{"id":8843,"date":"2014-04-21T16:53:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=8843"},"modified":"2014-11-14T14:08:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T14:08:37","slug":"hillbilly-writes-new-book-on-the-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/hillbilly-writes-new-book-on-the-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillbilly Writes New Book on the AR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SGAR-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8844\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SGAR-1-300x222.jpg?resize=300%2C222\" alt=\"SGAR-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a>After finishing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/handgun-training-for-personal-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\">Handgun Training for Personal Protection<\/a> I did not intend to write another book. But, when Gun Digest offered me an opportunity to write a beginner&#8217;s book on the AR, I thought that this would be a great opportunity to give all the new AR owners some basic guidance on what has become the most popular and politically abused firearm in the world. I also thought it would be a good way to illustrate to current gun owners and even non gun owners why the AR is the most popular and versatile firearm in the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8817\" style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8817\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/SGAR-Cover-Small-196x300.jpg?resize=196%2C300\" alt=\"NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW BOOK NOW AVAILABLE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/shooters-guide-to-the-ar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Shooter&#8217;s Guide to the AR<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is not intended for the well versed AR owner, this book was purpose written with the new or new to be AR owner in mind. That&#8217;s not to say there is nothing in this book for anyone who is an old hand at the AR, its just that it has been complied &#8211; cover to cover &#8211; as an introduction to this weapon system.<\/p>\n<p>If you have never fired an AR or if you have fired less than 1000 rounds through an AR, <a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/shooters-guide-to-the-ar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Shooter&#8217;s Guide to the AR<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>should be just about right for you. It would also be a great gift for the new AR owner, particularly one you might have to share a range with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This book is dedicated to a departed friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/guthrie-unforgettable\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>James Guthrie<\/em><\/a>. If Guthrie were still with us, he should have written this book\u00a0instead of me!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I only have 75 copies on hand and they can be autographed and personalized as you wish.<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/> <input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"R3P6DV4ZDFQRW\" \/><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><input name=\"on0\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Choose Shipping\" \/>Choose Shipping<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"Book Rate Postage\">Book Rate Postage $20.00 USD<\/option><\/select><select name=\"os0\"><option value=\"Priority Mail\">Priority Mail $25.00 USD<\/option><\/select><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><input name=\"currency_code\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"USD\" \/> <input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After finishing\u00a0Handgun Training for Personal Protection I did not intend to write another book. But, when Gun Digest offered me an opportunity to write a beginner&#8217;s book on the AR, I thought that this would be a great opportunity to give all the new AR owners some basic guidance on what has become the most popular and politically abused firearm in the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[591,400,592,593,594,595,596],"class_list":["post-8843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ar-10","tag-ar-15","tag-ar-accessories","tag-ar-book","tag-books-on-the-ar","tag-handloading-for-the-ar","tag-how-to-shoot-an-ar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-2iD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8879,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/tactical-zombies-and-the-modern-sporting-rifle\/","url_meta":{"origin":8843,"position":0},"title":"Tactical, Zombies and the Modern Sporting Rifle","author":"gunwriter","date":"April 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here we are on the eve of the 143rd Annual Meetings of the National Rifle Association. 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