Click the button below to add the john taffins book of the. Articles by john taffin american handgunner journalist. Instead, the gun digest book of the 44 is riveting. Taffin gives his reader a collegiate education in the 44s. If this is a reasonable goal, does anybody have a triedandtrue recommendation. This beautifullycolored book is hardbound with over 350 pages. All the goodies in johns book youre going to have to dig out for yourself. I do not want the hassle of having to go to the post office to mail books. John taffin covers the guns, shooting and loading for all. Having found long ago that i can learn much from the readers of this magazine, i always read these letters. John covers the guns, shootings and loading for all. Normally it will say good shootin and god bless, john taffin or whatever is requested. I just want to say, publicly, how much i appreciate john taffins book, gun digests book of the.
If you enjoy shooting and especially hand gun shooting, john taffins books are a must read. See all books authored by john taffin, including action shooting. I am just a bit older than john but essentially grew up about the same time he did. All the goodies in john s book youre going to have to dig out for yourself. A former math teacher from 19641995, taffin is regarded as an authority on singleaction revolvers, handloading, handgun hunting, bigbore revolvers, and metallic silhouette shooting.
Famous big bore revolvers featured in this book include the. Get the 74th edition of the worlds greatest gun book. This beautifully colored book is hardbound with over 350 pages. Those who purchase books from the publisher can send me a selfaddressed stamped envelope and i will send a 2 x 3 stickerlabel autographed which can be placed in the book. Back to this one i ever so agree it wasis worth the. It civilized the american frontier, fought the civil war and tamed the wild west. He has written tens of thousands of words on the virtues of the. It is filled with excellent black and white photos which clearly detail the authors descriptions. Chapter 16, page 2 hunting bullets and loads, from ingot. Every gun has a story to tell and no one tells those stories better than noted old west and handgun expert john taffin. However, skeeter, who arrived on the gun writing scene long after the. Read full article john taffin when less is more all the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players. Guns magazine campfire tales archives guns magazine. I have had it for some time and have nearly worn it out reading and rereading.
John august taffin born may 2, 1939 is an american author from boise, idaho who writes several columns for gun magazines including guns, gun digest, sixgunner, shoot. It was published by gun digest books and has a total of 288 pages in the book. As they only print x numbers of similar books, as years pass on they become quite scarce and marketable. Its still specialjohn taffin quite often something i write sparks an interest in a reader who wants to share his special handgun or experience with me. I was talking to one of my former editors about the price i had to pay to get a set of. When it came to sixgun ammunition, things were definitely much simpler. Starting with the earliest percussion pistols, moving along through historical oddity revolvers and into rich detail about modern classics, and finishing with specialty, custom and long guns, mr.
We desperately need a modern, uptodate, full powered factory. John covers the guns, shooting and loading for all. The homepage of noted author and writer john taffin, displaying articles and firearms. Wanna be nice to a 65 year old gun, but it needs to remember its a heavy duty, too. In this entertaining, informative narrative, americas favorite bigbore specialist paints a fascinating portrait of the big fortyfour, from the earliest capandball revolvers and the legendary leveractions to the.
I got elmer keiths book sixgun cartridges and loads when a young teen ager. Action shooting cowboy style by john taffin 19990906 by john taffin jan 1, 1860. Chapter 1 single action sixgunsin the beginning chapter 2 the first successful levergunthe. The title of this book is the gun digest book of the. Friend john taffin even went so far as to label it as being the cartridge of the century that would be the 20th century, and i must admit that i tend to agree with him. In my book, there are no better endorsements for the. My longtime friend, confidant, and fellow gun writer, john taffin, is probably the biggest proponent for the. John taffin books list of books by author john taffin. Gun digest book of the 44 by john taffin 2006, paperback. An indepth look at americas hottest new shooting game, and single action sixguns, and more on. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.