The Ultimate in Rifle Precision: The 1949 Yearbook of The Bench Rest Shooters' Association

Some scuffing and general wear to covers. The first printing of the first publication of The Bench Rest Shooter's Association (scarce thus). With chapters on the history of the association, construction of the bench rest, technique, the .219 Donalson Wasp Cartridge, chambering a rifle barrel, bullet making, the biehler uniform-weight, conforming die, stocking and bedding, types of rifles, targets and sights, conducting a rifle match, and more. "Today we know such a firearm as a bench rest rifle. Starting with informal activities by the Puget Sound Snipers Congress in 1944, on the west coast, and some matches in Machias, Maine on the Atlantic side these varmint hunters and accuracy fanatics soon met at the Pine Tree Rifle Club in Johnstown, New York on Labor Day weekend of 1947. By the end of the weekend the assembled men had elected officers and the National Bench Rest Shooters Association was born. Harvey Donaldson, Townsend Whelen, Sam Clark, Ray Biehler, Al Marciante, Warren Page, and Lucian Cary were some of the legendary firearms experimenters who laid the foundation for the development of bench rest competition as it is known today". (From a Short History of Long Range Shooting in the United States By Hap Rocketto). Please see our other hunting, fishing, and natural history titles. …