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How to Become a Master Handgunner: The Mechanics of X-Count Shooting

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This book was not much help. My instructors already told me everything that was presented in this book. I had thought that there was some 'SECRET' to being a great shot or MASTER HANDGUNNER and there is ... practice, practice, practice the CORRECT things...
I could have saved my money on this one and bought more ammo at the range! This could have been a pamphlet handed out at the range summarisng all the basics steps that your instructor SHOULD be telling you.

This book is incredible! I went from barely being able to hit a man sized target at 25 yards to being able to hit a soda can at 50 yards! Well worth the pittance I paid for it! BUY IT!

As a sixty two years old newcomer to the precision shooting sport, I had the fortune of finding Stephens little book which is full of practical and extremely valuable hints and advises helpful for both the novice and the expert. I would say that Stephens' book has not a single superfluous line and deserves careful reading. I took some shooting lessons from a professional coach formerly national pistol champion and realized that all the advises he gave me were already in Stephens' book, but this helped me to become aware of their importance. I do not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone willing to improve its shooting performance as I did in a very short time. There is only one suggestion I would add to those made by Charles Stephens and this is to start training with a .22 cal pistol since this is by far the best school for beginners allowing to concentrate in the technique rather than in dealing with the noise and recoil of high power pistols.
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I purchased this book several months before I started working with an excellent instructor. As a true "never fired a gun before" beginner, working with a .22 pistol, I found the very basic, simple, clear instruction provided to be very helpful. This author writes for the individual interested in shooting competitively for accuracy. The same basic techniques will apply for combat (defensive) training. As you advance, there are distinct differences. If you are a beginner interested in target shooting, buy this book. If you are interested in self-defense, then you may want to look elsewhere. Although I learn well from books, and always have, I must encourage any beginner to find a good instructor. Finding the good ones can be difficult. (See Jinnib review.) Bottom line. The book was worth the money to me.

Read Andy Stanford, Massad Ayoob and Brian Enos. If your a revolver kind of person, read Ed McGivern. But give this guy a miss. The info in this book amounts to about a chapter's worth, it's poorly presented and over-priced. If you want TWO chapters of a bad book, buy his other one as well. But better, spend your hard-earned dough on a better author. Shucks - buy Gil Hebard's "The Pistol Shooter's Treasury." Just skip Stephens as a bad deal.

I paid a shooting coach good money to make me a fair shot.
Last week "How to Become a Master Handgunner" arrived at my door, after reading it through twice and several hours of dry fire practice I went to the range to see if there was any improvement. The first 30 rounds turned the X into a perfect 2" hole. Who would've thought??

Mr. Stephens takes the reader from the basics of proper handgun handling and positioning into unique exercises that train the beginner on what's critical to deliver hits on the X-Count. He gives the shooter a suprising perspective as to what works and what doesn't work (but often done)during the actual sequence of events that lead up to making the shot. The information he provides will benefit handgunners at all levels.

I knew after I started this sport I needed help. I felt the mechanics of my shooting were lacking and was gun-shy on paying a lot of money for expensive lessons from unknowns. this book answered all the basic questions especially regarding the grip. Stephens tells you what ever finger needs to do how to do it. With a little practice I was beginning to shoot straighter and began to "feel" the good shots. For the new shooter this is the first book you want to get!

Good base for getting started, very imformative. A must for the beginning handgunner!

I am teaching myself shooting from scratch, and I needed a starting point from which to build. This is the perfect start for a beginner to learn to shoot handguns, and it could teach a thing or two to self taught casual shooters as well. Stephens doesn't waste any time; the book is solid information with no pap. How to grip it, sight picture, aiming point, stance and trigger pull are some of the areas covered. Just as 2+2 will equal four, so will proper X-Count mechanics get your shots on target.