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Daily Blog: 12/29/20 (Thoughts on the General Purpose Rifle)
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Daily Blog: 12/29/20 (Thoughts on the General Purpose Rifle)

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December 29, 2020
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In the 1980s, Jeff Cooper, a former Marine and founder of what is now known as Gunsite Academy, conceived the Scout Rifle concept. Cooper theorized the best general-purpose rifle – a rifle well adapted to just about any task –…

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Daily Blog: 12/21/20 (Rifle Identity)
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Daily Blog: 12/21/20 (Rifle Identity)

gunwriter
December 21, 2020
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How often have you heard someone refer to their rifle as a certain type of rifle? Maybe a deer-rifle, varmint-rifle, dangerous-game rifle, assault-rifle, prepper-rifle, or whatever other hyphenated-rifle you can imagine. Different folks have different ideas about all these rifle types,…

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Daily Blog: 12/20/20 (Scout Rifles)
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Daily Blog: 12/20/20 (Scout Rifles)

gunwriter
December 20, 2020
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The interest in Scout Rifles continues to elevate and I believe that is a good thing. Given the world we are living in, having one rifle that is capable of handling any task a rifle is suited for is a…

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Daily Blog: 12/19/20 (It’s Over)
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Daily Blog: 12/19/20 (It’s Over)

gunwriter
December 19, 2020
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The 2020 deer hunting season is over for me and I have no complaints. My oldest daughter got to have an exciting encounter with a buck but it did not work out. My son and I took bucks at our…

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Daily Blog: 12/7/20 (Concealed Carry)
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Daily Blog: 12/7/20 (Concealed Carry)

gunwriter
December 7, 2020
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Today I’m working on my defensive handgun column for Gun Digest. Based on the questions I receive from readers of that magazine, other magazines, and on social media, there is currently a lot of interest in ways to carry a…

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10 Great Trail Guns
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10 Great Trail Guns

gunwriter
November 6, 2020
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I’m not sure anyone knows exactly what a trail gun is. Best I can define a trail gun, is a gun you have with you out in the field but for no certain purpose. In fact, you have no plans…

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Handgun Training Drills from Experts
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Handgun Training Drills from Experts

gunwriter
November 5, 2020
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There are few things as exciting as buying a new handgun. Conversely, there are few things as important as learning how to shoot a handgun. Not all of us can afford to attend Gunsite Academy like we should, but we…

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Be Smart, Get Trained!
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Be Smart, Get Trained!

gunwriter
October 29, 2020
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Politics aside, this is a great drill that highlights the basic fundamentals of shooting a defensive handgun. If you cannot perform this drill to standard, you probably need more than practice; you need training. In fact, you need basic training….

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HARDCAST
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HARDCAST

gunwriter
September 20, 2020
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In this modern era, lead bullets are often looked upon as antiquated projectiles unsuited for anything other than target practice. Even then, some shooters feel that only grandpa or an old grumpy gun writer would shoot a lead bullet. After…

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Just One Gun
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Just One Gun

gunwriter
July 22, 2020
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Could you live with only one gun? I don’t know about you but the thought of that is enough to turn milk sour. However, the practicality of just one gun that would allow you to do everything , or at…

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About Empty Cases

Empty Cases is the on-line portal to the works of Richard Mann.

Born and raised in West Virginia, Richard has hunted from the Montana mountains to the green hills of Africa. He has a military, law enforcement, firearms instructing, and competitive shooting background, and is the author of Rifle Bullets for the Hunter, Handgun Training for Personal Protection, Shooter’s Guide to the AR, 13th Edition of Cartridges of the World, Under Orion, and The Scout Rifle Study.

Richard is a Field Editor for Field & Stream magazine, and currently contributes to a variety of other gun and hunting periodicals. In 2019 Richard worked as the Executive Producer and host of the Amazon Prime reality hunting drama, WILDCraft: South Africa.

A hillbilly at heart, Richard 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.

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