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Title: Books for gun owners
Post by: Marshal Halloway on February 28, 2008, 10:02:44 AM

Lets' talk books again....

Let's create a list of favorite gun books among DRTV members...

In other words... if you had a fire and lost all your books, name the first 10 books to buy to restore your gun book & reference library.
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: saltydogbk on February 28, 2008, 10:15:35 AM
"Sixguns" by Keith, "To Ride, Shoot Straight, And Speak The Truth" by Cooper, "In the Gravest Extreme: The Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection" by Ayoob, Lee "Modern Reloading Second Edition" Reloading Manual by Richard Lee , and of course "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" by Brooks.
I know this isn't ten, but I would have to get some other reading material in that first load of ten books.
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: DDMac on February 28, 2008, 04:18:21 PM
Gotta have the Blue Book of Gun values, Fjestad; Small Arms of the World, Ruger/Colt-R.l. Wilson. NRA Firearms Fact Book. Playboy-for the great gun articles.. 5 of them..  that's 10. Mac.
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: cookie62 on February 28, 2008, 04:22:56 PM
Quote from: DDMack on February 28, 2008, 04:18:21 PM
Gotta have the Blue Book of Gun values, Fjestad; Small Arms of the World, Ruger/Colt-R.l. Wilson. NRA Firearms Fact Book. Playboy-for the great gun articles.. 5 of them..  that's 10. Mac.

Ya know somebody told me they started putin pictures in them playboys....along with the gun articles ;)
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: Hazcat on February 28, 2008, 04:28:06 PM
Reloading manuals.
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: DonWorsham on February 28, 2008, 04:33:05 PM
Shooting to Live - Fairbairn and Sykes
Principles of Personal Defense - Jeff Cooper
Bullseyes Don't Shoot Back - Michael Janich
Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights - Jim Cirillo
Defensive Use of Firearms - Stephen P. Wenger
Defensive Shooting for Real-Life Encounters - Ralph Mroz
The Farnam Method of Defensive Handgunning - John Farnam
Effective Handgun Defense - Frank James
Armed Response - David Kenik
Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting - Ed McGivern
Basic Gunfighting 101 - Michael T. Rayburn

sorry that was 11.
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: gunman1911 on February 28, 2008, 07:04:06 PM
I'll make this ezay all of the ones mentioned above!
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: gunman42782 on February 28, 2008, 07:11:07 PM
Sixguns by Keith
Hell I was There! by Keith
The Custom Revolver by Hamilton Bowen
Single Action Sixguns by John Taffin
Big Bore Sixguns by John Taffin
The Complete Shooter by Sam Fadala (this was my first gun book, and I learned a whole lot from it.)
All the great books by RL Wilson such as Ruger and His guns,  Winchester, an American Legend, Colt, etc.
There are many others, but these are a few of my favorites.
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: warhawke on February 28, 2008, 07:27:51 PM
The Armed Option; Zen in the art of Pistolcraft
by W. W. Butler
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: Snake45 on February 28, 2008, 09:46:40 PM
Survival Guns, Mel Tappan

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

Complete Book of Modern Handgunning, Jeff Cooper

Cooper on Handguns, Jeff Cooper

Handgunner's Guide, Chick Gaylord

Stressfire, Mas Ayoob

Stressfire II, Mas Ayoob

USA The Urban Survival Arsenal, Fred Rexer Jr.

Gun Digest Book of Firearms Assembly/Disassembly Vol 3 Rimfire Rifles, J. B. Wood

Something by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Title: Re: Books for gun owners
Post by: DDMac on February 29, 2008, 06:46:12 AM
Thanks guys. I could use a little Jeff Cooper these days.  Mac.