The Ultimate Shooting Skills Manual: 212 Essential Range and Field Skills

by John B. Snow, The Editors of Outdoor Life

Overview

A showcase for basic firearm skills and the most current shooting equipment and methods in use today from the bestselling team at Outdoor Life.

Whatever you’re shooting, whether it’s a tricked-out MSR, a tight 1911, or a custom skeet gun, the experts at Outdoor Life have the know-how you need to take your skills to the next level. Covers handguns, rifles, shotguns, and ARs.

RANGE SKILLS & HUNTING: This book is filled with tips and tricks that build solid shooting fundamentals, letting you shoot faster and more accurately. Detailed drills for advanced gun handling and manipulation complete an expert course in range accuracy.

PERSONAL PROTECTION: Fortune favors the prepared, whether you’re protecting your family while out on the streets or guarding your home. The sensible, real-world tips on concealed carry and personal protection in this book could save your life.

COMPETITION: Insider tips from top competitors guide you through hands-on pistol, revolver, precision rifle, AR, and action shotgun drills and techniques you can apply anywhere you shoot.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616289492
Publisher:	Weldon Owen
Publication date:	03/09/2021
Series:	Outdoor Life
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

This book combines the best of hints from Outdoor Life’s shooting experts. John B. Snow is the Shooting Editor at Outdoor Life , an avid competitor at 3-Gun and precision shooting events, a firearms instructor and a hunter. Chris Christian is a competitive shooter and instructor in shotgun and handgun skills. Chris is a frequent contributor to Outdoor Life and has written for most of the leading firearms publications. For over 110 years, Outdoor Life has provided hunting and shooting expertise to millions of avid sportsmen, and they have kept up with the times with frequent articles on the latest technology for hunting and range shooting. This book draws on the best of these writings, and expands with hundreds of new hints.

Read an Excerpt

TIP 20: CONTROL YOUR BREATHING
 
What’s the most difficult shot to make? I’d say it is when your heart is pounding and you’re out of breath. Hunters and competitive shooters both know this feeling. It occurs when you have to sprint to your next shooting position in a match or when you need to make the final push to the ridge of the mountain at last light. With your lungs working like a bellows and your heart pounding for all it’s worth, do what biathletes do to settle down before shooting.
 
STEP 1 Take three deep, controlled breaths, in through the nose and out through the mouth. This will lower your heart rate and steady your aim.
 
STEP 2 As you get ready to shoot, let the air out of your lungs, pausing at the bottom of your breathing cycle. In this relaxed state, you have about 7 seconds to fire before the lack of oxygen affects your vision and induces muscle tremors.
 
STEP 3 If you can’t manage the shot in this time, don’t force it—you’ll only miss. Take three more deep breaths to reset and try again.