The New Position Rifle Shooting: A How-To Text For Shooters And Coaches [Hardcover]

Frank T. Hanenkrat (Author), Bill Pullum (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1997

The New Position Rifle Shooting is a text book about basic and advanced target rifle shooting. The authors, Colonel Bill Pullum and Dr. Frank Hanenkrat, provide extensive information about the mental aspects of target shooting. There are many new technical details on position rifle shooting, with numerous photographs, that are applicable to any target rifle activity where standing, kneeling or prone position shooting is done. The book has chapters on sports vision, practical sport psychology for shooters, training and coaching that also make it a valuable tool for all target shooters, rifle, highpower rifle, pistol, clay target, action or silhouette. Every shooter can find many new ways to improve their shooting results in The New Position Rifle Shooting.

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This book details training methods, sport psychology and coaching tips into a presentation that highlights better target shooting performances. -- Todd Woodard, Performance Shooter, 1997

About the Author

Col. Bill Pullum and Dr. Frank Hanendrat are two of the most highly respected teachers of shooting skills in the world. Col. Pullum concluded a distinguished military career as the Officer-in-Charge of the famous U. S. Army Marksmanship Unit International Rifle Team. There he coached what may have been the greatest generation of World and Olympic champions ever in the United States. Pullum and Hanenkrat teamed up to produce several Army Marksmanship Unit shooting manuals and articles. Their previous best-known work, Position Rifle Shooting, was first published in 1973 and sold out five printings. Col. Pullum resides in Alabama, and Dr. Hanenkrat, a former college English professor, resides in Colorado.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 249 pages
• Publisher: Target Sports Education Center; 1st edition (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965578003
• ISBN-13: 978-0965578004
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #951,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best book to improve your shooting skills, March 2, 2004

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This review is from: The New Position Rifle Shooting: A How-To Text For Shooters And Coaches (Hardcover)

Pullum and Hanenkrat produced a classic how-to book on rifle shooting some years ago with the first edition of "Position Rifle Shooting." Now they have produced an even better version in "The New Position Rifle Shooting." The book gives detailed, clearly written instructions on virtually every aspect of the prone, kneeling, and standing positions. Detailed photographs supplement the writing and illustrate the important details. The book includes essential information on training schedules, goal setting, match psychology, and numerous other aspects of competitive shooting. In fact, I think this book would improve the performance of anyone doing any kind of shooting, whether with rifle, pistol, or shotgun. A superb, well researched book based on experience working with numerous world-champion shooters. Highly recommended.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, April 26, 2005

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Obin C. Robinson "Obin Robinson" (Virginia Beach, VA. USA) - See all my reviews
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Let me lay it out nice and simple: this is a fantastic book for anyone who wishes to hit the bullseye. I have been shooting everything from pellet guns to high powered rifles for over 20 years and this book still managed to teach me some things that improved my shooting abilities. I made myself a little notebook full of tips that I learned from reading the book and then put those tips into practice at the range. Immediately I could see my scores at 50 feet offhand, 100 yards offhand, and 200 yards offhand getting better. Though it's not about hunting, hunters will also find this book useful as well through the proper firearm control techniques it will teach you.

I know everyone out there thinks they're already a good shot and there's nothing more to learn. After reading this book you too will learn that there are a lot of things that you were probably never taught which will help you to shoot even better than you do now. I highly suggest you read this book if you are serious about the shooting sports. Whether rifle, shotgun, or pistol: you are going to pick up some tips which will make this book easily pay for itself.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Improve your score dramatically., October 16, 2005

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After shooting benchrest for four years, I decided to join a regional rifle club which hosts CMP sanctioned service rifle and national rifle matches.

I competed for the first time in September 2005 in the John C. Garand (JCG) Match Course B (200 yards, 50 shots - 20 slow prone, 10 rapid prone, 10 rapid sitting, 10 slow standing). I scored 400 points. I was pleased with my performance considering it was my first competition.

A week before the October 14 match, I heard about this book from other competitors. I decided to buy it on the same day, shipped via UPS Next Day. Customer service was outstanding. UPS delivered the book the following day. I practically read the book cover to cover for the rest of the week.

This is not your typical "how to" book. It clearly outlines the physiological and psychological aspects of the sport, and how to integrate them for optimum performance. I learned more in a week about shooting than I did in eleven years I spent in the US Army. I liked the fact that the contents of the book were easy to understand, and not full of scientific mumbo-jumbo. It was written in a manner than the average Joe could understand.

To make a long story short, I scored 457 after reading this book! See you at Camp Perry.

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UPDATE AS OF FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Wow! I can't believe it's been over two years since I wrote the above review. I originally bought the book to help me attain better scores in the John C. Garand match. As it turned out, I stuck with JCG but I also picked up service rifle (AR 15) and match rifle (spacegun) categories. I achieved an Expert classification in service rifle my first season in 2006. Then I switched over to match rifle spacegun in 2007 where I achieved Master classification. However, I have decided to go back to service rifle this 2008 season when it starts in May for the simple fact that I wish to earn leg points and go distinguished. I only have two shooting manuals, and this book is one of which.
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OCTOBER 9, 2008 FOLLOW UP OF A FOLLOW UP

After 3 seasons of highpower service rifle, I finally reclassified from and EXPERT to a MASTER. I'm still trying to "leg out" and go Distinguished.

Peace.