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Featuring hundreds of black-and-white illustrations of marksmanship medals, prizes, and badges, plus a special full-color section, this encyclopedia of U.S. Army shooting awards and training program rewards is a must-have for military historians and collectors. In Marksmanship in the U.S. Army, William K. Emerson details weapons training from the 1850s to the present, gathering this information for the first time in a single volume. Emerson highlights the philosophies behind army marksmanship and documents the awards, prizes, and badges bestowed upon the War Department’s most elite shooters, artillerymen, and swordsmen. Proficiency training discussed in this book includes the use of sabers, cannons, sea mines, bayonets, tank weapons, aerial gunnery, bombs, and other weapons. Emerson integrates discussion of the criteria, people, and rationale behind each award into this historical account. Emerson’s emphasis on national rifle and pistol matches, the history of selected army and NRA trophies, and significant players in the army’s weapons training development enhances the comprehensive appeal of the latest contribution to military history by this experienced author.

Featuring hundreds of black-and-white illustrations of marksmanship medals, prizes, and badges, plus a special full-color section, this encyclopedia of U.S. Army shooting awards and training program rewards is a must-have for military historians and collectors. In Marksmanship in the U.S. Army, William K. Emerson details weapons training from the 1850s to the present, gathering this information for the first time in a single volume. Emerson highlights the philosophies behind army marksmanship and documents the awards, prizes, and badges bestowed upon the War Department’s most elite shooters, artillerymen, and swordsmen. Proficiency training discussed in this book includes the use of sabers, cannons, sea mines, bayonets, tank weapons, aerial gunnery, bombs, and other weapons. Emerson integrates discussion of the criteria, people, and rationale behind each award into this historical account. Emerson’s emphasis on national rifle and pistol matches, the history of selected army and NRA trophies, and significant players in the army’s weapons training development enhances the comprehensive appeal of the latest contribution to military history by this experienced author.

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The United States Army Marksmanship School has compiled this guide with the intent of providing assistance to pistol marksmen throughout the United States. Much of the information has been contributed by championship caliber U.S. Army pistol shooters and coaches. The text is designed for ready reference and contains the fundamentals of pistol marksmanship and the most advanced techniques known to these experts. The data presents a comprehensive coverage of the many facets of pistol marksmanship and related subjects.

At last: An introduction to rifle marksmanship for the beginning shooter. This practical text, provides the essential information to support any new shooter in acquiring the knowledge and skills for effective Rifle Marksmanship. Captain Dye's explanations are clear and easy to read, enlivened by a conversational tone and anecdotes from his years of service. Diagrams and photos on nearly every page illustrate everything from equipment to procedures to basic positioning. Marksmanship coaches will find Dye's experiences helpful in training new shooters, and will find that this is an especially useful textbook for a beginning marksmanship course. If you are interested in a broad, practical, easy-to read introduction to rifle marksmanship, for yourself or for your students, this book is for you.

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There is one thing that all marksmen—whether they're soldiers, cops, hunters, or competitive shooters—agree on: only hits count.Depending on your role, it may be more important to be faster or it may be more important to be ­precise, but in the end it's the shooter who can achieve perfect shots on demand, all the time, who wins.To fire a perfect shot, you need to bring together a mix of very specific conditions into that single moment when the trigger breaks. Some of the required conditions are technical, some of them are physical, but the requirements that are most important—and most elusive—are the mental skills. Once you have mastered the mental skills required to fire the perfect shot, you will find they're the same for any gun, any time, anywhere.Secrets of Mental Marksmanship is a detailed guide to developing conscious and subconscious powers that will elevate your ­marksmanship practice, training, and performance to the level of expert shooters. Keith Cunningham and Linda Miller—both champion shooters and master instructors, with decades of experience in the field and on the range—provide a set of tools that can be used to acquire and access the mental skills needed to perform to the best of your ability. True ­stories from military and ­l­aw-­enforcement professionals, seasoned hunters, and world-class competitors illustrate key points about marksmanship in the field, on the range, and on the streets. By mastering the tools, skills, and ­lessons ­outlined in this book, you will be able to get into "the zone" and produce the perfect shot under pressure and on demand, whenever you look through the sights of a gun.

Whether you're a Sniper Novice or an Instructor you'll want this book! The fundamentals of scoped rifle marksmanship are explained in a non-technical and non-tactical manner, designed to be relevant to a police sniper.                                                              Debunks the wrong information constantly being put out in the sniper community.                                                                                                                                             The principles and drills contained in this book are based on the Snipercraft curriculum and will serve as a solid foundation in marksmanship skills prior to beginning the course. Learn how to: - Effectively use your telescopic sight - Understand the foundational fundamentals of marksmanship. - Know what is and isn't important in sniper marksmanship.

No damage to book, DJ has very slight signs of age of use. Owner's name stamp inside one small torn spot at top back edge. Making a nation of marksmen from West Point in 1890's through Haiti in 1920's.

Best-selling author Gabe Suarez provides a graduate-level course in shooting with lightning speed and dead on target during the intensity of an actual gun battle. In Tactical Pistol Marksmanship, Suarez revisits some of the topics in the classic book The Tactical Pistol and presents even more gun-handling techniques, different twists on basic skills and unique tricks to help fine-tune how you aim and fire a gun under stress. Just some of the topics he covers are the primary requirements for the ideal service pistol according to combat vets; the rule of thumb for choosing a serious combat caliber; the 4 most important fundamentals of combat marksmanship; secrets to shooting in extremely low light situations when even tritium sights are of no use; the solutions to emergency failure-to-stop situations; and practical drills you can perform safely at home.

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There is one thing that all marksmen—whether they're soldiers, cops, hunters, or competitive shooters—agree on: only hits count.Depending on your role, it may be more important to be faster or it may be more important to be ­precise, but in the end it's the shooter who can achieve perfect shots on demand, all the time, who wins.To fire a perfect shot, you need to bring together a mix of very specific conditions into that single moment when the trigger breaks. Some of the required conditions are technical, some of them are physical, but the requirements that are most important—and most elusive—are the mental skills. Once you have mastered the mental skills required to fire the perfect shot, you will find they're the same for any gun, any time, anywhere.Secrets of Mental Marksmanship is a detailed guide to developing conscious and subconscious powers that will elevate your ­marksmanship practice, training, and performance to the level of expert shooters. Keith Cunningham and Linda Miller—both champion shooters and master instructors, with decades of experience in the field and on the range—provide a set of tools that can be used to acquire and access the mental skills needed to perform to the best of your ability. True ­stories from military and ­l­aw-­enforcement professionals, seasoned hunters, and world-class competitors illustrate key points about marksmanship in the field, on the range, and on the streets. By mastering the tools, skills, and ­lessons ­outlined in this book, you will be able to get into "the zone" and produce the perfect shot under pressure and on demand, whenever you look through the sights of a gun.

The Advanced Pistol Marksmanship Manual has been compiled with a determination to improve pistol marksmanship. It is a compilation of data gathered from many years of personal experience of proven U. S. Army Pistol Champions and coaches condensed into a ready reference and covering the most advanced and proven techniques known to date. The marksmen and coaches who contributed ideas gained from championship competitive experience did so with a firm desire to impart the knowledge gained for the promotion of pistol marksmanship training. The data represents a comprehensive effort covering many facets of pistol marksmanship and related subjects gained from the research of authoritative articles, personal interviews, observation of foreign competition and contributions closely associated with pistol activities.

At last: An introduction to rifle marksmanship for the beginning shooter. This practical text, provides the essential information to support any new shooter in acquiring the knowledge and skills for effective Rifle Marksmanship. Captain Dye's explanations are clear and easy to read, enlivened by a conversational tone and anecdotes from his years of service. Diagrams and photos on nearly every page illustrate everything from equipment to procedures to basic positioning. Marksmanship coaches will find Dye's experiences helpful in training new shooters, and will find that this is an especially useful textbook for a beginning marksmanship course. If you are interested in a broad, practical, easy-to read introduction to rifle marksmanship, for yourself or for your students, this book is for you.

Excerpt from The History of Marine Corps Competitive MarksmanshipThis history is dedicated to those Marines who played a dramatic role in the colorful early chapter in the history of Marine Corps marksmanship. The triumphs and the defeats at Camp Perry, Wakefield, and Sea Girt played a fundamental part in the training and molding of combat Marines. The firing lines of these famous ranges produced shooters and techniques that augured well the successful battles of France, Nicaragua, Haiti, the Pacific Isles and Korea.As Marines representing the Corps in competitive shooting contributed to our battlefield success in the past so newshooters will in the future. In the final analysis it is the individual who will close with the enemy and destroy him. It is here that the word Distinguished is realized in its most honored sense.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Whether you're a Sniper Novice or an Instructor you'll want this book! The fundamentals of scoped rifle marksmanship are explained in a non-technical and non-tactical manner, designed to be relevant to a police sniper.                                                              Debunks the wrong information constantly being put out in the sniper community.                                                                                                                                             The principles and drills contained in this book are based on the Snipercraft curriculum and will serve as a solid foundation in marksmanship skills prior to beginning the course. Learn how to: - Effectively use your telescopic sight - Understand the foundational fundamentals of marksmanship. - Know what is and isn't important in sniper marksmanship.

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