Shooting category: 629 books
Textbook of Pistols and Revolvers
Their Ammunition, Ballistics and Use
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
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...
by Silvio Calabi, Steve Helsley, Roger Sanger
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
This third installment in the popular series of practical books about guns and shooting is aimed at women of all ages—the fastest-growing segment of the sport—and it couldn’t come at a better time. America and firearms literally grew up together, but today guns are often simply linked to crime...
Taking Your First Shot
A Woman's Introduction to Defensive Shooting and Personal Safety
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Numbers don’t lie; more and more women are purchasing guns and learning to shoot! While shooting used to be a male-dominated sport, women across the country have begun discovering that a trip to the range not only is relaxing, but also brings with it a sense of strength and empowerment. Taking Your...
The Crack Shot
or Young Rifleman's Complete Guide: Being a Treatise on the Use of the Rifle
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Hunting and sport shooting is steeped in tradition with the concept of passing it on being one of the most important things a rifleman can learn besides gun safety. Written with a grace that often characterized nineteenth century books, The Crack Shot is not only a quaint snapshot of another time,...
Automatic Arms
Their History, Development and Use
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
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...
by Hugh S. Gladstone
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
First published in London 1922. A well researched chronicle of many of the remarkable and record bags of the various species of game which are met with in the British Isles, together with some account of the evolution of the sporting gun, marksmanship and the speed and weight of birds. The illustrated...
by Harvey Berman
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a marksman is someone skilled at shooting at a mark or target. This is a book for hand-gunners who want to be marksmen.
Handgun Marksmanship is a learner’s guide to shooting straight and hitting what you aim at. Each chapter is a separate lesson...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
With hunting advice from a wide variety of experts, including Steve Bartylla, Peter Fiduccia, Leo Somma, and John Trout, The Ultimate Book of Bowhunting focuses on the most traditional of hunting weapons: the bow and arrow. In this compendium of bowhunting knowledge, you will learn how to do such...
by Brian Wardell
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
World class shooter Brian Wardell shares techniques learned from legendary shooters like Leatham, Enos, Shaw, Chapman, Jarrett and others in a series of practical shooting books. This is #2 in the series dealing with stance. Primarily covering handguns, these techniques will help shooters from beginners...
by Brian Wardell
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2013
World class shooter Brian Wardell shares techniques learned from legendary shooters like Leatham, Enos, Shaw, Chapman, Jarrett and others in a series of practical shooting books. This is #1 in the series dealing with grip. Primarily covering handguns, these techniques will help shooters from beginners...
by H. W. H.
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This early handbook is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. A concise look at rifles and ammunition that will prove of great interest to the hunting and shooting enthusiast. Extensively illustrated with black and white diagrams and drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly...
by Theodore Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails gathers together Roosevelt’s many writings on game hunting and the outdoors from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Published in various magazines and excerpts from his other publications, this collection finally brings the best musings of a great sportsman into...
Good Hunting
In the Pursuit of Big Game in the West
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Written in the late nineteenth century and first published in Harper’s Round Table magazine in 1896, this collection of articles details turn-of-the-century America’s rugged wilderness. Good Hunting is an engaging read for those whose interests lie in hunting sports, and nature. Roosevelt, being...
The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told
Classic Tales of Hunting Grizzly, Moose, Cape Buffalo, and Much More
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
Experience all the thrills and dangers of hunting big game as told by writers who experienced them first-hand.
Elephant. Bear. Moose. Rhinoceros. Buffalo. Lion. Since prehistoric times man has hunted. An elemental part of life, seeking out and overpowering large, strong, and fast animals has...