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The Rookie's Guide to Guns and Shooting, Handgun Edition: What you need to know to buy, shoot and care for a handgun
"How do you make that first trip to the range or gun store without looking like a total doofus? Like all new things, learning how to handle guns can be intimidating. But how do you take the first step now that Miss Manners' Sooper Dooper Guide to Shooting Etiquette is out of print?"
If you're thinking about buying a gun, are new to shooting, or just haven't immersed yourself in the gun culture, guns and shooting can be intimidating! Loud noises, armed people and gun stores can be scary. Never fear! This book will make you comfortable in no time. And you'll have a few laughs in the process.
"The first visit can be fraught with uncertainty and doubt. Never fear, ! We're going to tell you exactly what to expect, so you can walk in with confidence and have some serious fun. Fortunately, checking into a shooting range is a lot less stressful than passing through a TSA checkpoint."
In light-hearted style, it will give you easy-to-understand and insanely practical tips about:
- Types of guns
- Gun safety tips
- Things to consider when choosing a gun
- How to buy a gun
- How to handle a gun
- Getting started: A fistful of shooting tips
- What to expect at the shooting range and what to bring
- What you need to know about ammunition
- How to clean your gun
- Cheat sheet resources to help you find training, ranges and local gun stores
"Hunting with the newly invented firearms was problematic animals were reluctant to stand in front of cannons long enough to be converted to SPAM. In response to complaints of supermarket butchers everywhere, the "hand-gonne" was invented. Simply a downsized cannon mounted on a pole, the hand-gonne struggled for popularity mainly because no one knew how to pronounce the word gonne."
Go to any shooting range and observe what happens when folks show up without knowing the first thing about their new gun. The Rookie's Guide to Guns and Shooting, Handgun Edition will teach you the basics of visiting ranges and gun stores and help you with basic shooting instruction.
"Water tends to run downhill. Asparagus tends to find it way from kids' plates to the dog under the table. And Michael Moore's muffin top tends to hang around his knees. The point is, all things tend to gravitate towards their natural state. And that's where natural point of aim comes in. Natural point of aim simply means assuming the stance and position where your body naturally wants to point the gun."
The editors at MyGunCulture.com have painstakingly documented successes and failures we've seen over the years. We've listened to so many gun show huckster sales pitches that the late Billy Mays would be impressed. And the result? "The Rookie's Guide to Guns and Shooting, Handgun Edition."
"Not too long ago, a visit to a local gun store would more than likely involve meeting Clem, Bodean, and Clem's other brother Clem. Fortunately, those days are mostly behind us. Many gun stores have gone full-auto retail and implemented 20th century customer-centric ideas like hiring helpful sales staff, designing functional and attractive showrooms and running water."
Loaded with pictures and comedic illustrations, this book will tell you just about everything you need to know to get started with the shooting sports. We also address mysterious gun terminology and those shooting myths that spread like the flu on a budget cruise ship.
"If someone tells you about the knockdown power of a given cartridge, immediately run to the nearest library and ask to borrow a copy of Physics For Dummies. In it, you might find mention of a guy named Isaac Newton. While his brother Wayne was busy developing a fine singing career in Las Vegas, Isaac focused on important issues related to motion of objects. For example, if you buy the biggest gangsta pistol on the market, will it knock you over backwards when you fire it?"
If you're thinking about buying a gun, are new to shooting, or just haven't immersed yourself in the gun culture, guns and shooting can be intimidating! Loud noises, armed people and gun stores can be scary. Never fear! This book will make you comfortable in no time. And you'll have a few laughs in the process.
"The first visit can be fraught with uncertainty and doubt. Never fear, ! We're going to tell you exactly what to expect, so you can walk in with confidence and have some serious fun. Fortunately, checking into a shooting range is a lot less stressful than passing through a TSA checkpoint."
In light-hearted style, it will give you easy-to-understand and insanely practical tips about:
- Types of guns
- Gun safety tips
- Things to consider when choosing a gun
- How to buy a gun
- How to handle a gun
- Getting started: A fistful of shooting tips
- What to expect at the shooting range and what to bring
- What you need to know about ammunition
- How to clean your gun
- Cheat sheet resources to help you find training, ranges and local gun stores
"Hunting with the newly invented firearms was problematic animals were reluctant to stand in front of cannons long enough to be converted to SPAM. In response to complaints of supermarket butchers everywhere, the "hand-gonne" was invented. Simply a downsized cannon mounted on a pole, the hand-gonne struggled for popularity mainly because no one knew how to pronounce the word gonne."
Go to any shooting range and observe what happens when folks show up without knowing the first thing about their new gun. The Rookie's Guide to Guns and Shooting, Handgun Edition will teach you the basics of visiting ranges and gun stores and help you with basic shooting instruction.
"Water tends to run downhill. Asparagus tends to find it way from kids' plates to the dog under the table. And Michael Moore's muffin top tends to hang around his knees. The point is, all things tend to gravitate towards their natural state. And that's where natural point of aim comes in. Natural point of aim simply means assuming the stance and position where your body naturally wants to point the gun."
The editors at MyGunCulture.com have painstakingly documented successes and failures we've seen over the years. We've listened to so many gun show huckster sales pitches that the late Billy Mays would be impressed. And the result? "The Rookie's Guide to Guns and Shooting, Handgun Edition."
"Not too long ago, a visit to a local gun store would more than likely involve meeting Clem, Bodean, and Clem's other brother Clem. Fortunately, those days are mostly behind us. Many gun stores have gone full-auto retail and implemented 20th century customer-centric ideas like hiring helpful sales staff, designing functional and attractive showrooms and running water."
Loaded with pictures and comedic illustrations, this book will tell you just about everything you need to know to get started with the shooting sports. We also address mysterious gun terminology and those shooting myths that spread like the flu on a budget cruise ship.
"If someone tells you about the knockdown power of a given cartridge, immediately run to the nearest library and ask to borrow a copy of Physics For Dummies. In it, you might find mention of a guy named Isaac Newton. While his brother Wayne was busy developing a fine singing career in Las Vegas, Isaac focused on important issues related to motion of objects. For example, if you buy the biggest gangsta pistol on the market, will it knock you over backwards when you fire it?"
242 pages, Paperback
First published June 22, 2013
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About the author
Tom McHale
9 books17 followersTom McHale is a committed learning junkie always seeking a new subject victim. As a lifelong student of whatever grabs his attention on any particular day, he thrives on beating rabbit trails into submission. In between his time as a high-tech marketing executive, restaurant owner, and hamster cosmetology practitioner, he's published seven books and nearly 1,500 articles.
For Tom, learning is only half the fun - the other half is sharing his experiences with readers using his trademark "half-cocked but right on target" style.
For Tom, learning is only half the fun - the other half is sharing his experiences with readers using his trademark "half-cocked but right on target" style.
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March 7, 2014
Disclaimer: I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it.
This is one of a series of “Insanely Practical Guides” on firearms and related matters. This volume primarily focuses on handguns, with brief sections on longer guns. My star rating needs a little explanation. For the information about guns and shooting, I'd rate it four stars. But there are issues that drastically lower the rating overall.
The parts of the book that are directly about guns, gun-related accessories and shooting are excellent. A strong emphasis is placed on safety and proper care for your weapons. From my experience with firearms, all important areas are covered well
Unfortunately, the author has really obvious political beliefs, and thinks he is much funnier than he actually is. There are many supposed jokes that are cheap jabs at a handful of politicians, bad puns and one or two jokes that were funny the first time but rapidly wear thin.
As a result, the sections on the history of firearms and the Second Amendment are nigh-useless. The latter is told as a “parable” that reduces the issue to gibberish. The book would have been much better served by a sober discussion of Second Amendment issues and why some people have legitimate reasons to consider gun control a good thing.
The author also heavily shills for the National Rifle Association, dismissing their leadership’s shady tactics with “If you have a disagreement whether your spouse drank the last bit of apple juice, do you leave them forever?” Mind, your local chapter of the NRA is probably good folks that aren’t fanatically opposed to sane legal restrictions on firearms, but the national leadership is not so likable.
The heavy jabs at current politicians and pop culture references make it likely that this book will become swiftly dated, and opaque to people outside the United States. It’s unlikely to convince someone who’s on the fence about gun ownership that such would be a good idea.
There are plenty of illustrations, the ones of guns and gun accessories are helpful, the “cartoons” fall flat. There are also several typos, including apostrophe abuse.
I’d recommend for future editions, if any, that the politics and “humor” be cut back considerably in favor of more solid information, which is what the book does best.
This is one of a series of “Insanely Practical Guides” on firearms and related matters. This volume primarily focuses on handguns, with brief sections on longer guns. My star rating needs a little explanation. For the information about guns and shooting, I'd rate it four stars. But there are issues that drastically lower the rating overall.
The parts of the book that are directly about guns, gun-related accessories and shooting are excellent. A strong emphasis is placed on safety and proper care for your weapons. From my experience with firearms, all important areas are covered well
Unfortunately, the author has really obvious political beliefs, and thinks he is much funnier than he actually is. There are many supposed jokes that are cheap jabs at a handful of politicians, bad puns and one or two jokes that were funny the first time but rapidly wear thin.
As a result, the sections on the history of firearms and the Second Amendment are nigh-useless. The latter is told as a “parable” that reduces the issue to gibberish. The book would have been much better served by a sober discussion of Second Amendment issues and why some people have legitimate reasons to consider gun control a good thing.
The author also heavily shills for the National Rifle Association, dismissing their leadership’s shady tactics with “If you have a disagreement whether your spouse drank the last bit of apple juice, do you leave them forever?” Mind, your local chapter of the NRA is probably good folks that aren’t fanatically opposed to sane legal restrictions on firearms, but the national leadership is not so likable.
The heavy jabs at current politicians and pop culture references make it likely that this book will become swiftly dated, and opaque to people outside the United States. It’s unlikely to convince someone who’s on the fence about gun ownership that such would be a good idea.
There are plenty of illustrations, the ones of guns and gun accessories are helpful, the “cartoons” fall flat. There are also several typos, including apostrophe abuse.
I’d recommend for future editions, if any, that the politics and “humor” be cut back considerably in favor of more solid information, which is what the book does best.
March 8, 2014
I liked this book. An extremely simple and easy to read book that is truly written for an individual that is going to handle a handgun for the first time. This book hits its target audience, the rookie, perfectly. Humor is thick throughout this book which at times seemed to detracted from some very important information, but softened some topics as to not intimidate those that were being introduced to handguns. Minus some of the extra bits of humor this book is a nice intro for a reader that knows nothing about guns and more specifically handguns.
I won this book through the Goodreads giveaway program. What a great program! I thank all who made this book available through this program and the fact that it is now part of my library.
I won this book through the Goodreads giveaway program. What a great program! I thank all who made this book available through this program and the fact that it is now part of my library.
June 18, 2014
This book does a good job on getting the safety tips and information on buying handguns and accessory. The section on gun history was a bit confusing with the humor that was used making it hard to distinguish between fact and humor. There are good tips on shooting and practice. I would recommend this book to gun owners of any experience. It has good points.
March 6, 2014
This book covers the basics of choosing, shootings, and storing handguns very well for a raw beginner. There is nothing new here for experienced shooters, but that's not the target audience. It is written with humor, but the humor is 80% snark and will probably be lost on the target audience and may even be found offensive by some.
March 29, 2015
Quick read with humor
A totally enjoyable read with great points of interest. Many facts and insights into the shooting arena. Has a lot of web links to interesting and informative sites. I enjoyed the book.
A totally enjoyable read with great points of interest. Many facts and insights into the shooting arena. Has a lot of web links to interesting and informative sites. I enjoyed the book.
August 9, 2013
Well, I'm a rookie, so this was aimed at me. Good, solid information, delivered with plenty of humor (which sometimes threatens to overpower the factual info).
April 12, 2014
Other than a few grammatical errors and typos, this book was fabulous! It had some interesting points, tons of humor, and there was something for even avid gun-owners to learn and/or think about!
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