Jim Carmichel's Book of the Rifle [Hardcover]

Jim Carmichel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1986

Like New inside, dust cover have light wear

Product Details

• Hardcover: 564 pages
• Publisher: Outdoor Life Books; Limited Edition edition (January 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943822556
• ISBN-13: 978-0943822556
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #987,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a book by an expert, November 15, 2001

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This review is from: Jim Carmichel's Book of the Rifle (Hardcover)

Chapters: Those twisting grooves called rifling, Building today's sporting rifle, Today's rifles-how good?, Rifle stock-more than a handle, Custom rifle stock, Triggering a revolution, Rifle ammo(past & present), Understanding ballistics, Lessons in trajectory, Wind-the shooter's challenge, Bullet performance on game, Varmint rifles-the super accurate hunters, Rifles for Africa's dangerous game, All-purpose rifle-hits & myths, Rifle sight-past & present, Telescopic sight, How to sight-in a rifle & have in stay that way, Teaching yourself to be a crackshot, The accuracy game, Is handloading for you?, and The ageless .22 rimfire.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy Reading and A Lot of Useful Info, September 2, 2005

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This review is from: Jim Carmichel's Book of the Rifle (Hardcover)

I like the author's writing style and his ability to tell storys. This makes this book a very enjoyable reading.

This book covers a wide selection of topics that I find to be very useful. It tends to be quite heavy on varimint rifles though; this is fine with me.

Some area of this book are kind of overlapping with his another (older) book called "Modern Rifles". If you have to choose between these two books, you may want to choose this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book is a Classic, September 9, 2009

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etexpress "Eddie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jim Carmichel's Book of the Rifle (Hardcover)

Even though this book is some what dated, it would be a valuable addition for both the beginner and experienced shooter. Carmichel has created a practical and comprehensive reference resource for the rifle. I already had a good number of more recent books (2000 thru 2009)on the rifle in my library, so when a shooting buddy offered to loan me Jim Carmichel's book I was unimpressed. You see, I judged the book by it's cover; the copy he had was discolored and said: "I'm well beyond ten years old". I was thinking, "you don't realized what a discriminating reader I am and I want the most current information out there". My friend insisted and I'm glad he did. It is packed with information that I have found nowhere else. From the historical development of the rifle and cartridges to practical advice on shooting from different positions, he is very knowledgable, having been a competitive shooter and hunter. This guy was decades ahead of his time and it amazes me how useful this book is after 20 years. I would not have believed it!