Keith A. Cunningham

Capt. Keith A. Cunningham CD (Ret). Keith is a career military officer with a combined time of over 25 years’ experience with the Canadian Armed Forces and the US Army. He has considerable practical experience, including a combat tour in Vietnam where he was a US Army Ranger, specializing as a sniper and in long-range reconnaissance. In the Canadian Army, he was a part of the Special Service Force. He did peacekeeping and counter-sniper operations in Cyprus, and annual unit and command-level military exercises in North America and Europe.

Keith has taught marksmanship courses at the Canadian Forces Infantry School and at many police forces in Canada. He was a certified instructor/examiner for the Firearms Safety Education Service of Ontario, and he was a Hunter Safety Instructor/Examiner. Keith is an internationally certified shooting coach and has successfully coached teams to national and international excellence. He is currently the Chief Instructor with the MilCun Training Center.

Keith is a qualified gunsmith with over 30 years of experience, specializing in long-range practical rifles. He has built and regulated rifles used by Canadian police agencies and international competitors around the world. He is an internationally renowned rifle and pistol competitor, having won honors at Bisley, the World Long Range Championships, and at the Commonwealth Games. He has been the Canadian National Champion in pistol, tactical/service rifle, sniper rifle and 3-Gun a total of 19 times. He is a member of the Canadian Forces Sports Hall of Fame and a 3-time member of the Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Hall of Fame (in the target rifle, service rifle, and builder categories).

Keith and his partner Linda built the MilCun Training Center where they run many professional and recreational shooting courses and events. They are popular guest lecturers and speakers, providing seminars and courses to police, military and civilian marksmen in Canada and internationally. Their articles on marksmanship have been published in shooting magazines such as Precision Shooting, Tactical Shooter, The Accurate Rifle, Canadian Marksman, the Canadian Forces Infantry Journal, Ontario Out of Doors and AIM Magazine. They are the authors of “The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters” and “Secrets of Mental Marksmanship.” They are currently working on several books, including a collaboration with Dave Grossman called “On Hunting” due to be published in March 2023.