The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery

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Equips firearm owners with information to not only survive a violent encounter with a deadly criminal, but also protect and prevail.

You quickly will discover potential life-saving information and practical instruction in the pages of this new edition of The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery, the essential guide to handgun self-defense. With 48 states permitting concealed carry of firearms the advice in this book, including how to keep hold of a gun if a criminal tries to grab it, defending yourself with a concealed pistol, and understanding the legal aspects of self-defense with a gun, can help you be more proficient in using handguns.

What Customers Say About The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery:

This is a great book by a great author. I'm always a big leary of DBI titles -- but this one delivers.

This book was a little more tedious to read than Ayoob's "Concealed Carry" book but had lots of useful information on close quarter combat situations. I especially liked the reviews of very recent model semi-auto handguns.

This book contains everything one would want to know, but was afraid to ask, or didn't have anyone to ask.

If you've been around a while though, it may be a little bit of a waste of time and money.Although not all gun nuts are convinced that Ayoob is the most qualified person to write a book like this, I think the information is logical and backed up by real-world evidence. There are two editions that Ayoob wrote; the older version that I have (5th Edition), and the newer 6th edition, which is mostly the same, but with some updates. Ayoob has been writing professionally for decades, most of which revolves around self-defense and handguns, and the writing in the book reflects that experience.The book covers handgun selection (including revolvers, single-action autos, double-action autos, lightweight revolvers, micro handguns, and striker-fired autos (including Glocks), buying used handguns, selecting a defense load, selecting holsters, carry etiquette, shooting technique (including reloads, drawing from concealment, using cover, safety manipulation, "point shooting," and other tactics), "responsible customizing," tips on keeping you out of jail if you have to use a firearm for defense, securing handguns with safes and locks, women and young people and handguns, and it touches on competition.Different ready positions, point shooting techniques, handgun grasping techniques, and stances are evaluated. If you want to get serious about handgunning and/or keeping/carrying a pistol for defense, then you should really consider getting a copy, preferably the newer 6th edition. This is kind of the Bible of handgunning. Some common mistakes are explained.The Maxing Qualification chapter may be very useful to those in law enforcement, and those that need to take a qualification course to get a concealed carry permit.Personally, I found "Lost Secret #5," the smooth trigger roll, to be extremely useful in slow accurate shooting. Otherwise though, the book is going to be pretty useless to those only interested in shooting paper bulleyes.There are competition books ("Practial Shooting: Beyond Fundamentals," by Brian Enos, and Matt Burkett's "Practical Shooting Manual") and DVDs (the Matt Burkett Practial Shooting series) that go into way more detail on the nuts and bolts of shooting a pistol, but this is a real good place to start, and is a bargain at the price.

Good book with nice pictures. I have read all of the tactical books and this is one of the best overall. Covers most basic topics and is an excellent book to read before buying a firearm for self protection.