Gun Book Recomendations?

[Elbe]

Hello,

Are there any books about guns that you all would recomend? I am new to shooting, so specifically I am looking for something geared to people just learning and something that will define the terminology. Thanks everyone!

 

[scap99]

Barnes and nobles magazine rack. Free to read all day long.


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[matefrio]

Hard to say without knowing where you are currently at now.

Jeff Coopers books are hard to come by but are great reading though

 

[jbr24]

i like scap's idea

 

[Angered_Kabar]

I'm reading Cooper's The Art of the Rifle.

I have to say I learned a few things already. It's not really a step by step guide to becoming an instant rifleman, but a broad overview on what the rifleman can expect to encounter and some advice on how to prepare for it.

 

[Elbe]

Thanks - I found it on Amazon and read the preview pages and I plan to get it.

 

[Chrs2fer23]

Someone recommended Boston's Gun Bible to me, and I just got it from Amazon a couple days ago. Haven't started in on it yet, but in thumbing through it, it looks really good and has a bit of everything.

 

[TheDan]

Someone recommended Boston's Gun Bible to me, and I just got it from Amazon a couple days ago. Haven't started in on it yet, but in thumbing through it, it looks really good and has a bit of everything.

Most of those 800 something pages is rhetoric. I feel that it's likely to turn someone off if all they are looking for is shooting tips and gun info. Still, there is a lot of good info in there and the guy has obviously done his research. You just have to wade through quite a bit of, uh... opinion... to get to the meat of it. Much like an internet forum

 

[Charlie]

Finn Aagaard -Selected Works- Very interesting. Deals with shooting of all types, in the U.S. and Africa as well as calibers, actions, etc. Not deep into technology but written in a down-to-earth manner.

 

[Acera]

Most of those 800 something pages is rhetoric. I feel that it's likely to turn someone off if all they are looking for is shooting tips and gun info. Still, there is a lot of good info in there and the guy has obviously done his research. You just have to wade through quite a bit of, uh... opinion... to get to the meat of it. Much like an internet forum

My lady friend got the book, and really liked it. Then there was a mad race to find a SMLE and a 50 BMG to squirrel away for later. As TheDan said, it's opinionated.

I think it would be a good book for a novice to check out.

 

[cougartex]

The Experts' Guide to Rifle & Handgun Marksmanship by Jim Casada.

 

[TheDan]

As TheDan said, it's opinionated.

BTW, I don't want to leave the impression that I necessarily disagree (I'm also one of those original intent 2A "nuts"), but the author has a way of laying it on thick. I think the author would have done the readers a better service breaking it into two or three separate books. Maybe I was just expecting more of technical book and less preaching to the choir

What troubles me is that I don't really have a better book to recommend. I'm watching this thread for new items to add to my library, too.

 

[fnmedallion]

anything by myoob assad

 

[Chrs2fer23]

Most of those 800 something pages is rhetoric. I feel that it's likely to turn someone off if all they are looking for is shooting tips and gun info. Still, there is a lot of good info in there and the guy has obviously done his research. You just have to wade through quite a bit of, uh... opinion... to get to the meat of it. Much like an internet forum

It's been put in the bathroom for ....well, you know.....short reads. Haven't bought any new magazines lately. I knew going into it that is was that sort of book.

 

[Texasjack]

To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth, by Jeff Cooper.

 

[redneckinmontrose]

A few items on my shelf:
Blue Book of Gun Values
Homicidal Humor
More Homicidal Humor
Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting
Elmer Keith, The Other Side of a Western Legend
No Second Place Winner
The Art of the Rifle
From Luby's to the Legislature
Standard Catalog of Firearms
In the Gravest Extreme
Combat Rifle Marksmanship Exercises
Principles of Personal Defense
Boston's Gun Bible
Armed and Female

They vary from mindset to technical information. The Homicide books are some of the funniest words written. Should be a third one out soon.