No Second Place Winner [Hardcover]

William Henry Jordan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 114 pages
• Publisher: Police Bookshelf; English Language edition (June 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936279095
• ISBN-13: 978-0936279091
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Practical Pistoleer, August 10, 2004

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George R Dekle "Bob Dekle" (Lake City, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Second Place Winner (Hardcover)

The title of the book speaks volumes. At a sporting pistol match they give a trophy to second place. Second place in an actual gunfight doesn't get a trophy, it gets a trip to the hospital or morgue. After making that point, Jordan (a seasoned veteran of many gunfights as a border patrolman) gives a wealth of practical advice on how to survive gunfights.

The book is aimed at law enforcement officers, and it focuses on the use of the revolver. When Jordan wrote, most officers carried revolvers. Times and technology have changed, but the human factors in lethal confrontations probably haven't changed since Cain and Abel. Dated as it is, the book is excellent reading for anyone who carries a firearm as a law enforcement officer.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best defensive revolver book, period!, December 13, 2002

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This review is from: No Second Place Winner (Hardcover)

If you want instruction on defensive revolver techniques, this is the book for you. No nonsense, no fluff, just good hard information on how to do it. Not for pistol owners, this book applies to revolvers. Methods in this book are used and referred to by instructors at a well-known firearms academy in Paulden, Arizona.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you can afford only 1 gunfighting book, buy this one., October 7, 1999

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David A. Sinko ([e-mail]) (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Second Place Winner (Hardcover)

This book is extremely informative and extremely well written. The fast draw photo sequencing is invaluable. Despite being written some 40 years ago, it is NOT outdated, even in reference to the equipment used. This book is worth every penny.