The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson is easily the best reference for S&W guns I have ever purchased. In fact, it may be the best reference book I have ever purchased since escaping some pretty advanced science courses back in college.
In its third edition, the Standard Catalog describes and values nearly 800 different Smith & Wesson guns. Each firearm has a separate entry with as much production and collector information as the authors have been able to locate.
Black Man with a Gun is a book on gun rights, the racist roots of gun control and the use of firearms to promote liberty. My friend, Kenn Blanchard, wrote this book prior to building his massively popular Urban Shooter podcast.
The new “tell all” book on Glock, called “Glock”, has gotten a lot of press recently, and I have wanted to read it. As it happens, the publisher sent me a review copy of the book, which I have already started reading.
It is not a boring book…
I’m sure some of you have read other reviews on the book already, but I have not. I purposefully avoided reviews so I could form my own opinions as I read it. I already have a few interesting observations, which I will share with you very soon.
For those that want their own copy of the book, Amazon has them in stock for about $17.
Somehow it slipped by me, but a new book called Combat Shooting with Massad Ayoob is now selling on Amazon. The book runs almost 200 pages and covers a variety of topics including mindset, using competition as training and examining the techniques of Jim Cirillo, Charles Askins and Wyatt Earp.
Amazon is selling the book for only $15.50. Based on Ayoob’s prior work, I’d say the book will be worth every penny. My order has already been placed.
Hodgdon announced the 2012 reloading manual is complete and will be ready in early 2012. The new manual will have load data for the 300 BLK (aka 300 BLACKOUT) cartridge, as well as load data for the new Hodgdon CFE 223 powder I wrote about recently.
The manual will be more than 100 pages, have more than 5000 recipes and new articles from industry writers. The manual will cover all of the Hodgdon, IMR and Winchester powders (59 different powders).
The 2012 Hodgdon reloading manual is $8.99 on the newsstand, or $11.99 direct from Hodgdon.
The World’s Assault Rifles is an in-depth exploration of the origins and evolution of the modern assault rifles. Released in April 2010, the book, written by Gary Paul Johnston and Thomas B. Nelson, is more than 1200 pages with almost 2000 photos and illustrations.
Gary Paul Johnston was on Tom Gresham’s GunTalk radio show on May 30, 2010 discussing The World’s Assault Rifles. GunTalk is available as a free podcast if you are interested in hearing the interview.
While scanning Amazon.com tonight, I discovered someone is selling Bill Jordan’s classic book “No Second Place Winners” for only $12.45…and that’s for a new condition copy. I don’t know how many they have, but I picked one up for myself.
