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Echo Point Books Beginner’s Guide to Guns by Clair F Rees
Want to learn how to clean handle and fire your very own gun?Look no further! In this handy volume shooting expert Clair Rees has compiled the ultimate Beginners Guide to Guns! This introduction to gun selection sighting maintenance and proper handling is a must-have for newcomers to the fun and exciting sport of shooting and is a great resource for seasoned experts who want to keep up their good technique!Rees approaches the topic of gun ownership with an objective and even-keeled voice placing a heavy emphasis on the proper gun-handling techniques that make shooting a fun and safe sport for everyone!Beginning with an overview of gun safety and care Rees takes us through the developmental history of the modern firearm starting with the most primitive firing mechanisms of the 13th Century through the invention of the matchlock musket wheellock miquelet snaphaunce and flintlock. With an abundance of helpful diagrams illustrations and photographs The Beginners Guide to Guns will teach you everything you need to know about selecting sighting shooting and caring for a variety of rifles handguns and shotguns.Clair F. Rees is a lifelong resident of Utah where he has contributed to a variety of hunting and shooting related publications. He served as editor-in-chief of Muzzleloading Hunter and Shot Business and as contributing editor of Shooting Times Guns Guns & Ammo and Rifle Magazine. Rees has also published in Field & Stream Outdoor Life and Sports Afield. In addition to having been twice named Anschutz Outdoor Writer of the Year Rees has published 10 books about hunting shooting and the outdoors including Be an Expert Shot The Ultimate Guide to Handgun Hunting and The Sportsmans Guide to Handgunning.show more