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Richard Mann was born and raised in the West Virginia hills. During his military and law enforcement career Richard obtained numerous certifications in small arms instruction.Badge turned in, Richard is now a contributing editor to a variety of magazines and has authored several books. He lives on Shadowland – his shooting range in West Virginia – with the most understanding wife in the world, their three kids and a very protective Rhodesian Ridgeback.

Triggers Matter

gunwriter September 3, 2013 October 25, 2015

I have been working with ARs in .300 Blackout for several months now. After finishing a project where I tested the accuracy and terminal performance of a bunch of factory loads and some hand loads – See an upcoming issue of Shooting Illustrated – I’d had about all I could stand of the horrific trigger on one of the test rifles. So, …

SHOOTING

Wickedness in a good way.

gunwriter August 31, 2013 October 25, 2015

Some of my most Wicked Grips.

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Better Than Average

gunwriter August 30, 2013 October 25, 2015

After years of conducting terminal performance testing I thought I would have by now come up with a secret formula to decipher the effectiveness of defensive handgun ammunition. After all, most all of the other big time gun writers have come up with such a formula. Maybe they were all smarter than me. One of the things I have learned is that …