CO2 Pistols & Rifles [Paperback]

James House (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 2004

In this guide to CO2-powered pistols and rifles, James E. House ofers a comprehensive history of CO2 guns, dating back to the 1930s, and a discussion of propulsion, pellets and sights. The book also offers sections on target shooting, games and varmints.

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About the Author

James E. House has been shooting airguns and firearms since he younger days. During his first two years at Southern Illinois University, he was a member of the Air Force ROTC rifle team. House has written three textbooks on chemistry and quantum mechanics, including one that he co-authored with his wife, Kathleen. Now retired, he enjoys traveling to mountain states and spending time afield with airguns. He has written several articles on airguns for such periodicals as Fur-Fish-Game and Predator Extreme. Plus, he has had articles published in Airgun Illustrated and The Backwoodsman magazines, both of which he is currently a contributing editor. House is the author of American Air Rifles, published by Krause Publications in 2001. He resides in Bloomington, Illinois.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 1St Edition edition (January 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873496787
• ISBN-13: 978-0873496780
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #75 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Firearms & Weapons

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Reference Work on CO-2 Pistols and Rifles, September 1, 2008

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Jeffrey R. Elver "jeff82" (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews
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Mr. House has once again written an excellent reference piece on air guns. This time he has focused on CO-2 pistols and rifles. Those readers who are familiar with his other work on pneumatic and spring air guns, "American Air Rifles", will recognize well presented sections on ballistics and pellet types. In this book he reviews the many CO-2 pistols old and new, and spends time reviewing the very few CO-2 air rifles in the market. Until I read this book, I didn't realize how small the market for CO-2 rifles really is.

Readers will want to keep this book as a reference work on ballistics and CO-2 air guns, and can use it as a handy buying guide for future purchases. Once again, Mr. House has written a thoughtful and well research presentation on an under-researched topic. Another nice job!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good guide, May 21, 2009

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Brent L. Bolin (Texas) - See all my reviews
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A very good guide on CO2 weaponry, maybe the best out there to date, (because of the rarity of volumes on the subject). it is because of the uniqueness of the subject matter that it fills a much-needed hole for those interested in this low-power form of pellet and BB propulsion. A revision does seem to be needed; yet, this is normally determined by sales, and one might imagine that there aren't as many people interested in this form of air rifles and pistols as compared to either pumps or pre-charged pneumatics.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb reference for old and new CO2 airguns., July 10, 2010

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kandoro (Northern California) - See all my reviews

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Books strictly on CO2 airguns are hard to find but this met my expectations and then some.

For the studious types the author covers the thermodynamics of using CO2 along with explaning kenetic energy of the pellets. He explains why CO2 guns are preferred over pumps and springers in some cases. He comments on literally dozens of airguns and everyone he has personally shot and reported on accuracy and feet per second figures...He mostly covers American made airguns from the 50's to current along with a few RWS models along with all the new Umarex replica air pistols.

There is probably 50 pages on the history of various older models.

He also has weighed and measured length, skirt and head diameter of over a hundred different pellets. There are fps charts along with multiple ballistic charts.

Everyone one of the 224 pages has something useful. Especially for the novice.

If you are an CO2 airgun enthusiast this book is a must buy...