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The wholesome family sport of cowboy action shooting cas has got its members wearing period costumes, and shooting at metal targets. How to shoot a revolver with world record shooter, jerry. I would suggest that you focus on one revolver at the moment, and learn the basics with it. Thats why we pooled our collective knowledge and came up with a list of the best books about firearms, shooting, and related stuff like hunting, gun maintenance, carrying a gun, competitions, and more. And in the case of the apache revolver, the gun feature lacks a barrel but uses cylinders instead. There is only one person in the world who i would allow to talk to my students, and that is brian enos. Shooting shooting shooting shooting now, which shooting is different, or are they all the same. Free downloadable classic shooting and firearms books.
Mcgivern also performed extensive research into handgun shooting, particularly with the doubleaction revolver. Pistol revolver shooting abebooks shop for books, art. In the spirit of the season, german salazar offers this gift to our readers. Recommended books for pistol marksmanship training daily. A collector of both firearms and books, ross was unable to count 10 books and gave us 20. Various types of handgun are illustrated and described as is the ammunition that accompanied them. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Ed mcgivern needs no introduction to gun enthusiasts and serious marksmen. Be aware that certain types of guns and many shooting activities require additional safety precautions. Travelers guide to the firearm laws of the fifty states. I have tried to place only the pertinent information i felt was important in this text and left out the filler. Dealers please contact us about this book and others published by. Military has released video of an air weapons team engaging and killing insurgents when responding to the insurgents complex attack on. I can think of no better gift than knowledge, in this case knowledge of the early days of ballistic science, organized competitive shooting, the nra and much more.
The grip itself is 90 percent of shooting because you always want to grip the gun the same way every single time. Getting started in cowboy action shooting, page 3, more about. Thank you richard, we will put some other lists up later which will hopefully interest and add you to the contributors list. We have arranged our shooting books selection in to categories to help you find the title you are looking for more easily. They would soon be made by many european gunmakers, in numerous designs and configurations. Most of the shooting is with revolvers so i guess that would be the big difference of todays gun books where most of what is written is about semiauto handguns.
Sass shooter handbooks home of cowboy action shooting. The revolver in the 21st century shooting range blog. This book is the complete beginners guide to long range shooting written in simple everyday language so that its easy to follow. I did place these in the for sale section with no positive results. Gun values by gun digest brings you the authority of our annual gun pricing guide, the standard catalog of firearms, in a simple online package. Shop our unrivaled selection of handguns, rifles and shotguns from the industries top manufacturers and well ship it to the ffl near you. Booktopia buy target shooting books online from australias leading online bookstore. Order it from the shop along with other competition shooting books, my. Shooting tips the rifle data book to track the performance of your rifle and ammunition, and to discover tiny variances between book data and your own combo of riflescopeammo, a precision rifleman uses a rifle data book which we are simplifying by giving you a free page that you can duplicate and bind into your own book see below. Dec 04, 20 free classic shooting books for christmas. Why the apache revolver is a terrible weapon skyaboveus. Browse our range of reference and guide books for shooting, hunting and gun dog training. Since 1979 collector grade has been producing an expanding catalogue of important reference gun books on the worlds most influential modern small arms. In 2003, after attending a local competition, he was instantly hooked on the shooting sports.
Mar 08, 2017 contrary to what you may see in a lot of the popular firearms media these days, the revolver as a selfdefense tool is not dead. The shooter got 27 years, i think, although im not sure he deserved that long. Gun digest shooters guide to competitive pistol shooting. Gun digests 10 best shooting drills and firearms training posts. Together with information on handling the duelling pistol and revolver this book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. There are many guides to defensive pistol shooting, but combat shooting with massad ayoob has won praise from readers, and ayoob is an entertaining writer.
Mcgivern performed extensive research into the art of handgun shooting, particularly with the doubleaction revolver. Pistol and revolver shooting by himmelwright, abraham lincoln artman, 1865publication date 1916 topics pistols, revolvers publisher new york, outing pub. Designed and manufactured originally by hughes helicopters in culver city, california. With products made in america, ruger offers consumers almost 700 variations of more than 40 product lines. Jul 15, 2009 on the revolver, the web of the hand should be at the highest point of the gripframes backstrap. We carry the top trusted brands in the industry and many types of guns such as boltaction, leveraction, overunder, semiautomatic or singleshot to just name a few. Shooting a revolver is similar to shooting other handguns, except for loading and cocking it. The author discusses shooting positions, target shooting and the reloading of. The best gun books for any gun owner gun digest store is where youll find a fantastic selection of books about concealed carry, gun values, gunsmithing, gun laws, selfdefense, gun history and more from the worlds best gun writers and leading gun experts. Ed mcgivern is renowned as one of the greatest handgunners that ever lived. May 10, 2009 texas 5 mighty fine shootin when i was a bit younger and so were my eyes, usta shoot quite a clip with my dadd k38. I try to get seventy percent of the control of the revolver by use of the nonfiring hand so it is very critical to apply it correctly. Shooting books we offer a wide selection of shooting titles from a selection of popular authors. The company was acquired by mcdonnell douglas helicopters in 1985, which merged into.
The apache operates on the principle of a pepperbox revolver using a pinfire cartridge and incorporates a foldover knuckle duster forming the grip and a rudimentary foldout dualedged knife due to the lack of a barrel, the revolver s effective range is very limited. Introduction to shooting this book was written for the express purpose of making shooting, coaching, and wind reading easy. Buy a copy of a book named, no second place winner by bill jordan. Competitors must be permitted to solve the challenge presented in a freestyle manner, and. Mcgivern also performed extensive research into the art of handgun shooting, particularly with the double action revolver. The cover on the antal book has been pushed back too far but no pages are loose. Shooting at long range with a handgun is unlikely to produce pretty little groups.
Ed mcgiverns book of fast and fancy revolver shooting. A revolver is a repeating handgun that has a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers. Lentz, a selfproclaimed bluecollar worker from northampton, pennsylvania, is a revolver specialist. A world champion marksmen who made the guinness book of world records, he trained scores of law enforcement officers and developed a system of teaching that is as effective today as it was when this book. Thats exactly what a pepperbox revolver looks like, except that it wont fire in full auto. A poor shooting technique that causes the bullet to be two inches off at 10 yards might mean that the. Since its component parts can be folded inward towards the cylinder, it is easily concealable inside a pocket. A skilled da revolver shooter can face three action pistol targets at 7 yards, draw from the holster, and drill two perfect hits on each in less than 3. Free downloadable classic shooting and firearms books daily. A guide to handguns and shooting himmelwrights guide to pistol and revolver shooting will particularly interest those who collect or shoot historical firearms. There is only one, easily fixed potential downside to a high hand grip.
This list, created by german salazar, includes many classic treatises on marksmanship that still have value for todays competitive shooters. The colt peacemaker is often referred to as the revolver that won the west. The third feature of a proper revolver grip is the use of the nonfiring hand. Gun digest shooters guide to competitive pistol shooting steve sieberts on. Appears in 14 books from 19111922 page 1 it is impossible to hold the arm perfectly still, but each time the line of sight is directed on the point of aim a slight additional pressure is applied to the trigger until the piece is finally discharged at one of the moments when the sights are correctly aligned upon the mark. Some shooters say the lengthy trigger pull on a doubleaction revolver is slow and cumbersome. This target shows the results of 30 rounds fired at 100, 200 and 300 yards for a total of 11 hits, or a 37. I never liked long books with only minimal pages of usable information.
Shop online today for competitively priced reloading supplies, gun storage, and bulk ammunition so youre ready for the range. Cornell publications revolver shooting in war uk 1916. Pistol will be fired once with a cartridge in which the primer has been thinned so as to insure piercing. For more than 50 years he was revered as one of the top authorities in the field of small firearms. Precision shooting 1 delivers vital information about your rifle, scope, how weather and atmospheric conditions affect your bullet. His guinness world record for the greatest rapidfire feat set on augus edward ed mcgivern was a famous exhibition shooter, shooting instructor and author of the book fast and fancy revolver shooting. What advice or source books should i look to for methods for long range handgun shooting. Im still working through this book as it is a actually a text book that needs to be studied. Thankfully, whether youre looking to read a book that will make you a better shooter with pistol, rifle, or shotgun, a better hunter, or just a more. Open top revolvers were manufactured during the same period of time that gave us the percussion conversion models of richards and richardsmason type but open tops were manufactured as an entirely new model and did not use percussion revolver parts. Edward ed mcgivern october 20, 1874 december 12, 1957 was a famous exhibition shooter, shooting instructor and author of the book fast and fancy revolver shooting. If the grip tang has sharp edges, as on the older versions of the 1911, this can dig painfully and even lacerate the hand. Imagine a multibarreled machine gun being scaled down to the size of a pistol.
The 18711872 open top was the forerunner of the famous and ever popular 1873 colt model p or peacemaker. Whether youre a firsttime buyer or not, our huge selection of guns online combined with our easy steps on how to buy a gun online make midwayusa the best place to shop for guns. Ed mcgiverns book of fast and fancy revolver shooting ed. New reprint restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Last but not least, julie golobs new shooting book covers pistol marksmanship, along with 3 gun competition. With the mechanism closed and both ends of the barrels tightly corked, pistol will be exposed, in a box prepared for. I have two books for sale the book of uit pistol shooting laslo antal and pistol coaching by john chandler. In fact, there are quite a few options available these days for those seeking a revolver for home defense, concealed carry or recreational shooting.
If you cant be out in the field, reading how to enjoy it even more has got to be the next best thing. Gts gun book gough thomas the old man and the boy robert ruark anything by gene hill, the last classic american essayist on dogs, guns and time spent afield with both. Oct 17, 2007 edward ed mcgivern october 20, 1874 december 12, 1957 from lewistown, montana, was a famous exhibition shooter, shooting instructor and author of the book fast and fancy revolver shooting. It wasnt long before he found his passion for revolver.
Explore the options below to find rules, results, and information on upcoming matches and tournaments. Included are personal tips and best advice from my years of special operations sniper schooling and experience, and as a sniper instructor. Edward ed mcgivern was a famous exhibition shooter, shooting instructor and author of the book fast and fancy revolver shooting. Truly amazing what the 158 swc bullet will do at extreme range. What i consider a proper revolver grip is to use both thumbs, wrap them over, and pull tightly. Theyre presented here in no particular order, but we did take care to include rifle and pistol shooting disciplines, and also titles that dont. While bryans 536page applied ballistics for longrange shooting will surely take its place among the classic reference books on precision shooting, it does much more than explain theories of bullet flight. Millions of young people participate in one or more of the sports annuallyarchery, rifle shooting, shotgun activities, etc. Search or browse models and manufacturer info for free.
Ed mcgiverns book of fast and fancy revolver shooting by. Jan 31, 2016 discover book depositorys huge selection of target shooting books online. Andy stanford is a highly respected firearms trainer. Jerry miculek 1999 world record shooting behind the scenes fastest shooter in the world. Gun digest shooters guide to handgun marksmanship 9781440236068. Check out the great selection of rifles, shotguns, handgunspistols and revolvers for all your shooting needs.
Gun books by collector grade publications, gun book publishers. Using advanced equipment, litz measured the actual drag of over 175 popular bullet types in the field. Aug 04, 2008 yes, there was a guy killed a few years ago in buellton ca, by another guy using an naa mini. Discover book depositorys huge selection of target shooting books online. Ed mcgivern certainly wants to impart his wisdom to the reader but is very wordy.
Over the weekend, americans witnessed the 377th mass shooting of 2017 when a domestic terrorist took the lives of 28 men, women, and children while injuring another 30 people in sutherland springs. For the ultimate range of shooting, hunting and gun dog training guide books or reference books look no further than farlows. Once youve loaded it, grip the revolver and support it with your nondominant hand to help distribute the recoil. He was the nicest guy you could ever meet but he had been in several gunfights and is the designer of the jordan grips, the jordan holster and for whom the jordan trooper was named after. To load a revolver, youll need to open the cylinder, load a round into each chamber, and push the cylinder back in until it clicks. Julie holds multiple national pistol shooting titles. At this point almost all my practice is fast firing from 10 to 25 yards, using standard weaver or bullseye stances and emphasizing speed of presentation and delivery for personal protection. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
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