Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll have to see if I can find a copy out there.
If you've not read Cooper's "The Art of the Rifle" he covers a lot of practical rifle shooting stuff in it, but yah, he is a bit "stuffy" perhaps in his writing. One does get the impression however that the good Colonel could hit what he was shooting at.
The aforementioned young neighbor borrowed mine and said he learned a lot from it, or at least thought it was a worthwhile read as a newer shooter.
