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Summary: ....
Review: .... If you want to learn about the care, feeding, and manipulation of the single action revolver, buy Sixguns by Elmer Keith. If you want to learn about the handguns and holsters used in Cowboy Action Shooting Mr. Stephens provides a brief list of manufacturers, but nothing in the way of details or descriptions about their products. If you already know how to shoot any type of handgun, you already know more than you could possibly learn from this book. If you don't know anything about handling firearms, then this book is not the place to start. The book includes very rudimentary descriptions of shooting stances, but nothing specifically related or unique about Cowboy Shooting. You can learn more about the proper way to handle a revolver by watching John Wayne in The Shootist than you will learn from this book. If you are interested in Cowboy Shooting or revolvers in general, read Elmer Keith's book Sixguns, and then request the rule book from the Single Action Shooting Society. I wish I had.
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Summary: Loco Cerveza SASS 45059
Review: As a member Single Action Shooting Society (SASS)I found this book to be both very helpful and enjoyable. The Chapter Guns and Pistol Gear of Today's Old West, is the best help for any new to the sport of Cowboy Action Shooting that is on a budget. Over all for the of the book is just about right for the information that it has to offer.Loco Cerveza SASS 45059
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Summary: Not enough meat
Review: I ordered this book thinking that it might shed a great deal of light on the techniques used in Cowboy Action Shooting, as the main title suggests. What I got was 71 pages of disappointment. The author has about five salient points to make regarding the "secrets of fast and accurate gunplay" (the sub-title of the book). This thin and expensive publication could have been replace by a three page paper in which the author could adequately cover those few points on fast and accurate gunplay. I don't recommend this book at all. Explanations of "Slip hammering" were cloudy and the author doesn't immediately explain what this is, until a paragraph of two into the dissertation following the heading. There were more than 20 photos, which comprise about 20% of the book. Frankly, this book was, for me, a waste of money.
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Summary: Cowboy Action Pistol Shooting
Review: This book is in reality a thin paperback, only 68 pages. The first half of the book is stories about gunfights in the late 1800s. The author finally gets to Cowboy action in the second half but poorly covers the subject. No recommendation on the caliber to use, not even a comparision. As far as the type of pistol to buy he makes no commitment. He claims they are all good. I found the pamphlet to be of little use and poorly thought out.
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