experience with these bases, which are known for unintentionally allowing your zero to shift. I don't know of any military or lawenforcment tactical shooter, or any civilian long range shooter using the scope bases and rings suggested in the book. The best shooters are using solid steel bases secured to the rifle with over sized screws.
Also, there is no up to date information on long range rifles, gunsmithing, or modern cartridge and bullet design.
A waste of time and money.
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