sniper/long range training books?

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does anyone know of any books that would teach me the basics and more of long range shooting. the sort of things you would be taught if you went on one of the training courses run typically in the states?

looking to start learning before eventually buying a god set up with a view to doing the tactical type competitions in the future.

thanks
 
US Sniper Training Manual

Last Year I bought the "US Army Special Operations Target Interdiction Course Sniper Training and Employment" manual. ISBN #1-58160-043-7. It teachs you some of the basics to LR shooting and of course other sniper stuff. It may not be the best book for long range shooting (I haven't read any others), but it is an interesting read. :ninja:
 
What kind of shooting are you looking to do. Are you looking to sling up lke TR (palma in the US) or bi-pod and scope similar to F class.

Books I have read
"Prone and Long Range Rifle shooting" by Nancy Tompkins
discusses
Body positioning
Shooting fundamentals
Adjusting the rifle
Wind reading and alot more (competition based)

"Modern Highpower Competition" (from beginning to master)
by Randolph Constantine
again competition based

"Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards" Edited by Dave Brennan
more of a collection of articles some informative others interesting

Plaster's book is ok you need to get the updated version. and according to slotted snipers (i am not one) this book is not the best book to get.
I have th first edition and found the information interesting.

Those that do it for a living recommend
Mike Lau's
The Military and Police Sniper: Advanced Precision Shooting for Combat and Law Enforcement.. this one was co-authored by Kent Gooch. Kent is a respected shooter in the community
 
Hi:

Can have a look for FM 23-10. Some sites charge for it. A little searching and you should be able to find a download site.

Cheers

*FM 23-10
17 August 1994
FIELD MANUAL HEADQUARTERS
No. 23-10 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Washington, DC, 17 August 1994
SNIPER TRAINING
CONTENTS
 
I'm reading "High-power rifle" by G. David Tubb. Very interesting. I got it straight from his website shipped here in less than a week.
 
mjohn7 said:
Illustrated Manaul of Sniper Skills, by Marck Spicer.

Or if you live in the Calgary area you could attend a training couse .
They should be starting in the spring.
One option -
http://www.practicalmarksmanship.com/
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thanks for all the info folks..

im going to buy the plaster book, and as it happens i do live near calgary.. so ill look into the courses..

ill get downloading those links when i get to a wifi spot..

thanks again...
 
crunchiespg said:
does anyone know of any books that would teach me the basics and more of long range shooting. the sort of things you would be taught if you went on one of the training courses run typically in the states?

looking to start learning before eventually buying a god set up with a view to doing the tactical type competitions in the future.

thanks
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First off, there are no books that will teach you. They will only give you information.

You need to join a longrange shooting club like at Connaught Ranges in Ottawa, the Ontario Rifle Association (ORA) that shoots at CFB Borden, and attend courses like those offered by Keith Cunningham at MilCun.
 
Where are you located? Some stores that sell guns have books on target shooting as well. Your local gun store might actually have something worthwhile.

APG
 
PGW Steve said:
Like Pete says, go shooting. A lot of those books will teach you usless things that only apply to a military or police marksman. No replacement for trigger time, especially around experienced people. Once you have your elevations, it is just the wind and you. It takes time to get aquainted with the wind and it is NOT your friend. It lies. It does it's best to screw you around. It tries to out smart you.
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I like that, it about sums it up. Once you have the fundamentals of marksmanship down, wind is the stumbling block.
 
PGW Steve said:
Like Pete says, go shooting. A lot of those books will teach you usless things that only apply to a military or police marksman. No replacement for trigger time, especially around experienced people. Once you have your elevations, it is just the wind and you. It takes time to get aquainted with the wind and it is NOT your friend. It lies. It does it's best to screw you around. It tries to out smart you.
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well thats exactly what i want. i was a police trained firearms officer, but shorter range. so im good on the principles of shooting etc, just looking for info on the skills of range finding, and setting the elevations etc.. so those books will be just the job for me to read and then later put into practice.

ill try and get on one of those courses in calgary when i get my rifle..

in the mean time im simply putting the principles into practice at shorter range with .22's etc...

thanks.
 
Max Owner said:
Just bookmark it and return to read when you have more time.
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i could have all the time in the world, but doesnt help when ive got the slowest internet possible. the pages just wont load half the time if they have pics... and i really dont want to read books of info online. ideally just download them when im at a wifi hotspot, to then print off and read at leisure later..
 
crunchiespg said:
does anyone have a link to this manual in one single PDF file, rather than all separate pages. as i have a VERY slow connection unless i go to a wi fi spot, so id like to just download the whole thing in one file then i could print it off..

cos it would take me weeks to load up each section individually like on that link..

thanks
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Google search for fm-23-10.pdf - you will find numerous sources.
Uhh... never mind, I just got it for you and put it on my server;
fm-23-10.pdf
 
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