IT’S WINDY AT THE TOP
Getting paid to shoot is one of those jobs that many would love to have, but only a rarified few get to actually experience. The sheer amount of will and determination it takes to put in the countless hours of practice, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, and competition entry fees is enough to dissuade most. But for those who make it, the world of competition can be lucrative.
Since the age of 6, Daniel Horner has studied the craft of firearms, traveling on an endless journey from student to master. From backyard squirrel hunting, to amateur matches, to the elite six-member Army Marksmanship Unit Action Team, where he racked up win after win in national-level multigun matches, Horner is just now starting to hit his stride. At only 31, with over 12 years on the AMU and almost eight of those as a coach, Horner recently left the Army and is now occupying a coveted spot on SIG SAUER’s professional shooting team. Some might say he has the world at his feet.
Quiet, reserved, and with more than a bit of dry, sarcastic humor, Horner still weighs and measures his words as carefully as if he were preparing for one of his matches.
