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The Gun Digest Book of Cowboy Action Shooting: Guns Gear Tactics

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Don't waste your time reading it either...
I am cowboy action shooter and I would not recommend this book to anyone. It does not represent the sport. Nor is it a good introduction to the sport. It isn't even a good read for someone wanting to know the generalities of Cowboy Action Shooting (CAS).
The first 1/4 is a collection of eight articles written and edited by a few writers on various subjects which somewhat relate to the book title. The last 3/4 is a repro of parts of a firearms catalog. The last 20 pages are SAAS affiliate listings available online on the SASS WebPages.

Much of this info in the first 1/4 was lifted from The SASS Handbook (available online at no charge). There are inaccuracies in the book. (16 gauge shotguns are SASS legal). And there is advertising in the book! - something I find unacceptable in a published book, however the advertising is the only color in the otherwise all black and white photo and text book.

Very disappointed. Title is very misleading. Tactics are not covered. Whole chapter on knives is really unnecessary. Only 66 pages out of 288 are even devoted to cowboy shooting. Many Cowboy clubs listed at rear of book that may be useful. The bulk of this book is devoted to Firearms Values, and many of the guns listed are not even used in Cowboy Action. The values pages were simply copied from 'The Standard Catalog of Firearms, 15th Edition'. If you want that information, buy that book. All in all, a very disapointing book and not worth the money. Questionable if this book would even be of any use to someone wanting to get into Cowboy Action Shooting.

most useless book i have recently purchased. book is an attempt to cash in on a popular and growing sport, but is no help for guns, little for gun leather, and absolutely worthless for tactics. the bulk of the book is a price guide for used guns. book was an absolute ripoff, more useable information can obtained from sass forums.

The book has a brief introduction into cowboy action shooting and is about 3/4 on gun values. It would probably be better to purchase Fladerman's gun values if that is what you need.

Taffin's name brings credibility, but I found this tome dated and severely lacking.
A shame because they could have tripled the size of this book easily and discarded the quickly outdated and irrelevant gun catalog section.


Avoid!

As the old stich routine from the Tonight Show...all you need to know is in this book. Easy to read and understand. A delightful look into the fastest growing gun sport around. Very factual and well detailed. As a member of SASS, - alais "badlandsshootist" I recommend this for all you cowboys and gals.

Tom

I bought this book for my husband who has decided to get into the Cowboy Action Shooting. He loved the book and received many ideas from it. I also believe it's a good book for the cowboy enthusiast who just wants to read about the gear and weapons used by the cowboys.