Big Bore Sixguns

by John Taffin

Overview

John Taffin's Expert Look at the Heavy-Hitters of the Handgun Industry

If your interest is whet by history, shooting or the large caliber handguns, this is the book for you.

In this comprehensive guide, firearms expert John Taffin follows the development of big bores from 1870 to today. His fascinating model to model review includes more than 300 photos and fine details about the pioneering sixguns, as well as the influence those guns have had on each other and the field of competitive shooting.

Famous big bore revolvers featured in this book include the .357 Magnum, the .44 Magnum, the .45 Colt, and an armory of other popular large bore handguns. Written in an easy-to-follow format, Big Bore Sixguns lays out a detailed history of Colts, Smith & Wessons, Rugers, and the men who made them.

This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1648372104).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635616903
Publisher:	Echo Point Books & Media
Publication date:	12/28/2018
Edition description:	Reprint ed.
Pages:	338
Sales rank:	991,259
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.06(d)

About the Author

John Taffin has been a handgun writer for the past 50+ years and a staff writer for the American Handgunner and Guns for the past 36+ years assigned to do feature articles as well as regular columns, "Taffin Tests", "The Sixgunner", "Handloading", and "Campfire Tales". He has also contributed regular columns and features to Shoot!Magazine, The Freedom Arms Collectors Journal, and Handgun Hunters International as well as the Digest Annuals from Krause Publications. His main interests are big bore sixguns, lever action rifles, and single-shot rifles and pistols, and he has hunted extensively with handguns in America and Africa. Taffin is also the founder, 1986, and first chairman of The Shootists and past chairman of the Outstanding American Handgunner Awards Foundation. He has also served on the board of the Handgun Hunters Chapter of SCI, and is a NRA Life Member. He considers only five things in this life to be important, namely, Faith, Family, Friends, Firearms, and most assuredly Freedom.Author of eight books and more than 2,000 articles, Taffin and his wife Dot have three children and 14 grandchildren and reside in Idaho. The kids are all grown-up and on their own, however, Taffin's constant companions during his writing chores are Chloe, a Pomeranian, and Molly, a Shih Tzu, who also serve as doorbells and watchdogs. He still misses his two Malamutes, Red and Wolf.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

THE FIRST BIG BORE SIXGUNS

THE .44 SPECIAL—CARTRIDGE OF THE CENTURY?

THE .45 COLT—125 YEARS OF GREAT SERVICE

THE .357 MAGNUM—THE FIRST MAGNUM

THE .44 MAGNUM—KING OF THE SIXGUNS

THE .41 MAGNUM—THE ALMOST FORGOTTEN MAGNUM

THE .454 CASULL—RIFLE POWER AND PRECISION IN A SIXGUN

THE .44-40—REDISCOVERED IN THE ’90s

THE SUPERMAGS—.357, .375, AND .445

THE BIG BORES OF JOHN LINEBAUGH

SIXGUNS AND SILHOUETTING

COWBOY ACTION SHOOTING

REPLICA SINGLE ACTION SIXGUNS

CAP-N-BALL SIXGUNS

TEXAS LONGHORN ARMS—‘RIGHT-HANDED’ SIXGUNS

HUNTING WITH SIXGUNS

SIXGUN STOCKS

SIXGUN LEATHER

CUSTOM TOUCHES FOR THE BIG BORE SIXGUN

CUSTOM S1XGUNSMITHS

PLAYIN’ FAVORITES

Source Directory

Index