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Fieldcraft Good Non-Fiction Sniper Book...?

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can anyone tell me why there are two different titles for the book sniper one.....one is sniper one:eek:n scope and under seige with a sniper team in iraq....and the other one is...sniper one:the blistering true story of a british battle group under seige...are these books different in anyway or are they the same?
 
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The ultimate sniper

FM 23 10 Sniper Training

Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills by Spicer

Sniper One by Mills

Hogs in the Shadows was ok
 
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A must read book is "Lone Survivor". It has it all. You won't be able to put it down.
 
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Some would say that 'Shooter' isn't non fiction.
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Try 'Trigger Men', chapter five.
 
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I read Sniper One because of the reviews here. It was alright and sometimes it was hard to follow the British slang.
I also just reread Dear Mom: A sniper's Vietnam. I thought this was much better than Sniper One.
I have 20 hour flight I am saving Hogs in the shadows for. Hope it is good.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Some would say that 'Shooter' isn't non fiction.
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</div></div>I know, that was so wrong of me to post that.
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Just picked up Trigger Men and Shooter. Hope its rep pans out.
 
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Looks like I might be heading to the book store this week.
 
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Do not read Ronin it sucks green Donkey Dicks. The first chapter is a Bitch about the Major that wouldn't let the Snipers take a high value target and each subsequent chapter is the same bitch told the same way by a different person.

I couldn't finish the book it sucked so bad.
 
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hunters,hogs in the shadows, sniper one, trigger men, FM 23-10, Applied ballistics for long range shooting.
 
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I really like Trigger Men and Sniper One. I just got a flier from the military book club and I'm going to pick up "Hunters, US snipers in the war on terror". Its not a sniper book but I think get "They fought for each other" too.
 
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sniper one, great book if you can get over the language barrier! on par with some other recent great reads, hogs in the shadows, my men are heroes
 
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I have read the following in the last month, listed in order of reading:
Sniper One
Hogs in the Shadow
Shooter by Jack Coughlin
Trigger Men

I enjoyed all of them, but definitely had favorites.
Ranked Highest to Lowest:
Shooter - I enjoyed the complete story and not a bunch of short stories like the Hog and Trigger books. Can't take everything word for word, but overall great.
Hogs in the Shadow - This is well written, but seems like short stories.
Trigger Men - It seems to jump around a lot during the book, but talks a bit about 5.56 sniping (quite interesting to me). Similar to Hogs.
Sniper One - It is more about the siege and the patrolling sniper teams, but still good.

One of the most exciting and non stop reads I have read is Lone Survivor. This is a must read and has some sniping in it.
 
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I agree with ya, Recko555... Lone Survivor is a helluva good book! I read it from cover to cover in one day, just could not put it down. Not a lot of technical sniping info like some of the other books mentioned, but the story is riveting & 100% worth reading.

I've also read Hogs in the Shadows, Sniper One, & 13 Cent Killers in the last few weeks, thanks to this thread. Working on Trigger Men now...