Advanced Long Range Shooting
The Advanced Long Range Shooting book, available on Amazon, is the follow-on book to the Long Range Shooting Handbook by Ryan Cleckner.
The previous book has been an Amazon #1 Bestselling book (for over 9 years straight), has sold over 220,000 copies and is highly regarded as the ultimate book for those looking to get into long range shooting with their precision rifle.
This next book, which was long overdue, takes the fundamentals from the first and expands upon them. Even thought the topics in Advanced Long Range Shooting are, well, more advanced, they are still approached and explained in the same down-to-earth way that made the first book so popular.
The author (Ryan Cleckner) is a precision rifle shooting subject matter expert known for his ability to break down seemingly complex topics into easy-to-understand language. If you’d like to see his teaching style, check out this video of him explaining how he likes to zero a new rifle:
From the description of the Advanced Long Range Shooting book on Amazon.com:
This is the advanced follow-on to the bestselling Long Range Shooting Handbook. This book is a deeper and more technical guide designed for shooters who have mastered the fundamentals and are ready to push their skills beyond the basics. Written in the same clear, everyday language as the first book, this volume takes complex long-range concepts and breaks them down into simple, practical lessons you can apply on the range.
Drawing from the author’s years of experience as a special operations sniper, sniper instructor, and professional long-range teaching, this book gives you the next level of knowledge you need to become a truly capable precision shooter.
If you’re already comfortable with principles like MOA, MILs, and external ballistics, this book will help you move into the advanced topics that separate casual shooters from true long-range marksmen. You’ll learn how to confidently use ballistic software, make reliable wind and moving target calculations, and even hand-load precision ammunition tuned for your rifle.
Advanced long-range shooting isn’t reserved for experts. With the right instruction, it’s a skill you can develop step by step. This book is designed to be a trusted resource and guide that you’ll reference as your abilities grow.
Sections
This advanced guide is organized into three sections:
1. Ammunition
This section covers ammunition variables and components, it walks you through how to craft precision hand-loaded ammunition, and how to develop your own custom load.
2. External Ballistics
This section covers the deeper theory behind long-range shooting, including how to build and validate your ballistic data, environmental effects, transonic considerations, and advanced wind-reading.
3. Application
This section covers advanced shooting techniques like engaging moving targets and how to measure and track your progress.
Whether you’re a precision rifle competitor, an experienced long-range hunter, a tactical marksman, or a shooter who simply wants to go beyond the basics, this book continues the journey you began with the Long Range Shooting Handbook.
Master the advanced concepts. Build repeatable precision. Become the long-range shooter you’re capable of being.
About Dave Chesson
Dave Chesson is prior Navy with a specialty in international arms dealing for the US government across multiple countries. Having traveled the world and abided by ATF and ITAR, Roy has a unique background in legal as well as practical capabilities of weapons deployment and use. You can find him on LinkedIn here.
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