The Complete Illustrated Manual of Handgun Skills

The Complete Illustrated Manual of Handgun Skills Review

Robert Campbell, a former peace officer with over twenty years on the job, shares his wealth of experience in this heavily illustrated guide to handguns.

 

With pistol in hand, Campbell introduces you to the world of handguns, from choosing your first handgun to understanding the basics of firearms safety, marksmanship, competitive shooting, hunting, and personal protection. Before you know it, you’ll be “making brass” on the target range.

 

The manual provides clear instructions for taking care of your firearms, from cleaning and general maintenance to minor repairs. Campbell covers accessories such as holsters and magazines and demystifies the sometimes confusing array of ammunition available in every caliber, including an introduction to handloading.

 

Informal and fun to read—but full of information from decades of handgun experience—The Complete Illustrated Manual of Handgun Skills is required reading for any handgun owner.

Combat Shooting with Massad Ayoob

Combat Shooting with Massad Ayoob Review

Combat Shooting with Massad Ayoob, is written by America's best-known combat pistol shooter, Massad Ayoob, who is credited with idea of "stress fire."

In this book, Massad speaks about mindset and jumps right into the aspects of learning combat shooting. Next, he highlights three gunfighters- Wyatt Earp, Colonel Charles Askins and Jim Cirillo- and the lessons we can learn from each.

Lastly, Ayoob shares his perspective on the importance of competition as training before closing with a discussion of the choices involved in being responsibly armed.

Human Factors Issues in Handgun Safety and Forensics

Human Factors Issues in Handgun Safety and Forensics Review

Written by two certified human factors/ergonomics professionals and  a criminalist  and firearms expert, all of whom have testified as expert witnesses,  Human Factors in Handgun Safety and Forensics draws on their formidable collective knowledge and professional experience to present the first scientifically based volume in the field. This seminal work identifies numerous human factors in handgun design, training, and related human behavior in unintentional and inadvertent shooting incidents.
 The book provides an overview of handgun use in general but focuses on firearm handling in unintentional and inadvertent shootings.  It describes the discipline of human factors and ergonomics and includes available statistics on shootings, examines their limitations, and reviews actual cases to determine human causes in unintentional and inadvertent shootings. It provides a history of firearms and details the components and mechanics of handguns and ammunition to reveal safety problems in current designs. It explains the fundamentals of shooting and how violation of those principles can result in unintentional or inadvertent shootings.
The authors stress the importance of firearms safety training. They evaluate various safety training programs (including those from the National Rifle Association), investigate inconsistencies in basic safety rules, and make suggestions to improve safety training. The importance of instructor training is also emphasized. The book concludes with a summary and application of the previous topics to forensic and investigative settings and gives advice for human factors/ergonomics professionals as expert witnesses. The book comes with an accompanying DVD with hundreds of color photos to support the topics covered in the text.

Handguns 2006

Handguns 2006 Review

This comprehensive guide delivers the most current market information, along with extensive details about trends in the handgun trade and its history. Colt, Browning, Ruger and Smith & Wesson models are among the large selection reviewed in this recognizable and trusted reference. All the latest commercial handguns are featured in Handguns 2006. Each listing includes calibre, weight, barrel length, size, retail price and more. Articles bring readers the latest on gun tests, handloading, custom and engraved guns, self-defence and concealed carry, vintage and replica firearms and use of handguns in hunting. This user-friendly resource combines 450 photos with up-to-date specifications and informative pieces to create the most well rounded resource for using and collecting handguns.

The Handgun (Home Workshop Guns for Defense & Resistance, Vol. 2)

The Handgun (Home Workshop Guns for Defense & Resistance, Vol. 2) Review

This is a clear and simple guide to building a semi- or full-auto pistol or a single-shot, falling-block handgun from common materials in the privacy of your home workshop. In addition to offering many alternative workshop gunsmithing tips, the author explains how each part and section of the gun is made and discusses thoroughly the subjects of heat-treatment and bluing.

What's Wrong With My Handgun Shooting? - Analyzing the Target - A Quck Reference (What's Wrong With My Handgun Shooting?)

What's Wrong With My Handgun Shooting? - Analyzing the Target - A Quck Reference (What's Wrong With My Handgun Shooting?) Review

This publication address three common problems with achieving accuracy when firing a handgun.

Collector's Guide to Imperial Japanese Handguns 1893-1945 (Schiffer Military History)

Collector's Guide to Imperial Japanese Handguns 1893-1945 (Schiffer Military History) Review

This volume has been prepared as an inexpensive guide to Japanese military handguns of the first half of the 20th Century. It is intended primarily for the collector who, upon encountering a new specimen, wants information to identify, classify and evaluate it in order to make a decision on its purchase. It will also be useful to dealers in establishing values, and to firearms owners who simply want to know where an individual pistol or its accessories fit in the overall picture of Japanese military collectibles.

Defensive Handgun Skills: Your Guide to Fundamentals for Self-Protection

Defensive Handgun Skills: Your Guide to Fundamentals for Self-Protection Review

Considering buying a self-defense handgun?


Have questions about concealed carry?


Don't know where to turn?

It's All Here – in Defensive Handgun Skills!

Written by certified firearms trainer David Fessenden, Defensive Handgun Skills is a simple, easy-to-follow guide to the techniques involved in carrying and using a defensive handgun. Written for the beginner, Defensive Handgun Skills contains a wealth of valuable information, including

Handgun Safety

Gripping the Handgun

The Combat Stance

Loading and Reloading

Aiming to Hit

And Much More!

For a simple, illustrated approach to learning the essentials of using the self defense handgun, there's no better volume than Defensive Handgun Skills!

Lethal Passage: How the Travels of a Single Handgun Expose the Roots of America's Gun Crisis

Lethal Passage: How the Travels of a Single Handgun Expose the Roots of America's Gun Crisis Review

This devastating book begins with an account of a crime that is by now almost commonplace: on December 16, 1988, sixteen-year-old Nicholas Elliot walked into his Virginia high school with a Cobray M-11/9 and several hundred rounds of ammunition tucked in his backpack. By day's end, he had killed one teacher and severely wounded another.

In Lethal Passage Erik Larson shows us how a disturbed teenager was able to buy a weapon advertised as "the gun that made the eighties roar." In so doing, he not only illuminates America's gun culture -- its manufacturers, dealers, buffs, and propagandists -- but also offers concrete solutions to our national epidemic of death by firearm. The result is a book that can -- and should -- save lives, and that has already become an essential text in the gun-control debate.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Fixed vs. adjustable sights. (Handguns).: An article from: Guns Magazine

Fixed vs. adjustable sights. (Handguns).: An article from: Guns Magazine Review

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Street Stoppers: The Latest Handgun Stopping Power Street Results

Street Stoppers: The Latest Handgun Stopping Power Street Results Review

This long-awaited sequel to Handgun Stopping Power gives the very latest results of hundreds of actual shootings involving every major handgun caliber, including the hot new .40 S&W. Also covers exotic ammo street results, the controversial Strasbourg Tests on live goats, the Fuller Index for predicting stopping power and much more.

Handgun Hunting

Handgun Hunting Review

Each year more and more hunters accept the challenge of bagging their quarry with a handgun. This book provides the information needed to hunt everything from jackrabbits to elephants. Mark Hampton takes readers to North and South America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe to discover what game is a available and what kind of firepower is needed to take it. His overview of available guns, effective hunting bullet designs, ammunition, handloading, and other hunting accessories gives hunters the edge they need for success. Covers small game such as varmints, squirrels, rabbits, impala, puma, and klipspringer, and larger game such as deer, bear, moose, caribou, boar, mountain lion, elk, antelope, wildebeest, and kudu. Also features Africa's most dangerous beasts: leopard, lion, cape buffalo, rhino, and elephant.
- Covers hunting all types of game with a handgun
- Reviews available guns, effective hunting bullet designs, reloading, and other accessories
- Suggests specific calibers for hunting small and large animals

Defensive Handgunning: A Treatise On Handgun Carry And Use

Defensive Handgunning: A Treatise On Handgun Carry And Use Review

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When considering the carry of a handgun, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the choices. Should I carry a gun? How can I carry it so it's available if needed, but avoid telegraphing its presence? How would the gun be used against multiple attackers or in close quarters? Defensive Handgunning was written by an experienced police instructor. Having studied the cross-section of available methodologies, Glenn Rehberg set out to combine the most effective techniques into a comprehensive system with no inherent contradictions and few non-standard responses. This, in itself, is no small accomplishment-users can employ simple, effective, and universal techniques when they encounter a dangerous situation. The additional information on mindset, mental rehearsal, and post-shooting actions adds further value. Whether you are a novice considering whether a handgun is right for you, or an experienced handgun shooter looking for new techniques, Defensive Handgunning contains information for all.

Practical Shooting : Beyond Fundamentals

Practical Shooting : Beyond Fundamentals Review

This isn't just another "how to fire a gun" book. This one talks about shooting.... The keys to consistent, high-speed shooting are within you right now. This book will show you ways to bring them out. Through Brian's advice, you'll learn how to recognize and break down the barriers that are limiting your performance-you may begin to look at shooting in an entirely different way. You'll learn to pressure-proof your match performance, how different types of shooting require different focal points, and you'll see how to develop an attitude that will let you reach beyond what you thought was your potential. You'll find a comprehensive set of exercises that will develop and sharpen your skills. You'll see how it's possible to drive the gun to wherever your eye can look. You'll discover that everything you need to know about your technique is told by the gun, if you know how to listen to it. And all the challenges and advanced techniques of practical shooting are covered too: prone, barricade, single-hand shooting, multiple targets, reloading, shooting on the move, and much more. You'll also get inside tips on IPSC strategies, steel shooting, shootoff tactics, Bianchi, and more. This book will give you all the fundamentals of practical pistol shooting, but then it will show you ways you can take yourself far, far beyond them...Ya follow?

Handguns of the World: Military Revolvers and Self-Loaders from 1870 to 1945

Handguns of the World: Military Revolvers and Self-Loaders from 1870 to 1945 Review

Historical reference on military revolvers, self-loaders and handguns from Great Britain, the United States, France Italy, Spain and much much more.

Understanding the USE of Handguns for Self-Defense

Understanding the USE of Handguns for Self-Defense Review

A priceless education for new handgun owners. An important refresher for experienced carriers.

If you own-or are considering owning-a handgun, this book is a must, covering:

- Tips for selecting the right gun for you
- An exploration of shooting techniques
- Guidance on developing an "armed" mindset
- A realistic look at what happens in a gunfight
- Crucial advice for dealing with law enforcement
- Suggestions for dealing with anti-gun sentiment

Effective Handgun Defense: A Comprehensive Guide to Concealed Carry

Effective Handgun Defense: A Comprehensive Guide to Concealed Carry Review

Personal protection is a hot issue in today's changing world. Currently, 42 states have some form of concealed-carry legislation. Now holders of concealed carry permits, law enforcement officers, security personnel and anyone interested in real world defensive tactics can find all the historical, safety and legal information they need in Effective Handgun Defense.

Beginning with an exploration of the history of self-defense handguns, this book gives readers a thorough understanding of how the guns have been used through the years. A detailed discussion of today's most popular concealed carry handguns and holsters follows, aiding readers in selecting the best handgun for their personal needs. Additional chapters cover safety recommendations, fighting calibers, service revolvers, 9mm pistols and the 1911 pistol.