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A showcase for basic firearm skills and the most current shooting equipment and methods in use today from the bestselling team at Outdoor Life. Whatever you're shooting, whether it's a tricked-out MSR, a tight 1911, or a custom skeet gun, the experts at Outdoor Life have the know-how you need to take your skills to the next level. Covers handguns, rifles, shotguns, and ARs. RANGE SKILLS & HUNTING: This book is filled with tips and tricks that build...

One of the most popular sports in the world is shooting and hunting. The Beginners Guide to Firearm Safety: How to Secure, Transport and Fire a Handgun or Rifle Safely by Robert Bradley is his new book aimed at educating individuals wanting to begin owning a handgun or rifle to begin enjoying this sport or for home and personal protection. Many new firearm owners are aware of some of the basic safety instructions to being a responsible firearm owner...

Thirty shooting stories in pursuit of pheasant, mallard, geese, hares, mink, even an old wild goat, these modern tales involve bi-lingual dogs, an ignominious goose, red-letter days and disappointments, days on boglands, grouse moors, smart shoots and estuaries. Punt gunning, rough shooting and wildfowling, dawns and dusks and assorted brushes with ecstasy and near-death. Douglas Butler has an ear for a good shooting story and, as an inveterate shooter...

The Ultimate Collector's Guide to 500 Handguns in Full Color! Ultimate Handguns brings together five hundred classic examples, organized from A-Z by country and gunmaker's name, of handguns of all types, from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century, which makes it a serious reference book for collectors, enthusiasts, and sportsmen alike. It shows the different types of handgun which the world has used to wage war, break and defend its laws, and...

The History of America- And Our Guns The history of the United States is, like it or not, interwoven with the history of firearms. The young colony needed technologically advanced arms to hunt for food for survival and to maintain a secure base in the face of Native American opposition to European settlers. As the Vikings discovered several centuries earlier, the Indians were tough opponents, expert in the use of bladed weapons and bows. The advent...

The danger of home invasion as a form of criminal assault is becoming more prevalent in various parts of the world, often resulting in serious injury and death of the victims. Access to firearms and proper training in the use thereof may be the difference between life and death when seconds are ticking away and a response by law enforcement authorities often several minutes or hours too late. As aggressive as the criminal community is in the planning...