
The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters
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- Analyzing shot placement
- Recording and record keeping
- Confidence and following your hunches
- And much more!
- The essential wind-reading basics taught in this book will absolutely improve your shooting skills, whether you're a target shooter, a plinker, a hunter or a shooting professional.
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Keith A. Cunningham has more than twenty-five years of experience with the Canadian Forces and the US Army. He has considerable practical experience, including a combat tour in Vietnam, peacekeeping, and countersniper operations in Cyprus. He has taught marksmanship courses at the Canadian Forces Infantry School and at several police forces in Ontario. An internationally certified shooting coach, he has successfully coached numerous teams to national and international excellence. He resides in Ontario, Canada.
Content
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowlegments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Wind Basics
- Introduction to Wind Basics
- What'S More Important- Wind Direction or Speed?
- Mirage
- Understanding Time in Flight
- Wind Behavior
- Summary
- Chapter 2: The thought Process
- For your First Sighter
- For Subsequent Shots
- Summary
- Chapter 3-Techniques and Tactics
- Flag Reading
- Reading Mirage
- Environmental Observations
- Wind-Reading Devices
- Recording Methods and Tools
- Your Wind-Reading Toolbox
- Pre-Match Preparation
- Game Plan
- Shot-By-Shot Tactics
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Underlying Skills
- Identifying the Critical Factors
- Observation Skills
- Recording and Record Keeping
- Memorizing
- Analyzing Shot Placement
- Decision Making
- Following your Hunches
- Courage, Risk-Taking, and Confidence
- Summary
- Chapter 5: Words of Wisdom
- Eduardo Abril de Fontcuberta
- Rick Ashton
- Serge Bissonnette, CSM
- Bert Bowden
- Don Brook
- Jim Bullock, G.C.
- George Chase
- Stuart Collings
- Keith Cunningham
- Clint Dahlstrom
- Darren Enslin
- Alain Marion
- Linda K. Miller
- Arnold Parks
- Jim Paton
- Sandy Peden
- Ed Pocock III
- Bill Richards
- John C. Simpson
- Pat Vamplew
- Mike Wong Shui
- Charles F. Young
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Tools
- Wind Description Table
- Wind Value Conversion Chart and Wind Deflection Charts
- Wind Flag Diagrams
- Mirage Diagrams
- Metric-English Conversion Tables
- Appendix B: Bibliography and other Resources
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Other Resources
- About the Authors
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