{"id":328,"date":"2012-01-05T19:08:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T19:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/modernize\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2021-05-28T16:55:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T16:55:15","slug":"consulting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Gunwriter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"With<\/a><\/p>\n

RICHARD MANN
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Richard Mann was born and raised in West Virginia, and\u00a0has hunted from the Montana mountains to the green hills of Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard has a military, law enforcement, firearms instructing, and competitive shooting background. 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, and Under Orion. He latest book, The Scout Rifle Study, will be released in print format soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard currently contributes to the following publications:\u00a0\u00a0SHOT Business and SHOT Daily<\/a>, Field & Stream<\/a>,\u00a0American Hunter<\/a>, Shooting Illustrated<\/a>,\u00a0Gun Digest<\/a>,\u00a0Ballistic<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Empty-Cases website\u00a0is a written and video journal of the\u00a0experiences Richard, his family, and his friends enjoy with regard\u00a0to guns, shooting, and hunting. It is also a\u00a0portal to Richard’s published works. <\/span><\/p>\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, and a very protective Rhodesian Ridgeback.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-328","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5hujZ-5i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16946,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/about-richard-mann\/","url_meta":{"origin":328,"position":0},"title":"About","author":"gunwriter","date":"September 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"ABOUT 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 is a veteran and former patrol officer and special agent. 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