Review: Standard Catalog of Military Firearms
I do not have extensive military weapon experience, but I do have a collection of the more common firearms from: Germany, Russia, Sweden, Turkey and the Czech Republic. Prior to acquiring any of the firearms I purchased the accepted, popular historical reference for each and researched production numbers and dates... […] [Read More]
Review: German Handguns
Whenever the word “reference” is affixed to a book, the price is elevated by approximately 50%, and German Handguns isn’t an exception to the rule. Highly enhanced and expanded, but based on work done by the author 30 years ago, the book offers excellent coverage of handguns of German design... […] [Read More]
Review: The Gun Digest Book of Long Range Shooting
The Gun Digest Book of Long-Range shooting remained on topic right up to the first page, where it took a sharp turn and wandered into the never-never land of two guys shooting the bull about prairie dog hunting. Plaster’s The Ultimate Sniper is a meaningful book of long range shooting,... […] [Read More]
Review: Gunsmithing Made Easy
This is probably the easiest review I’ve written in the past couple of years. I don’t know about gunsmithing made easy, but if you like firearm related projects and work on your own firearms, buy the book. It is probably the only recent release that doesn’t treat scope adjustment as... […] [Read More]
Review: Technical Manual & Armorer's Course The 1911 .45 Auto - AGI DVD
After watching a number of AGI DVD’s featuring Robert Dunlap, master gunsmith, I believe I finally have a bead on the guy. He is not dry and humorless as I initially thought, he is actually droll and a bit of a mechanical nerd. More importantly, his presentation is clear, concise... […] [Read More]
Review: Technical Manual & Armorer's Course The AR-15 Rifle - AGI DVD
Sure, I like sorting it all out for myself as much as the next guy and I don’t like to have my creativity stifled by being forced to put each and every part into an exact mandated location. Still, a dozen or so partial or excessively complete firearms under my... […] [Read More]
Review: Speer Reloading Manual #14
I was relatively critical when I wrote my review of Speer #13 in 1998. Probably a shortage of roughage, because I went on the use the manual heavily. Speer #13 has been one of my top three choices for reloading manuals and one I’ve recommended frequently. It has excellent, comprehensive... […] [Read More]
Review: Modern Combat Pistols
The word “Impressive” is probably a good place to start. Finally, a great reference book with original work, lots of identifying photos and an absence of reproduced catalogue pages. In addition, the book’s content is actually consistent with the title and it is written and organized in a manner appropriate... […] [Read More]
Review: Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting
I purchased this book after reading some terrible reviews on Amazon, but noting it was referenced by Jerry Miculek as a source of training information. The book is fantastic and I feel badly that there seems to be a crop of folks in university and new to shooting who show... […] [Read More]
Review: The Advanced Pistol Marksmanship Manual
I do not know when this material was first published or how extensive the number of people that contributed. The book is a reprint of a compilation of information derived from various military sources and studies for use by the United States Army Marksmanship Training Unit. Reference table and study... […] [Read More]