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.