The Greatest Guns Ever50 Famous Firearms You've Got to Own reveals shooting guru Richard Hacker's favorite guns and provides the ultimate wish list for every firearms enthusiast in America. After almost 40 years of shooting, researching and writing about guns, Hacker has narrowed down his must-have fi rearms list in this one-of-a kind guide.This book features:50 of the world's best and most popular gunsStunning full-color photography of th...

Get to Know Your Revolver-Inside and Out!Gun Digest Book of the Revolver covers all aspects of living with the double-action revolver: shooting, handling, carrying, maintaining and accessorizing-everything you need to know to operate the quintessential American handgun.Topics in this comprehensive volume include:Self-Defense-Revolvers are still a good choice!Sighting options-including tips for aging eyesGetting the right hand fit...

Whether you're a professional gunsmith or just an interested do-it-yourselfer, you'll find what you need to keep your favorite pistols and revolvers perking in this revised 3rd Edition of Gunsmithing Pistols and Revolvers.From basic disassembly and maintenance to more complex repair and customization techniques, master gunsmith Pat Sweeney explains in clear text and detailed photos how to get the very most out of your pistol or revolver. Whether you're wondering how to mou...

In a long-awaited update of the world's most authoritative work on the subject, Massad Ayoob draws from an additional three decades of experience to educate responsible firearms owners about the legal, ethical, and practical use of firearms in self defense-the armed citizens' rules of engagement.Deadly Force discusses:Understand the legal and ethical issues surrounding use of lethal force by private citizensLearn about the social and psychological i...

Updated 2013 ebook versionAs a competition shooter you can control many things, but you cannot control the wind conditions. To excel in any outdoor shooting sport you will need to learn how to compensate for the effects of the wind. Written by Master Sergeant Jim Owens, his 20+ years of Marine Corps Shooting Team experience will give you the knowledge of how to read, judge and adjust for the wind - in any type of rifle competition.Jim’s book present...

Buying? Selling? Arm Yourself with the Facts–with Gun Digest® Buyer's Guide to Tactical Rifles!A seller's market can turn into a buyer's market overnight–especially the red-hot tactical rifle market! But how do you know what a particular gun is worth? Simple! Just check the Gun Digest® Buyer's Guide to Tactical Rifles!It's all here! From ARs to AKs, from Scorpions to Tommyguns, author Phillip Peterson gives you the straight scoop on everything that can eve...

In Gun Digest Book of SIG-Sauer 2nd Edition, pre-eminent fighting handgun trainer Massad Ayoob takes an in-depth look at some of the finest pistols on the market. In this revised 2nd Edition:First-hand gun reviews evaluate handling characteristics, design and performanceInsider reviews explain developments over the past 10 yearsNew chapters cover the most popular new models, and revisions explain significant changes to existing models

Whether for practical application or tricking out your gun, today's AR accessories are a world unto themselves. Gun Digest Guide to Customizing Your AR-15 examines the dizzying array of options and makes recommendations for today's growing crowd of AR owners.Exhaustive insights into a broad spectrum of parts, accessories, and brandsFrom stocks to suppressors, and everything in betweenBonus coverage of "other" black guns: FAL and AKSpecia...

In Gun Digest Guide to Maintaining & Accessorizing Firearms, gunsmith Kevin Muramatsu answers the most common questions he gets from gun owners about caring for and upgrading their firearms:How much more stuff do I have to buy to maintain and clean my new firearm?How do I make it more personalized to me, or more effective as a tool?What if something breaks?With an enteraining and user-friendly DIY format, this book provides the basi...

Originally published in 1935, Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers is a treatise on handguns of the early twentieth century. Written by Major Julian S. Hatcher, an expert on the subject of firearms of all sorts, readers will gain invaluable insight into everything to do with handheld firearms of the 1930s.In his introduction, Hatcher emphasizes that he has made an earnest effort to make this book accessible for both novices and experts. Novices who know nothing whatsoever abo...

The evolution of automatic weapons is one of the most significant developments in weapons history. While this development has been filled with disagreements, controversy, and stray hurdles, out of all of this tumult, shouting, and shooting has come the progress in firearms from the days when it was necessary to build a fire under a gun to make it go off to the you press the button and they do the work” automatic firearms of the present day.In 1941, Melvin M. Johnson Jr. and Charle...

Unprecedented guide to the AK-47!Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to AKs is the essentials reference book for any AK-47 enthusiast.As a former member of an elite Soviet Spetsnaz unit and avid AK historian, author Marco Vorobiev offers a detailed look inside the design, development, operation and maintenance of the most prolific firearm of all time.In the pages of this one-of-a-kind book, you'll find:Expert advice - ...