Shooters Guide To Handguns

For more than 100 years, Shooter’s Bible has been the ultimate comprehensive resource for shooting enthusiasts across the board. Trusted by everyone from competitive shooters to hunters to those who keep firearms for protection, this leading series is always expanding. Here is the first edition of the Shooter’s Bible Guide to Combat Handguns—your all-encompassing resource with up-to-date information on combat and defensive handguns, training and defensive ammunition, handgun ballistics, tactical and concealment holsters, accessories, training facilities, and more. No Shooter’s Bible guidebook is complete without a detailed products section showcasing handguns from all across the market. Author Robert Sadowski proves to be a masterful instructor on all aspects of handguns, providing useful information for every reader, from those with combat handgun experience in military and law enforcement fields to private citizens, first-timers, and beyond.

Provides step-by-step instructions and manufacturer specifications for all aspects of firearms maintenance while sharing accompanying tips for a wide range of firearms categories.

Want to learn how to clean, handle, and fire your very own gun?Look no further! In this handy volume, shooting expert Clair Rees has compiled the ultimate Beginner's Guide to Guns! This introduction to gun selection, sighting, maintenance, and proper handling is a must-have for newcomers to the fun and exciting sport of shooting and is a great resource for seasoned experts who want to keep up their good technique!Rees approaches the topic of gun ownership with an objective and even-keeled voice, placing a heavy emphasis on the proper gun-handling techniques that make shooting a fun and safe sport for everyone!Beginning with an overview of gun safety and care, Rees takes us through the developmental history of the modern firearm starting with the most primitive firing mechanisms of the 13th Century through the invention of the matchlock musket, wheellock, miquelet, snaphaunce, and flintlock. With an abundance of helpful diagrams, illustrations, and photographs, The Beginner's Guide to Guns will teach you everything you need to know about selecting, sighting, shooting, and caring for a variety of rifles, handguns, and shotguns.

"The legendary 1911 is America's gun, and a century after this iconic pistol first appeared, it is more popular than ever. Now is the Golden Age of the 1911. Never before have there been more choices for the 1911 enthusiast, and this brand-new, completely revised and expanded second edition covers significant changes that have occurred in the 1911 world, including new makers, new models, new holsters and accessories, and new ammunition choices"--Page 4 of cover.

A guide to shooting profiles techniques and competitive societies associated with different types of shooting sports, and also features information on women and guns, safety, and practicing.

This book is written for the beginner shooter. It is designed to instruct beginners away from developing poor habits and wasting money, and toward a sound foundation of firearms proficiency. In this book, you will not find the wiz bang wow factor of "Hollywood" firearms. Instead you will find a return to the basics, the essentials, the necessary tools to handle and shoot a gun with competency. As a longtime firearms instructor, I have found that bad habits are formed over time or formed without proper instruction. The information in this book is the groundwork required to form those good and basic habits. My hope in writing this book is that you will take these basic steps and continue to learn and master the craft. Do not be discouraged if you do not see drastic results with the first box of ammo or two. I have spent over 25 years of my life being trained and training with the best in the business. Be forever learning and honing your skill set. Stay Safe. Hope to see ya on the range. Captain Danny Walker

From one of the country's foremost experts on shotgunning comes the all new Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns. Rich in history and filled with information useful for every shotgun owner from beginner to expert, this book explores the makers, the uses and the trends in shotguns past and present. Inside you'll find information on: The shotgun through history, from its humble beginnings to its iconic status today. A complete examination of shotgun and shotshell types. Advice on loading your own shells. Games to play and game to hunt with your favorite shotgun. Hundreds of beautiful, illustrative photographs. The Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Shotguns has all this and more. Whether you own an everyday Remington 870 or a British double worth more than your car, Wieland's insights and tasteful writing cover the gamut. Truly a must-have for any shotgunner's library.

A practical guide for every AK shooter, serving as a valuable reference manual for the expert, average or novice shooter who wants to learn the fundamentals of operation, maintenance and accessories for the AK rifle.