THE BULLET'S FLIGHT BY F. W. MANN

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THE BULLET'S FLIGHT ByF. W. MANN THE BULLET'S FLIGHT From POWDER TO TARGET CONTENTS: THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BALLISTICS OF SMALL ARMS A STUDY OF RIFLE SHOOTING WITH THE PERSONAL ELEMENT EXCLUDED, DISCLOSING THE CAUSE OF THE ERROR AT TARGET ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT PLATES SHOWING THE RESULTS OF OVER THREE HUNDRED RIFLE EXPEREMENTS PERFORMED AND CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED Franklin W. Mann was medical doctor, mechanical inventor, and a scientist. He spent many years experimenting with small arms and bullets. He devoted his life and resources to the single-minded pursuit of understanding what affected the flight of bullets and what could be done to make their behavior more predictable. Privately printed for the members of The Firearms Classics Library in 1997 from an original 1942 edition. The binding is of genuine pigskin. End leaves are 300-denier silk moir'e. Edges are gilded and spines are brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold. Size: 6 ¾ x 9 ½ x 1 ½, 384 pages, 2 ¾ lbs. Ship Media Mail