Dr. F. W. Mann “The Bullets Flight”

I take it that all the serious shooters among us have read the book.
My question is what if anything did you learn from the book and have you used the information in any way?

Crap I've only been loading for about 40 years and building wildcats for 30 so I must be too green to read the book. To be honest I've never heard of it.

ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of. Don't be embarrassed, lots of people haven't.

Mann had this east coast gunsmith and barrel maker named H. M. Pope build his rifles. You may have heard of him though...

Rich

since Dr. mann's work is near 100 years old and has never,ever had one theory disproved, it should be lauded for that alone.

anyways, all boolit casters and jacketed bullet shooters owe Dr. mann a nod of thanks, for the definitive and exhaustive work done.

the work should be referenced for boolit alloy compositions and thier property's.
it could/should help you understand how a metal patched boolit works too.

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ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of. Don't be embarrassed,

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Mine is the facsimilie edition with margin notes handwritten by H M Pope.

Wolfe Publishing , 1980 ISBN 0-935632-04-2

Its an interesting read , written in the style of the times - early 1900's - and is usefull addition to the library. Having said that I dont turn to it every other day for advice , but it is a handy tome to have.

Ramrod340,

not a slam, all of us are ignorant of most of the things in life. Ignorant just means we do not know about _________, in this case a 110 year old study of ballistics.

My apologies if I sounded rude.

Rich

RamRod
This book is available online (Google Books)

http://books.google.com/books?...e&q=F.W.Mann&f=false

That will take you to it. It is well written, as Muzza said, in the very readable style of the day. A lot of our "internet experts" would do well to study it.

"-From Powder To Target".

I bought the edition with Pope's notes in the margins as a gift to my brother. When he passed on I gave it to my father-in-law. It's a good read; at some point, IIRC, the experimenters started shooting bullets into one another to see what would happen, proving in any man awaits a boy who wants to just screw around a bit

The book is also a window into a time long gone, Edwardian perhaps, maybe gentler. Anyone who names his contraption "The Shooting Gibraltar" deserves a few hours of your time, at least.

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Originally posted by Tailgunner:
RamRod
This book is available online (Google Books)

http://books.google.com/books?...e&q=F.W.Mann&f=false

That will take you to it. It is well written, as Muzza said, in the very readable style of the day. A lot of our "internet experts" would do well to study it.

Thanks, I had no idea that it was online.

I've long wanted a copy of Mann's book but it's been out of print so long I've never found a copy. Thanks for the link!

I often get amused when "modern" ballist midgets sorta imply that they are much more informed than the old gunning giants upon whose sturdy intellectual shoulders today's real experts stand.

I have a copy on my bookshelf but have never read it all the way thru. It must not have left too much of an impression as right now I can't remember much that was in it??????

Magnum Hunter 1,

you could sell it to someone like me who has worn one out. I wanted one bad enough when they came out, ordered too late; and ended up photocopying a friends.

Rich

rich
as my kids would say.
i didn't know you could photocopy hieroglyphics on reed paper.
L.