Old/vintage books on rifle shooting

[Eddie Parks]

Can anybody recommend some good older classics on rifle shooting?

Eddie

[clintonhater]

Question's too vague to provide an intelligent answer.

[Eddie Parks]

OK, how about books on both the technical aspects and the practical aspects of target rifle shooting published between 1900 and say 1950.

[Sunray]

"...between 1900 and say 1950..." Books published between those dates are only useful for historical purposes.
However, The Accurate Rifle by Warren Page is a good read. So is The Hunting Rifle, by Jack O'Conner. Both are available in your local gun shop or Amazon.

[JimF]

Here’s one from the past . . . .

“Mastering the Rifle” by Morris Fisher

My copy says “Copyright, 1940, by Morris Fisher” . . . so I guess I have a first edition. (I bet there never was a second!)

He was a hell of a shot with the M1903! —Jim

[Roadkingtrax]

The Canadian Military had a good training book in WW2. You may be able to find a copy.

Its called, "Shoot to live". The fundamentals never change.

[clintonhater]

OK, how about books on both the technical aspects and the practical aspects of target rifle shooting published between 1900 and say 1950.

Even that's too broad, because between 1900 & WWI (when fanatical German-hater Woodrow Wilson demonized everything relating to Germanic culture), Schuetzen competition was the most popular form of target shooting); only after the war did modern position-shooting become predominant.

Best examination of "technical & practical" aspects would almost have to be one of the manuals written by champion shooters like recently deceased Lones Wigger, who evidently took his secrets to the grave, unfortunately. I once had an outstanding one written by the most famous European shooter of the '70s, a German, but I gave the book away to a younger shooter, & damned if I can remember the author's name. For such specialized publications, I think the NRA might be your best source for recommendations.

[Eddie Parks]

"...between 1900 and say 1950..." Books published between those dates are only useful for historical purposes.

Exactly!! Thats what I need.

[clintonhater]

Exactly!! Thats what I need.

For that, the list would be long, but two of the very best would be Crossman's Book of the Springfield and Military & Sporting Rifle Shooting, published in the '30s, but both reprinted many times.

[Sandpebble]

A little later perhaps but my 1963 copy of " Small Bore Target Shooting by W.H. Fuller " is a worthy read