The Marksmanship Primer: The Experts' Guide to Shooting Handguns and Rifles

By Jim Casada

The Marksmanship Primer serves as a roadmap to greater shooting proficiency as well as greater enjoyment of the sport of shooting. Jim Casada, renowned outdoors author and editor, has brought together the best selections from America's great gun writers of yesterday and today. Marksmen of all levels of experience—beginners, pros, and hobbyists—can benefit from this collection of shooting wisdom.

Topics include:

• Positions for Rifle and Handgun Shooting
• Sighting In
• Ballistics
• Rifle Marksmanship for the Hunter
• Accuracy at All Distances
• Hunting with the Handgun
• Physical and Mental Fitness for the Marksman

Achieving accuracy and a high degree of competence is an immediate joy; refining it through regular trips to the range or the field can provide a lifetime of pleasure. The Marksmanship Primer is the best book to seek hunting and target shooting knowledge.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Release date: Feb 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781510720374

Jim Casada

JIM CASADA is a son of the Smokies. Born in Bryson City, he spent more than twenty years in the history department at Winthrop University. He is the author or editor of more than three dozen books. His most recent book, A Smoky Mountain Boyhood, won a bronze IPPY in the best regional nonfiction category. Casada is past president of the South Carolina Outdoor Press Association, the Southeastern Outdoor Press Association, and the Outdoor Writers Association of America. He is also a member of the Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians Hall of Fame, the Athletic Hall of Fame of Swain County High School (basketball), the Athletic Hall of Fame of Winthrop University (soccer), and the York County Soccer Hall of Fame. Casada lives in Rock Hill, South Carolina.