{"id":16946,"date":"2021-09-21T17:31:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T17:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?page_id=16946"},"modified":"2023-08-13T17:10:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T17:10:23","slug":"about-richard-mann","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/about-richard-mann\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ABOUT Richard Mann<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Richard Mann was born and raised in West Virginia, and has hunted from the Montana mountains to the green hills of Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard is a veteran and former patrol officer and special agent. Richard was the winner of the West Virginia National Guard 1999 State Pistol Match and worked as a small arms instructor in the military and in law enforcement. He’s 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 Volumes 1 & 2, and The Scout Rifle Study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard is currently the Shooting Editor for\u00a0 Field & Stream<\/a>,\u00a0and frequently contributes to Shooting Illustrated<\/a>,\u00a0Gun Digest<\/a>, and Game & Fish<\/a> magazines, as well as various other publications from time to time. Richard recently launched the EmptyCases Substack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hillbilly at heart, Richard lives on Shadowland<\/a> \u2013 his shooting range in West Virginia \u2013 with the most understanding wife in the world, their three kids, a very protective Rhodesian Ridgeback and a pack of her descendants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Richard Mann, in the field and on the range.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ABOUT Richard Mann Richard Mann was born and raised in West Virginia, and has hunted from the Montana mountains to the green hills of Africa. Richard is a veteran and former patrol officer and special agent. Richard was the winner of the West Virginia National Guard 1999 State Pistol Match and worked as a small arms instructor in the military and in law …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16946","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5hujZ-4pk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":328,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/consulting\/","url_meta":{"origin":16946,"position":0},"title":"About the Gunwriter","author":"rmann","date":"January 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"RICHARD MANN Richard Mann was born and raised in West Virginia, and\u00a0has hunted from the Montana mountains to the green hills of Africa. Richard has a military, law enforcement, firearms instructing, and competitive shooting background. 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