About the book: 1948 / The art of marksmanship is difficult to convey in words, for this you need to be both a master of shooting and a master of words. The author of this small brochure has long been retired from shooting. But his past experience as a record-breaking shooter and methodologist, combined with the ability to present his subject in an entertaining and accessible manner, allowed him to successfully solve the difficult task of promoting the skill of pistol shooting in absentia in the form of a relaxed, easy conversation. Officers improving in pistol shooting, as well as cadets of military schools and sports and shooting activists will undoubtedly appreciate the work of Ya. M. Kaplunov as a very useful aid to the Manual and other official publications and as an interesting and successful attempt to develop a popular genre in our military literature.