A former law enforcement officer, armorer and firearms instructor, Gary Yee has written extensively on the muzzle loader sharpshooter. He has been a guest curator for the San Francisco Veterans' Building and Francisco Fort. No stranger to firearms, upon retirement he studied gunsmithing for Trinidad State College where he is an adjunct instructor. When not writing, Gary builds flintlock rifles, hunting pouches and powder horns. Besides belonging to the Contemporary Long Rifle Association, The Honourable Company of Horners, he is also a life member of the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, the National Rifle Association, and The Company of Military Historians.
Each combatant nation had its own methods of selecting and training snipers, arming and equipping them, and then utilizing them in action. This book goes over the details of these snipers, with sections covering them in action and the weapons they used. * WWII History Magazine 28/09/2022 * There have been many books written about snipers in WWII, but nothing ever like this superb book which has to be the most comprehensive of its type. If there is any aspect on sniping which is missing from this book, then it is not important. ... Highly illustrated throughout, this book is for weapon collectors, shooters, ... and general readers with an interest in the subject. There is nothing to criticise about this book and readers will find it compelling. * Gun Mart 21/09/2022 *