The Ultimate in Rifle Precision: The 1951 Bench Rest Shooter's Annual

Whelen, Townsend; Joel Hodge and William Van Nostrand

Published by The Sportsman's Press, 1951

About this Item

With discussion on the definition of bench rest shooting, history, the range, bench rest targets, barrel lapping, bullet making, handloading, history and use of various rifles and cartridges, scores and equipment used, selected books for the riflemen, and more, including about 15 pages of ads. A scarce bench rest shooting volume. The editor, Townsend Whelen was an American hunter, soldier, writer, outdoorsman, and rifleman. Whelen's great passion was the great outdoors and hunting, and he undertook many expeditions into the wilderness of both North and South America, living off the land, hunting and exploring. Apart from his professional interest in the rifle as a military weapon and competitive target shooting, he also experimented with rifles and cartridges in survival and wilderness applications, using the different loads in his hunting rifles to take both small and large game while on long hunting excursions in the wilds. The comprehensive knowledge and experience reflected in Whelen's writing covered the black powder era at the end of the 1800s and spanned the transitional period into smokeless arms, resulting in the modern high velocity rifles of the 20th century. Please see our other hunting, fishing, and natural history titles.

Seller Inventory # SKU2020025400

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ultimate in Rifle Precision: The 1951 Bench Rest Shooter's Annual
• Publisher: The Sportsman's Press
• Publication Date: 1951
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Guns