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1.	.	SLINGS & THINGS
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2.		SIGHTS, SIGHTING, ZEROS
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3.		SHOOTING POSITIONS
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4.		TRIGGERS & TRAINING
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5.		CONDITIONS & COMPETITION

COMING ATTRACTIONS

UPDATED 07.08

Wahoo and Yippie Coyote! The Competiive AR15: the ultimate technical guide is done! Its at the printer and will be shipping in a few weeks. Place your order now!

I'm working hard right now on what amount to companion editions for those specifically interested in ammunition and construction instruction. The "big" book, though, is the it.

AND IT'S DONE!

The Competitive AR15: the ultimate technical guide in in no way, shape, or form an update, revision, rehash, or rewrite of the first book. This is an ALL-NEW work with a considerably different flavor, and a considerably more detailed content. It's also a radically bigger book than the first (470 pages and 475 photographs). The old one was 288 pages.

The focus is the same (making AR15s work) but the format and presentation are different. This time I built several project rifles, including 6 full-custom "ultimates." Separate segments on all these rifles take a long and hard look at what went into them all -- every little piece and part, including, of course, the decisions made on what should be there. Project rifles include a .22 PPC, the most extreme competition AR15 (my opinion) in captivity, two different takes on the the ultimate Service Rifle. A Big-AR chambered in 6XC. There's even a specialty short-course rifle built in .222 that was on the cover of GUNS Magazine. There's some serious in-depth on factory-made rifles, custom carbines, custom varmint and tactical guns, and even .22 long rifle uppers.

The "Handloading" segment contains all the information on the newer bulIt's a radically bigger book than the first (470 pages). Each system has its own segment this time around: bolts and carriers, gas system, springs, magazines, barrels, triggers, furniture, and more. Plus a huge segment on maintenance and troubleshooting. All through there's the sort of commentary and perspectives you're used to seeing in my books that hopefully answers every question concretely.

SLINGS & THINGS

Hit's done! And hopefully will be heading to your mailbox...

This book should be shipping in another 2-3 weeks.

No. I haven't lost my mind. Just my patience. I've been working hard as I can to get out the "big" books. Those are what you all expect from me and mine, and there's no substitute for cubic content. However! In the meantime, and mean time it has been, folks continue to write and call asking when I'll have something else ready for sale. Soon!

I decided to do a series of books that take essential groups of competition shooting topics and roll them into a single work. That's what literary folk call a book. I decided that rather than continue to look at materials I've done and waiting to find a home for amongst pages in a major work, I'd go ahead and finish the books and see how you all like them. The first book is called "Slings & Things" and is an in-depth look at the line and personal gear necessary to compete in NRA High Power Rifle.

These books go into even a little more detail and provide sometimes greater depth of information as the bigger books. Fewer things to talk about but I found a way to say more and show more about each than I would have putting the same information as a chapter in a 400-page manuscript.

There will be five books in this series, and the first, Slings & Things, tells about what it says. The first segment in the book discusses all I could think of to tell about competition sling use for both Match Rifle and Service Rifle. If you ever wondered how to choose, assemble, and use a 1907 or web sling, here all that, and more, would be. No pulse configurations are included.

The book goes on to handstops, gloves, shooting coats, mats, hats, hearing protection, and even shoes. There's a major segment on spotting scope selection and use and even range transportation.

The RIFLEMAN'S GUIDE TO RIMFIRE AMMUNITION

This amazing book is available now. It be da bomb diggity! There's never been anything else like it on the market, and it's about daggone time someone took the time to do what author Steven Boelter did. Specifically, Steve provided us with meticulously collected and detailed test results of some 137 different rimfire ammunitions. That's an overwhelming undertaking and I was way over the top on the chance to publish the book and bring it to you. Go see more...

THE COMPETITIVE AR15: BUILDER'S GUIDE

This has sort of been done before by others but I am doing a way better job! In the past few years I can't really say that I'm not no gunnysmiff anymore. I pretty much have become one. I've gotten right handy at assembling rifles and this book talks about how it should be, and shouldn't be, done.

I've been planning out this manual and working on its content during the work on the NEW AR15 book. I can't say it will turn anyone into a gunsmith but can say it's going to give everyone a far better understanding of how the rifle's systems work, as well as point you in the right direction if you're considering parts options or upgrades.

Among step-by-step topics: complete upper and lower receiver buildup, installing a free-float tube (Service Rifle, Match Rifle, tactical), learning to quality check parts, choosing the parts, installing an adjustable buttstock, and on and on. Additionally, all varieties of single- and two-stage match triggers are discussed, along with installation and tuning. Tools too. All you need and those you don't. I even show how to make magazines better.

It's a very good reference and it's been a lot of work getting together. Currently, I plan to offer it as a spiral bound "lay flat" book that can go to the shop with you. More details soon...

THE COMPETITIVE AR15: AMMUNITION

Since I guess I slipped into my own niche, the AR15 rifle, there are a few other projects that have sort of spun off from my work on the NEW The Competitive AR15: the ultimate technical guide book.

I have the pieces and project details in place to do a loading book for AR15 rifles. I've built a couple of test rifles for the project that will be representative not only of the quality and performance we need, but also the suitability and practicality that will let my test results transfer to your rifles. I'm going to do full work ups on all the .224 match bullets I can get my hands on. The book will follow the same process that myself and most competitive shooters use, which is to present the progression of performance of a particular bullet and propellant. There will be winners and losers, but the matter of degrees will also be clearly shown, and sometimes overall performance is the best indicator of suitability.

Specifically, I have a 26-inch Krieger-barrelled match rifle built from the ground up to be a bag-rider and purchased a Bushmaster "DCM" rifle to use also. The specifications on these rifles represent the best combination, in my mind, that will provide useable data collection. 52-grain bullets, for instance, will be tested in a barrel with the appropriate twist rate.

Of course, there are other rifles already in hand that will provide the launching pad for more specialized bullets and cartridges. I'll be looking at the PPCs, the Grendel (both 6.5mm and 6mm versions), .308 and other "AR-10" rounds, and a few others as well. Loads will be for short range and long range (all bullet weights).

Further, I'm going to do some "shoot offs" to try to answer a few questions we all ask from time to time. Things like twist rate effect on accuracy, pressure, and velocity. Effects of bullet seating depths, primer types, moly coated bullets, cleaning, and a dozen or more more. That should be interesting.

I've also had a lot of encouragement to do a book on building AR15s. There have been some but, as always, I think I can do a better job. I'd propose to do that, of course, and I'll let you know how or if that project is progressing. I'd like to go into more detail from a competitive use perspective and talk about all the different triggers, and tuning them, and also things like installing competition parts and float tubes and fixing magazines, and so on and on and on. In other words: I'll follow my routine.

MATCHBOOK

I thought about and then laid out what I wanted for a High Power Rifle scorebook or data book about five years ago and have been testing it ever since. I like it, and so do others who have tried it. I don't know if the world really needs a new source and a new product like this, but I plan to offer them for sale soon.

It's still being figured out. I'm trying to find a way to make it work without having it be too costly. I'm also working with Gary Singley on some modifications and offshoots that will really help shooters of all levels do better across the course.

The main difference between my book and the others is that mine offers a means for you to actually shoot better! It's not just a plotting page. Differences? For one my rapid fire pages fold over each other to see group locations. My 600-yard pages offer one of two really simple systems to keep up with your sight corrections from shot to shot (one of the several "shoot better" features). My book has a way to chart your shooting progress, and rifle, and zeros, and load, and everything else we're all supposed to keep up with. Mine has more room to write and, of course, is way on better to look at than the others. Additionally, there are really good short courses on wind reading, match preparation, checklists, and other things that can be pulled and read.

Current plans call for separate MatchBooks for the Master/High-Master and another for other classifications. Differences will be in the means for plotting shots and also the target graphics. Watch for more soon...

OTHER BOOKS

I get all sorts of ideas on things to publish, but never know whether they're viable or not. Smallbore Rifle, Bullseye Pistol, books specific to one rifle (like the AR15 book), training, mental management, or you name it. If, by the way, enough of you name it I'd sure appreciate knowing what you'd like it to be. E-mail or write. Give me a push in some direction and that's liable to be where I'll head.

WEB SITE

I want this to keep growing, and, as such, will take steps to make it grow. The trouble is that web work is publishing, and that takes time away from me getting to work on the hard copy (the books). I wish there were more of me, or more hours in the day. However! I will continue to try to get some materials up for you and, as always, there are beaucoups new when something new comes out from Zediker Publishing.