How to Master Long Range Shooting: A How to Manual for Constructing Rifle Ranges with Details of All Aspects of the Work

By Dale Hawkinns

This book is dedicated to the range builders: Men who are toiling and struggling with almost superhuman energy to do something for our nation's need; men who have been far-sighted enough to see that while we are almost, if not quite, the most arrogant nation in the world, we are also the most helpless if war should come; men who believe in peace, who desire peace, and who are trying to insure our country against war, men who know that rifle practice makes for clean sportsmanship, healthfulness, and temperance; men whom Our country will some day rise up and call blessed. Our people as a nation seem to be beginning to realize the need of making some progress in the art of war. The word "some" must be printed in very small letters, but it is a million times larger than a negative, and, therefore, there is hope that we will finally realize what peace insurance is worth and appropriate sufficient money to obtain it.Practice and rehearsals are needful for any act in life which we wish to perform well: the wedding; the prize fight; the oration; all sports; all arts; all professions. And yet war; terrible, fearful, awful war; war, which for ages has been a science and never so much so as now, is to be waged, according to the ideas of many of our statesmen, by assembling an unorganized mob of impractical, unrehearsed men, putting rifles in its hands and sending it out to annihilate an enemy, with no more chance than a snow-ball would have in the place which is paved with good intentions.Our service rifle is excellent. Our ammunition the best in the world. Americans can shoot-after systematic training for two or three years

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481839462
• ISBN13: 9781481839464
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.3" x 8.0"