How Do You Learn The History Of Sports Shooting?
Sports shooting, in this day and age conjures up images of people standing quietly before targets, pistols upraised, waiting for the signal to fire. The history of sports shooting is far less civilized. Indeed its very genesis has its roots firmly planted in war, and can be traced back to the Iliad by Homer. Search the catalog of your local library for sources on the history of sports shooting. Decide how specific you wish to be in your search. Do you wish to focus on the history of shooting in your own country or state or the entire world? If you were interested in the history of the West, you could find books like “The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America,” by Larry McMurtry. For England, some books are “Shooting & Sport in England: Past & Present” by Colonel E.C.C. Hartopp, and “Colonel George Hanger’s Advice to All Sportsmen, Farmers and Gamekeepers” by Col. George Hanger. Research the history of sports shooting for a
