Big-Bore Handguns | 
 enlarge | Author: John Taffin
Publisher: Krause Publications
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 521712
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0873494636
Dewey Decimal Number: 799
EAN: 9780873494632
ASIN: 0873494636
Publication Date: October 1, 2002
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Book Description
John Taffin drops the hammer on the world's most powerful handguns. From the original Colt Peacemaker to Taurus' monster revolver aptly named "The Raging Bull," recognized expert Taffin shows the ins and outs of shooting, hunting, and competing with the biggest handguns around. Honest reviews and hundreds of photos feature handguns from makers such as Colt, Smith & Wesson, Dan Wesson, Ruger, Freedom Arms, and Taurus. Significant coverage is also given to handgun customizing, accessories, reloading, and popular shooting hobbies including hunting and cowboy activities. Accessories consist of stocks, handgun holster rigs, and much more. Firearms include single-shot pistols, revolvers, and semi-automatics. Hunting and cowboy shooting load data lets reloaders blaze away with optimal loads, especially for those using sixgun and lever rifle combinations. • Reviews of world's most powerful handguns from Colt, Smith & Wesson, Dan Wesson, Ruger, Freedom Arms, and Taurus • Customizing, accessories, reloading, and popular shooting hobbies for big bore handguns
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 good but not great May 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am glad to have this book. It is wonderful addition to my collection of firearms books. Two things keep it from being great, in my opinion.
First, the books seems to be more a patched together collection of essays and stories than a real book. Certain incidences are repeated for instance, and pictures are used more than once in spite of the author's contention that there were too many to choose from. Ultimately the book lacks that consistancy and cohesiveness that a "written from scratch" book would have.
Second, the author likes to write about himself almost as much as he does his subject. This is easy to take in small doses, like a magazine article, but in a book it becomes bothersome after a while. The author is certainly knowledgable, but I bought the book to learn more about the subject material, not the author. All in all it's a very good read that could have been better.
 A very Complete Book September 29, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a very detailed exploration of large caliber handguns as they developed from the second quarter of the 19th Century until the eve of the 21st. The historical data is accurate and the content generally useful for enthusiasts. There are loads for the various calibers -often taylored for specific guns.
The author covers the large caliber revolvers, autopistols and single shots, the literature on the subject and his own experiences with the various arms so thoroughly that the reader of Big Bore Handguns may deservedly consider himself well-read on the subject.
big bore handguns March 3, 2003
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
this is an excellent book about large caliber handguns mr taffins writing is to the point and very informative .I have a large firearms library and this is one of the best books on revolvers i have read .
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