Now that I've joined the team at Millett Sights, in addition to assisting their scope line, I'll be authoring this monthly web column to help you master your scoped rifle. With emphasis on precision and long-range shooting, this column will contain tips, lessons learned, and techniques I've assembled from a lifetime of rifle shooting, combat experience, and hunting. Each segment will focus on a 'How-To' aspect of rifle marksmanship, written so any rifleman can understand and employ its contents. Fortunately I'm married to a professional photographer, so these columns should be pretty well illustrated. This is your free resource from the good people at Millett, so go ahead and download these columns or e-mail them to others. Here are some of the subjects we'll cover:

• Understanding & Mastering Target Knobs
• Determining and Using a Point-Blank Zero
• Employing Bipods, Tripods & Slings
• Developing a Ballistic Data Card for Your Rifle
• Range Estimation Tips, from Lasers to Mil Dots
• Zeroing a Hunting Rifle
• Achieving a Precision Zero for Long-Range Shooting
• How to Master Your Riflescope
• Long-Range Shooting in Wind and Rain
• How to Calculate Holdoff with Mil Dots
• Elevation Pros & Cons: Holdover, mil-dots, target knobs & BDC
• Uphill/Downhill Shooting
• Understanding & Employing Supported Shooting
• Finding the Best Load for Your Rifle
• Recommended Books for a Rifle Shooter's Library
• Canting: Understanding & Preventing It
• Why Match-Grade or Premium Ammo'
• How to Make a Tripod Adapter for Supported Shooting
• Developing Realistic Rifle Shooting Drills
• A Hunter's Guide to Rifle Ballistics
• Units of Measurement: Mils, Minutes of Angle, Yards and Meters
• How far Should I Engage a Game Animal'
• Finding and Using a 'Practical' Range on Public Land
• Recommended Shooting Practice
• What to Look for in a Rifle Scope
• Formulas for a Rifle Shooter
• Shooting Scoped 'Black Rifles'
• Low-Light Rifle Shooting

As this collection evolves, it may become a digital (or printed) manual for Millett customers. Do you have an idea for a column' Let us know at sales@millettsights.com.