Review: Pistolsmithing - Real Guns Book Review
This book is representative of an unfortunate growing trend with national book retailers. It’s marked up to a price above retail, and listed as special order from Barnes & Noble with delivery in 3 – 5 weeks. Actually, the book is in wide distribution, readily available and can be purchased... […] [Read More]
Review: Big Bore Six Guns
I bought this book after buying my Ruger .45 Colt and completing a lot of grunt research on the single action revolver. Probably would have been a good book to get prior to purchasing because it offers a broad look at big bore six-guns, both single and double action, although... […] [Read More]
Review: Cartridges of the World, 8th Edition - Real Guns Book Review
Cartridges of the World is one of those books that ends up with bent corners and coffee stains on the pages, it gets used a lot. It’s an excellent reference work. There may be some obscure cartridges that are missed, but considering it covers 6mm shot shells, the 5.5mm Velo... […] [Read More]
Review: The Last Ivory Hunter - The Saga of Wally Johnson
I bought the book when I was doing research on cartridges originating during the early to mid 1900’s, that were used in African hunting. After about 15 minutes of reading, I was back in Ms. Conahan’s junior high school homeroom class, reading stories of African Adventures from a book tucked... […] [Read More]
Review: Gunsmithing: Pistols & Revolvers
For the price, this is a pretty good reference book. There were some sections that were of questionable merit, as an example, 50+ pages dedicated to a manufacturers index, many with no direct relationship to the topic at hand. As an example, is a listing for a knife manufacturer really... […] [Read More]
Review: Classic Sporting Rifles
This is not the type of book you want to pick up after eating a tuna sandwich, or leave on a work bench next to an open bottle of nitro solvent. It isn’t the type of book to buy if you measure your reading pleasure by pounds of pages of... […] [Read More]
Ruger American Rifle With Vortex Crossfire II Riflescope Part II
The Ruger American Rifle and Crossfire II scope had too much potential and I had too many handloading components to end the assessment with factory ammo. Handloading is not a casual endeavor, at least is you have all of your digits and eyebrows and you don’t have a barrel in... […] [Read More]
Dan Wesson's Commander Classic Bobtail II
I didn’t know Jeff Cooper, and I’m not sure he would have liked me had we met. He was a serious gunner and combat expert, a genuine tough guy. Whereas, when I get an “owie” when working in my shop, my wife still applies a Mickey Mouse Band-Aid to make... […] [Read More]