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Trapshooter's Bible - Precision Shooting

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While this book offers many sound trapshooting points, they come amidst a sea of personal opinion, Christian evangelizing, and the marketing of other books. This book is self-published and begs for professional editing. There are countless glowing spelling and grammatical errors. If one were to eliminate the redundancy and material not related to the subject, this rather expensive book would barely reach 100 pages. And, as if the contents were all his original ideas, he offers no bibliographic reference for any of the opinions, facts, or conclusions, even though many are contrary to conventional trapshooting wisdom and instruction. While Russell is quick to point out that the book is only useful if kept constantly on hand during practice and competition, he also sells it as an e-book that cannot be printed. All things considered, I have to seriously question the accuracy of the material and the validity of Mr. Russell's opinions.

Trapshooter's Bible - Precision Shooting, the companion piece to James Russell's Trapshooting Secrets. Another must read work for trap shooters of all levels of ability. The practical information, illustrations and practice tips in this volume will certainly raise your shooting ability to the next level.

Excellent... Gives you all of the elements to build on for breaking 100. Very detailed, explains how things work and why. I have improved my score at least 25% by following his suggestions. You must practice - he tells you what to do and how. Keep it with you at the range so you can use it as a reference when misses occur...
You should read his other book first.

Anyone wishing to alleviate years of mistakes and truly understand the fundamentals to become a better shooter must buy both of James Russell's books.

It is with great pride to tell you that I finally ran my first 25 straight at the 27 yard line today because of the books. This was a big goal for me. Thank you, thank you James.

A must have for all trap shooters.

What a wonderful and informative book. I am a new shooter and actually purchased both of this author's books.
I am applying some of his techniques each time I go and shoot. I highly recommend this book. Easy read and lots of advice.

The text & illustrations are well organized and detailed. I was impressed with the author's willingness to discuss objectively the pros and cons of various shooting techniques. The book really does a good job of providing the shooter with knowledge needed to practice more effectively and improve scores.

I truly believe there may be some good information in this book. I am unsure if you will be able to read enough of it to get any of it. It is so poorly, no let me restate, so OVER written as to be laughable.

This is a very practical book, which helps you master the mental game of Trapshooting. As the saying goes, "You have yet to hit your lowest score!" The trigger words are very helpful and keep you on task as you develop your own reperetoire of words; with his tips you enjoy the game in spite of the learning curve. I am seeking my final punch to the back fence; his suggestions have gained me four yards! One final note;the secret to hitting higher scores is to properly adjust the nut behind the recoil pad!

Both books should be read in order. Trapshooter's Bible and then Precision Shooting. A lot can be gained from both. Since I had developed some bad habits in my trapshooting over the years, these two books brought me back to the basics, plus additional good tips that helped me get back on top. I highly recommend them both.

Alright, so let's just get the typical garbage about Russell's books out of the way. Yes they are self edited books with a number of spelling and grammar errors. Yes his books are filled with many repetitive issues and yes this book does have about 100 pages more than it should. None the less both his trap shooting books are filled with a wealth of knowledge and information. This particular book goes into concepts beyond a beginning shooter (and Russell states so in the front of the book) but also may run into resistance with many "experienced" shooters. Of course that may be a good thing, easier competition for you.

The reader must understand his trap shooting books are not written so as one reads through them, applies all the information, then becomes this uber shooter. They are written so as the reader can pick and choose the concepts, incorporate them into their style and hopefully make improvements. Again, Russell states this in the book but still seems to get a bad rap because the book(s) didn't make the reader a trap god.

The book is worth the money and is a "should" read for any savvy trap shooter. Although I have to admit, I applied more of the principals out of his first trap shooting book "Trap Shooting Secrets" than this one. I'm sure I'll discover more in this book (one needs to read them more than once). Having said that, because of this book the quality of my target breaks has increased two fold. No more chipping, chunking, or cutting in half. They now are smoked or obliterated.