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Recommended Reading,
Books for Recreational Shooters
Compiled by Chuck Hawks
Listed below are some of my favorite gun and shooting books. I have divided them by category (Rifle, Handgun, Shotgun, Hunting, etc.) and then alphabetically by author. Enjoy some good reading!
Ammunition, Cartridges and Ballistics
- Frank C. Barnes: Cartridges of the World
- Bob Hagel: Game Loads and Practical Ballistics for the American Hunter
- Paul A. Matthews: Forty Years with the .45-70
- Winchester-Western: The Winchester-Western Ammunition Handbook
General Subjects
- R. Stephen Dorsey: Guns of the Western Indian War
- S.P. Fjestad: Blue Book of Gun Values
- Grits Gresham: Grits On Guns
- Burr Leyson: The New Guns Annual
- Jack O'Connor: Complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns
- Jack O'Connor (with Roy Dunlap, Alex Kerr, and Jeff Cooper): Complete Book of Shooting
- Jack O'Connor: Jack O'Connor's Gun Book
- Jack O'Connor: Outdoor Life Arms and Ammunition Annual
- Stoeger: Shooter's Bible
- Ralph T. Walker (Edited by Jack Lewis): Hobby Gunsmithing
- L. R. Wallack: The Anatomy of Firearms
- Ken Warner (formerly John T. Amber), Editor: Gun Digest
Gun Makers
- Larry L. Baer: The Parker Gun
- Lt. Col. William S. Brophy: L.C. Smith Shotguns
- Robert W. Elliott & Jim Cobb: Lefever: Guns of Lasting Fame
- Peter Alan Kasler: Glock, The New Wave in Combat Handguns
- Michael McIntosh: Best Guns
- Michael McIntosh: A.H. Fox, The Finest Gun in the World
- Ned Schwing: Winchester's Finest, The Model 21
- Walter Claude Snyder: The Ithaca Gun Company, From the Beginning
- Wiley Sword: The Historic Henry Rifle
- Terry Wieland: Spanish Best
- R.L. Wilson: Colt, An American Legend
- R.L. Wilson: Winchester, An American Legend
Handgun
- Massad F. Ayoob: StressFire
- Jeff Cooper: Cooper on Handguns
- Bill Jordan: No Second Place Winner
- Evan P. Marshall & Edwin J. Sanow: Handgun Stopping Power, The Definitive Study
- Ed McGivern: Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting
- George C. Nonte & Lee E. Jurras: Handgun Hunting
Hunting
- Jim Corbett: Man-Eaters of Kumaon
- Byron W. Dalrymple: Deer Hunting With Dalrymple
- Byron W. Dalrymple: North American Big Game Hunting
- J. Wayne Fears: Hunting Whitetails Successfully
- Jack O'Connor: Big Game Hunts
- Jack O'Connor: Game in the Desert Revisited
- Jack O'Connor: The Hunter's Shooting Guide
- Jack O'Connor (with Ben East, Erwin A. Bauer, Archibald Rutledge, Charles Elliott, Byron W. Dalrymple, Clyde Ormond): Outdoor Life's Deer Hunting Book
Reloading
- A-Square: Any Shot you Want
- Parker O. Ackley: Pocket Manual for Shooters and Reloaders
- Hodgdon Powder Company: Data Manual
- Hornady Manufacturing Company: Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading
- Lyman (Edward A Matunas, Editor): Reloading Handbook
- Edward A. Matunas: Reloading for Shotgunners
- Nosler, Inc: Nosler Reloading Guide
- Sierra: Rifle and Handgun Reloading Data
- Speer: Speer Reloading Manual
- Ken Warner (formerly John T. Amber), Editor: Handloader's Digest
Rifle
- Jack O'Connor: The Hunting Rifle
- Jack O'Connor: The Rifle Book
- Alexander Rose: American Rifle
Shotgun
- Geoffrey Boothroyd: Sidelocks & Boxlocks
- Bob Brister: Shotgunning, The Art and the Science
- John Culler & Chuck Wechsler (Editors): Second to None
- Michael McIntosh: Shotguns and Shooting
- Jack O'Connor: The Shotgun Book
- Michael Yardley: Gunfitting
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