A Gun Nerd’s Reading List
With some of us having a bit of extra time on our hands these days, I put together a list of commonly-available books on firearms and the like that can help fill your bookcase.
More details in my column at Guns.com.
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Poking around at Daniel Defense
So a spent some time at Daniel Defense in Georgia recently, filming an episode of Select Fire. Marty Daniel has an interesting story, with the basis of his company starting because his golf game sucked.
They made their first rifle in 2009 and now, just a decade later, are cranking out 40,000 a year. Talk about growth.
European rifle makers resurgent
One of the interesting things I came across in my travels around SHOT Show last month was that some classic Central European arms makers are still in the business of making classic European arms.
Over at Mauser’s booth, besides offerings in their classic M98 line for $10K+ safari rifles (!) there was the new M18, a $699 bolt-action billed as the “People’s rifle” (Volkswaffe) or “People’s repeater” (Volksrepetierer) by the German rifle maker. It’s a pretty sweet design, complete with a detachable mag, hidden cleaning kit in the butt (hey, it’s a Mauser) and a wide offering of calibers.
More about that over in my column at Guns.com
As for Steyr, which of course continues to market modern polymer framed pistols, precision rifles to include the giant HS-50 and their iconic AUG line of bullpups, they are bringing back the Zephyr. Now I had a chance to get my hands on a Zephyr .22 that belonged to my great-uncle as a kid and absolutely loved it. The reboot includes a traditional Bavarian cheek piece and fish scale checkering on a walnut stock, and an action so smooth it will make you cry.
More on that after the jump.
Good news is: there were 11.4 million hunters in 2016. Bad news is: there were 12.5 in 2006
A report compiled twice per decade by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows increases nationally in wildlife watching and fishing, but declines in the number of hunters.
The survey, the 13th conducted by the USFWS since 1955, showed marked increases in the numbers of Americans engaged in observing and photographing wildlife and in fishing when compared to the 2011 data, but over the past decade, the number of hunters has dropped by more than 1 million– even as the general population is on the rise.
More in my column at Guns.com.
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Thoughts on Firearms Tactics and Training (From TDP Press)
The work was taken from my column at Firearms Talk and my articles for several different magazines. From the jacket: ” Thoughts on Firearms Tactics and Training by noted firearms instructor, writer, and security consultant Christopher L Eger is a collection of more than 50 articles covering firearms training, tactics, interesting weapons and ammunition, and survival in a modern time. It offers fresh and unique perspective to help you survive and carry forward.”
Its 50 chapters, 206 pages. Chapters include The Mozambique Drill, One Armed Bandits, Weapons Malfunction Drills, Airsoft to Augment Your Skills, Training With Sub-Caliber Conversion Kits, Closing the Training Gap, Handgun Retention , Barricade Shooting, Police Sniper Training, CCW Items that No one Thinks About, The Brass Ring of Hitting your target, The US Army and Marine Designated Marksmen and Advanced Marksman Programs, The El Presedente Drill, When to Tell Someone about your CCW, Flashlight techniques, How to Get a CMP Garand, The FM Argentine Hi-Power, is the Hi Point C9 Pistol worth it?, the Army’s Ultimate 12-Gauge M4 Accessory, the M1 Carbine, The Joys of Being a C&R FFL Holder, the Pistol Caliber Carbine, Old Brit 38 Revolvers for Home Defense, The Light Tactical Rifle, Why a Home Defense Shotgun, The Designated Marksman’s Rifle,The Broomhandle Mauser Pistol, The Bergmann MP18 Submachine Gun, US Survival Knives in Space, Tony Stein USMC WWII Marine Medal of Honor Hero of Iwo Jima, Lyudmila Pavlichenko Female Sniper Queen, The British Swift Training Rifle of WWII, The PPSH41, The White Death, Stalin’s Sharpshooter’s Tool, Last of the Surviving M-14 Battle Rifles, Buying a Used Shotgun, The Modern Double-Barrel Shotgun, The .50 BMG for the Commonman, 380s For the Defense, What Round is More Effective 9, 40, 45?, Selecting deer hunting ammunition for military surplus rifles, Build Your Wilderness Survival Kit, Lets Talk About BOB, Why Cache Firearms, Zombies at the Door, Duels in Military History, Famous Minie Ball Pregnancy and the 1909 Wax Bullet Duel in Central Park
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