Introduction -- 1. The history of snipers -- 2. The 21st-century sniper defined -- 3. Bolt-action rifles -- 4. The way of the future: semiautomatics -- 5. Everything else you really need to know about rifles -- 6. What makes a good sniper rifle? -- 7. Beginner ballistics, effective range, and potential applications -- 8. Suppressors -- 9. Optics, ballistic software, and other cool stuff -- 10. Lasers -- 11. Gear -- 12. The morality of killing -- 13. The future of Special Operations: sniping into the 21st century -- Appendix A: If you can't afford a ballistic computer, or even if you can -- Appendix B: Velocity comparison tables -- Appendix C: Exbal ballistics charts.