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Range Officer’s Handbook, Book Review by Arms & Militaria Collector Magazine

October 18, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

Book Review by Arms & Militaria Collector Magazine  of the ‘Range Officer’s Handbook.’

BOOKSHELF with Syd Wigzell  in the Arms & Militaria Collector No. 27
The Range Officers Handbook
This book is outside our usual domain for reviews in the ‘Collector’, however Ron Owen is a well-known firearms identity in Australia and with so many more enthusiasts shooting [...]

Range Officer’s Handbook Review in Guns Australia

October 18, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

Range Officer’s Handbook Review in Guns Australia by Nick Harvey

Book Review – Guns Australia October/December 2009
Hard-bound 200×303mm, 523 pages, well illustrated with line drawings and photographs, index, glossary and list of contents.
The name Ron Owen is well known to the majority of Aussie shooters as an indefatigable fighter for shooter’s rights and as a firearms [...]

An Armourer’s Perspective .303 No 4 (T) Sniper Rifle and the Holland and Holland Connection.

October 18, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

An Armourer’s Perspective .303 No 4 (T) Sniper Rifle and the Holland and Holland Connection.

An Armourer’s Perspective .303 No 4 (T) Sniper Rifle and the Holland and Holland Connection. by Peter Laidler with Ian Skennerton.
FOREWORD from
Major (Retd) Dougie T MABER, MBE Small Arms School Corps
This is an excellent, well-researched and accurate account of the [...]

Australian Antique Arms & History

October 18, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

Australian Antique Arms & History

Australian Antique Arms & History by John W. Swinfield FAIHA, edited by Ian Skennerton.
This compilation of forty-three years of John’s columns and articles in shooting and collecting magazines and periodicals, is so much more than just a useful reference and many hours of entertaining reading.
The growth of collector fraternities in the [...]

Modern Reloading by R Lee

October 18, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

Modern Reloading By Richard Lee
From the man who brought us the Lee Reloading Equipment that nearly every Australian shooter has used some of, at some time either before now, or sometime in the future.

MODERN RELOADING
Second Edition
by: Richard Lee          720 very comprehensive pages.
Ammunition reloading for the shooter, hunter and professional reloader, with detailed loading techniques for [...]

Treatise On Amunition

October 17, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

Treatise On Ammunition, The War Office

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
The general advance in the science of gunnery, which has proceeded with such rapid strides in the last few years, has caused the introduction of a quantity of Artillery materiel which renders a new edition of this ” Treatise” necessary.
In preparing it some slight modifications have [...]

Saddle Up

October 17, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

‘Saddle Up’ by Rick Landers

A Book For Military Collectors, Antique Gun Collectors or for Firearm Collectors.
Australian Load Carrying Equipment of British, American & Local Origin.
This reference by Rick Landers explores the full period of Australian issue, from the First Fleet in 1788 through the various colonial governments and the Commonwealth, through two world wars and Vietnam to [...]

Accurizing & Shooting Lee Enfield Rifles

October 12, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

Accurizing & Shooting Lee Enfields

 
By Brian Labadda & Ian Skennerton
How to get the best out of the Lee Enfield rifles covers from the Magazine Lee-Metford, The Short Magazine Lee Enfield, The No 1 Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifle, The No1 Mark III (*)Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rife, The No 4 Lee-Enfield Rifle and The No 5 Jungle [...]

Hayes Hangun Omibus

October 12, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

The Hayes Handgun Omnibus
A Cataloged Encyclopedia of Collective Pistols And Revolvers.
Quality Photographs of the famous Ron Hayes collection of hand guns, the most complete Australian collection. A deluxe compilation of handguns from all around the world, the subjects are conveniently cataloged into National and Manufacturer classifications. The twenty six groups utilise each letter of the [...]

Textbook of Small Arms 1929

October 4, 2009 · Filed Under Gun Books · Comment 

The British Army Textbook of Small Arms 1929

This book originally printed by the War Office, was intended for use by officers under instruction at the British School of Musketry at Hythe.They were also expected to take it back with them to their postings, in the regiments to teach small arms skills to the weapons instructors. It [...]

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