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Can anybody recommend some books about shotgun internal and external ballistics?
There are many fine books from the era of paper hulls and fibre wads. But I can find nothing from these days of plastic hulls and wads, modern powders and non-toxic shot.
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The best book of this scope I am aware of is Burrard's "The Modern Shotgun". It is of course not Modern today. I highly suspect Burrard was "Finacially Comfortable", Had a great interest in the Shotgun & it's ballistics & devoted himself to this work & never received a commpensation equal to his expenditure in producing it. This is a combination which does not happen just every day of the week, so may well be a long time before an equal, more modern work is produced. So many of it's principals are however so still applicable one is not really hindered that much if they posses it.
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Thank you 2-piper.
I agree with you. I read this book. On my mind this trilogy equally with the work of Gen. Journee are the shotgun Bible.
However today we have completely another hulls, wads, powders and shot. What is their influence? The rules, certainly, are the same but their realization is different.
The most modern book I know in this branch is a Bob Brister's book. But I'm looking for something newer if it exists.
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Understanding Firearm Ballistics by Robert A. Rinker is pretty good for rifle shooters and it has a chapter entitled Shotgun- Buckshot and Pellet ballistics it might be good. I'm not sure because I didn't read that section jet. Probably never will either toooo boring.
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Thanks. But I'm looking for something specialized in shotgun ballistics. Any ides?
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Look, Englismen and us are simple folk,  so I would not expect to find info you seek in our language. Most of the books on hunting arms and such are written at 8th+/- grade level while what you seek would require understanding of the language at university level. Have you checked with the Germans? I heard they luv stuff like probable change in Vo (m/s) vs. "springiness" of shot cup, length of forcing cone, hardness of shot,....... 
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Most times your basic shotgun reloading book will have lots of side stories on balistics and how new products work.
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I'd vote for the book above for content. Even though I've never seen the inside of the book, I've heard of it often. I'd like to have a copy.
As Amigo Guillermo said, the better reloading books, like Lyman's and Hodgdon's, have a fair amount of ballistic info.
Last edited by Jim Legg; 10/10/08 07:27 PM.
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