Jay Cassell - Shooters Bible, 105th Edition: The Worlds Bestselling Firearms Reference

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I ts hard to believe that another year has gone by and here we are, publishing the 105th edition of the Shooters Bible . It goes without saying that it has been a tumultuous year for gun owners. Despite this, the gun industry itself saw unprecedented sales in 2012, with a 40 percent increase in sales of firearms and ammunition in 2012 over 2011 (based on excise tax data). This, in turn, has lead to increased industry contributions to the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Fund (aka the Pittman-Robertson Act). By all accounts, the coming year should be just as prosperous, and arms manufacturers everywhere are ramping up their production to meet the insatiable demands of the gun-buying public. Many companies have come out with new and exciting firearms this year.

Doubletaps titanium two-barrel derringer, Chiappa Firearms triple-barrel shotgun, and the ZiP gun from U.S. Fire Arms are just a few examples of the high-tech manufacturing techniques that are changing firearms design throughout the industry. As you pore over the more than one hundred pages in the New Products section, youll be amazed at the wide array of new firearms that is now available. Youll also be pleased to see Remington coming out with the fiftieth anniversary edition of the revered Model 1100, while Winchester Repeating Arms is relaunching the Winchester 1873, one hundred forty years after the Gun That Won The West was introduced. As you move on to the meat of the Shooters Bible , the existing products section, starting on , youll find practically every gun in production on the planet, with totally up-to-date prices and specs. (If you own a gun that isnt in this section, it is probably out of production, in which case you need to pick up a copy of another Skyhorse Publication, the 35th edition of the Gun Traders Guide .) Optics, ammunition, and accessories are also covered in this years edition of the Shooters Bible , as they are every year. EDITORIAL DIRECTOR JAY CASSELL TRACKS AN INCOMING CANADA GOOSE FROM A LAYOUT BLIND IN NORTHERN MANITOBA. EDITORIAL DIRECTOR JAY CASSELL TRACKS AN INCOMING CANADA GOOSE FROM A LAYOUT BLIND IN NORTHERN MANITOBA.

HE WAS USING A 12-GAUGE BROWNING MAXUS ON THIS HUNT. BROWNING HAS ADDED A SPORTING GOLDEN CLAYS MODEL TO THE MAXUS LINE OF GAS-OPERATED SEMIAUTO SHOTGUNS THIS YEAR. Return of The Gun That Won the West The Model 1873 lever-action rifle (MSRP: $1,300)the real thing, the genuine articleis again being produced by Winchester Repeating Arms. The 73 rifle is the stuff of legends with some 720,610 rifles, carbines, and muskets produced from 1873 up until 1919 by the original Winchester factory located in New Haven, Connecticut. Along with the rifle, Winchester also debuted a new cartridge named the .44 Winchester or .44 WCF (Winchester Center Fire), but the cartridge is more commonly known as the .44-40; a .44 caliber bullet atop 40 grains of black powder. Later it was chambered in .38-40 and .32-20.

Lawmen, settlers, outlaws, hunters, and renegades used the 1873 with efficiency. It was the first truly strong repeating rifle that offered rapid rifle when muzzleloaders and single shots were common. Many paired the rifle with a pistol in the same caliber. Since then the company has gone through numerous reorganizations and Italian-manufactured 1873 clones have been imported to the U.S. The new Winchester 1873 has an oil-finished walnut stock with a classic blued-steel crescent buttplate and a 20-inch round barrel. Robert A. Robert A.

Sadowski WINCHESTER MODEL 1873 SHORT RIFLE If this is first time you have picked up a copy of the Shooters Bible , you should know that it has a long and storied past. The first numbered edition of the Shooters Bible was published in 1925; it has been published annually, and in some cases bi-annually, ever since. More than seven million copies have been sold in that time, and it continues to be the ultimate reference book for millions of people who want information on new guns, ammunition, optics, and accessories, as well as up-to-date prices and specs for thousands of in-production firearms. The Skyhorse staffincluding head researcher Lindsey Breuer (below) as well as intern Ryan Gerhardtis proud of this newest edition of the Shooters Bible , a book that has been continually updated and fact-checked for the past twelve months. Not content to rest on our laurels, however, we have also continued to produce more and more Shooters Bible guidebooks. In the past year, we have added a number of new volumes to our growing lineup, including the Shooters Bible Guide to Gun Assembly, Disassembly, and Cleaning , by Robert A.

Sadowski; the Shooters Bible Guide to Planting Food Plots , by Peter Fiduccia; the Shooters Bible Guide to Bowhunting , by Todd A. Kuhn; the Shooters Bible Guide to Concealed Carry, by Brad Fitzpatrick, and the Shooters Bible Guide to the Hunting Rifle and Its Ammunition , by Thomas C. Tabor.