Product Description

Interest in cowboy action shooting and Old West reenactment has skyrocketed, and spawned tremendous growth in the field of replica firearms; the "cowboy action club" is 55,000 members strong. Unfortunately, there hasn't been much information available on these replicas - until now! Guns of the New West gives readers comprehensive information on the gun they own or are thinking about buying. No Old West enthusiast will want to go without this guide.

Providing historical information on the original gun, the book discusses the pros and cons of the replica, with detailed photos of the inside of the replica and an explanation of disassembly and reassembly, as well as instructions on how to make minor repairs. More than 20 handguns, rifles and shotguns are covered, with a review of available ammunition and information on accuracy and reloading. This heavily illustrated guide is the most comprehensive book available on the subject.

-Discussion of pros and cons of more than 20 Old West replica firearms -Heavily illustrated with photos of the inside of each gun -Provides instruction on assembly/disassembly and minor repairs

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #186528 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780873497688
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

ONCE AGAIN David R. Chicoine has come out with a Outstanding work !
For those contemplating entering the popular ever growing COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING sport, Chicoine's new book is the best I've seen too date. This reknowned gunsmith/writer gives you a wealth of facts on the popular firearms of that period and moves right into the modern offerings and clones of those original firearms with outstanding details and thoughts on each.

He covers the most popular handguns, percussion & cartridge,Colts,S&W's,Remington, Starr and others,the popular and most used rifles in the same thorough style, and shotgun too. I doubt you'll have many questions left to answer if you read this one, about making personal choices.

The book reeks with QUALITY,the book is filled with absolutely wonderful photographs of original firearms, clones,new offerings,leather goods for them,a color photo section that is breathtaking.

He then combines all this with a bit of history on the CAS sport, ammunition available for these, tests with the new guns & ammo,lovely photos of CAS shooters right up to the latest items just coming onto the market like the Colt Lightning slide action rifle.

If this great book doesn't "fire you up" to get into this wonderful sport or for your own at "home" shooting ,nothing will.

Daves books always seem to "come out" of the box being "classics" before they get around, This one is no different. The best I've seen on this topic to date.

Good, but badly in need of updating
This publication has good marks, but it is badly in need of serious revision due to changes in Cowboy Shooting and black powder cartridge shooting over the last few years. Far too much time is spent on EMF imports; at the same time serious contenders like the 1892 Winchester and Uberti-made 1892 short rifles or the model 1897 Winchester shotgun and its replicas are ignored. Missing are other high quality Sharps rifles, rolling block and lever actions commonly used today. Diagrams are excellent, but can you imagine talking to a serious western enthusiast today and limiting your discussion to only about half the models routinely used and actually preferred by competitors and enthusiasts alike?

Guns oF The New West
Great book for the CAS crowd. Only problem I can find with it is that it is a bit outdated. Lots of new stuff out there now. I know the new stuff gets reviewed in monthly magazines etc. It is nice to have it all in one place though. Other than that the book is excellent. Authors usual good work.