I bought the Sweets book , paid too much.110$ very disdapointed,Went shopping for the Bisley book, 200$ plus 34$ shipping from England. No Way! Save it for those collectors of books, facts and minutiae.Wendams book, Mic's book are excellent choice's. They are not at all general.Nor are any of Litz's books.they add much information to that 60 years of armourers knowledge/technique. you can understand now what was not clearly understood or unstated back then. I bought Litz books as a bundle from his web site about 270$. an excellent investment. Nor are they "general".
Compensated is only one subject area of many. If you shoot handloaded ammo, its irrelevant. So we move forward.
I would like to add G. David Tubbs "high Power Rifle" to this list if you are a shooter. Used I paid about 5 $.and Rinkers 'Understanding Firearms Ballistics"