Customer Reviews

Guns of the New West

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For those contemplating entering the popular ever growing COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING sport, Chicoine's new book is the best I've seen too date. This reknowned gunsmith/writer gives you a wealth of facts on the popular firearms of that period and moves right into the modern offerings and clones of those original firearms with outstanding details and thoughts on each.

He covers the most popular handguns, percussion & cartridge,Colts,S&W's,Remington, Starr and others,the popular and most used rifles in the same thorough style, and shotgun too. I doubt you'll have many questions left to answer if you read this one, about making personal choices.

The book reeks with QUALITY,the book is filled with absolutely wonderful photographs of original firearms, clones,new offerings,leather goods for them,a color photo section that is breathtaking.

He then combines all this with a bit of history on the CAS sport, ammunition available for these, tests with the new guns & ammo,lovely photos of CAS shooters right up to the latest items just coming onto the market like the Colt Lightning slide action rifle.

If this great book doesn't "fire you up" to get into this wonderful sport or for your own at "home" shooting ,nothing will.

Daves books always seem to "come out" of the box being "classics" before they get around, This one is no different. The best I've seen on this topic to date.

This publication has good marks, but it is badly in need of serious revision due to changes in Cowboy Shooting and black powder cartridge shooting over the last few years. Far too much time is spent on EMF imports; at the same time serious contenders like the 1892 Winchester and Uberti-made 1892 short rifles or the model 1897 Winchester shotgun and its replicas are ignored. Missing are other high quality Sharps rifles, rolling block and lever actions commonly used today. Diagrams are excellent, but can you imagine talking to a serious western enthusiast today and limiting your discussion to only about half the models routinely used and actually preferred by competitors and enthusiasts alike?

Great book for the CAS crowd. Only problem I can find with it is that it is a bit outdated. Lots of new stuff out there now. I know the new stuff gets reviewed in monthly magazines etc. It is nice to have it all in one place though. Other than that the book is excellent. Authors usual good work.

If you are involved in collecting replica firearms then this book is a must.Detailed analysis of each Old West gun and rifle. I enjoyed the report on the Colt.45 SAA and Winchester type lever action. Entire book is in black and white except for four pages in color. Wish they had published more color photos. A must have for replica collectors.

Looking for a new gun for SASS or just to have fun in the style of the old west? This is the book you need before you run out and put down the bucks. Doesn't cover all the guns of choice but does present a good selection (It should include the new Henry Repeating Arms Big Boy but doesn't).
This will also make a good addition to your old west library.

The author is a highly repsected writer. He has teh field well covered but I was looking for a little more technical information. Great book, very through, I would reccomend it for the beginner and novice.

This book is now one of my favorite reference materials. The author is a gunsmith and his experience really adds to the credibility of his work. There's a lot of material on the originals and the differences between the reproductions and the originals, a true enthusiast's guide. I would definitely recommend this book!

The book arrive promptly and in excellent condition. It will be very helpful when I start looking for a SA pistol.