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Ben Stoeger has been teaching Practical Shooting for more than a decade. He has watched thousands of students fire millions of rounds over the years which taught him quite a lot about shooting, including how individuals process and obtain an understanding of shooting. Students repeatedly shoot the same patterns over and over again, and the same drills highlight the same mistakes. Over time, it has become easy for Stoeger to spot these patterns. The...
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Ian Niall, sportsman and naturalist, shares with his reader the joy of the countryman, captured in these varied recollections which draw on a lifetime observing nature, studying wildlife, shooting and fishing. His fascinating essays cover corncrakes and partridges, snipe and woodcock, foxes, hares and pigeons, duck and geese, trout and pike.
His unerring eye for all the nuances of nature finds its perfect partner in C.F. Tunnicliffe's matchless illustrations....
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First compiled by BB in 1946, he aimed to create a book which was largely composed of the best descriptive writings on the sport of shooting. These pages are packed with evocative and stirring passages for sportsmen to enjoy after a day out and during the long winter evenings.
The extracts chosen represent some of the greatest writers from Richard Jefferies to the poet John Masefield.
BB himself, one of the most evocative writers on the countryside,...
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Coffeehouse mystery volume 20
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"Only Murders in Gotham, the smash hit streaming show, is famous for filming in authentic New York City locations and using real New Yorkers as extras. For their latest episode, they've chosen to spotlight the century-old Village Blend and its quirky crew of baristas. But when the film crew's week of shooting delivers an actual shooting, Clare Cosi and her staff find themselves at the scene of a true crime"--
5) The Beginners Guide to Firearm Safety: How to Secure, Transport and Fire a Handgun or Rifle Safely
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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...
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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...
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THE 78TH EDITION OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST GUN BOOK!
For nearly eight decades, Gun Digest has served as the trusted source for up-to-date, detailed, and exciting information about firearms. Gun Digest is the finest collection of great stories, historical reflections, in-depth reviews, and new-product roundups available anywhere. If it has anything to do with firearms and shooting sports, you'll find it here: more than 600 pages covering rifles,...
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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...
9) Professional Gunsmithing - A Textbook on the Repair and Alteration of Firearms - With Detailed No
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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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...
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A captivating and wonderfully illustrated chronicle of one of the most influential and legendary names in gunsmithing history.
John M. Browning was born in Ogden, Utah, in 1855, into a world of gunsmithing. His father was a gunsmith who was already well known, for a number of innovations in the field. As a young boy, John spent hours in his father's shop and allegedly knew the name of every part of a gun before he could read. It's hardly surprising...
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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...
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Discover the Thrill of Owning and Shooting the M1 Garand!
See why today's shooters prefer the reliability and firepower of
the Garand - for survival, competition and fun!
Few American firearms have stood the test of time like the M1
Garand. The World War II-era semi-automatic rifle designed by John C. Garand has
been immortalized by General George S. Patton, who described it as "The
greatest battle implement ever devised." It embodies the...
14) Blood betrayal
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Blackwater Falls volume 2
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296 pages ; 25 cm.
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"In Blackwater Falls, Colorado, veteran police officer Harry Cooper is hot on the heels of some local vandals when the situation turns deadly: believing one of them has a gun, Harry opens fire and Duante Reed, a young Black man, is killed. The "gun" in his hands was a bottle of spray paint. Meanwhile, in nearby Denver, a drug raid goes south and a Latino teen, Mateo Ruiz, is also killed. Detective Inaya Rahman is all too familiar with the name of...
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