Product Description

Single Action Sixguns offers the rapidly growing population of six-gun enthusiasts the most detailed and comprehensive sixgun resource on the market. This model-by-model review of handguns of the past and present provides a glimpse into the character of some of the most famous firearms in history.

More than 350 photos, coupled with thousands of facts about single-action revolvers from 1850 to today, create a unique chronology for handgun enthusiasts, cowboy action shooters and handgun hunters. Readers will enjoy chapters on tips for customizing, grips, loads and leather, hunting, personal defense, ammunition, cartridge reloading and more! Featured models include Colt 1873 SAA, Remington 1875 and 1890, Ruger Vaquero, Freedom Arms, Uberti, Ruger Blackhawk and Super Blackhawk.

-350 full-color photos offer ease of identification and reference

-Model-by-model review provides for detailed assessment

-Contains facts on single-action sixguns from 1850 to today

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44609 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 336 pages

About the Author
John Taffin has over 40 years of experience in experimenting and firing nearly every model of lever gun and single-action revolver made. He has written several books.

Customer Reviews

Yep . . . you need this one, too! Outstanding!
I want to apologize for what's going to be a short review, but I want to get back to this terrific book.

I've been a big fan of John Taffin's writing for years now. No other gunwriter carries the banner of classic gunwriting the way he does. I've owned BIG BORE HANDGUNS and BIG BORE SIXGUNS for some time now, and I've had the good fortune to meet Mr. Taffin online at the Sixgunner.com forums. These two were among my favorite books - I could always pick them up and open them at random and just lose myself in the great writing and photographs. But when this book (SINGLE ACTION SIXGUNS) was announced, I was skeptical - what else could JT even SAY on the subject?

Well, a lot, it turns out. And Mr. Taffin doesn't just repeat himself from the other books or from his Guns/American Handgunner articles. This is new stuff, with new photos (TONS of them - better than ever, and in ALL color). There are 336 pages of great info (and COLOR photos - excellent, sharp photos) on all sorts of things, ranging from old original models to modern single-action sixguns, to mini-SAs, to replicas, customs, grips, tips, hunting, leather and - of course - John's ongoing search for the perfect packing gun. This is John Taffin's best book so far!

Now, please bear in mind that I'm not all that huge a single-action revolver fan. I've owned a few (only have one right now), but I'm MUCH more into double-action revos and even semiautomatics. This book, though, has completely captivated me. I'm so glad I bought it (and, by the way, Amazon has a great price compared to what I've seen at the local bookstore).

If you're a gun guy or you're thinking about buying a gift for one, look no further and BUY THIS GREAT BOOK!

Half a century of sixguns
John Taffin has been enamored with the single-action revolver for over 50 years. His fascination runs back to the "B" grade westerns of his youth, and he has been shooting, loading for and hunting with single action revolvers since the 1950s. One of the central tenets of his soul is that he is a teacher. The synergy of his love for sixguns and his superb teaching skills (as well as decades of hard work), have led Taffin to become one of today's premier gunwriters. "Single Action Sixguns" is a rich and fertile compilation of the experiences derived from five decades of handling, shooting, customizing, competing with and hunting with single-action revolvers of every imaginable size shape, caliber and configuration. The knowledge captured in these pages is both insightful and entertaining. The extensive color photography is truly spectacular, and any fan of the gun-maker's art will find the significant collection of fine sixguns captured in these pages to be inspirational. It could easily be argued that no other man has put as much time, effort or thought into customizing, collecting or competing with the single-action revolver, and this book is the culmination of half a century of John's passion. Chapters cover the multitude of different makes and models of single-action sixguns, customizing them, exotic grips, fine leather, hunting with the revolver, time-proven loading techniques and tips, and the history of the single-action revolver from the early Colt cap-n-ball revolvers through the thoroughly modern Freedom Arms masterpieces. The writing is in Taffin's clear, entertaining, and knowledgeable style. The firearms enthusiast will find no finer book on sixguns, their history, function and use, than "Single-action Sixguns" by John Taffin. Good teachers are a blessing indeed.

The BEST book on single actions, bar none.
I have many, many books about guns, and this is without a doubt the BEST one that I have ever owned. The illustrations are superb, and Mr. Taffin's style of writing makes you think he is talking to you. I highly recommend this book for anyone that loves the single action revolver, but I have to warn you, it will make you want more and more guns!