Rifle Guide (Field & Stream): Rifle Skills You Need by Dave Petzal

by David E. Petzal

From the most trusted brand in outdoor sports, Field & Stream , this book is drawn from the Total Gun Manual, the latest in the top-selling series that began with The Total Outdoorsman (200,000 copies in print!). Author David Petzal is an award-winning gun writer with decades of experience shooting, in the US Army, hunting, and on the range. The magazine’s Rifles Editor, he is also a popular blogger, and co-host of the Gun Nuts show on the Outdoor Channel (sponsored by Smith & Wesson.When it comes to rifles, Field & Stream ’s Dave Petzal is your go-to guy. With decades of experience and a uniquely opinionated voice, he is passionate about choosing the right gun, handling it safely, improving accuracy, and hunting pretty much anything you can shoot with a cartridge. Hints cover cleaning and troubleshooting your gun, doing target practice right, buying the best gun you can afford, and, of course hunting.

Paperback

First published March 12, 2013

Reviews

[Kirstin Morrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a darn good book. It's a quick and easy guide on a variety of rifle topics. It doesn't go in-depth on any one particular topic, but it doesn't set out to, either.

The only flaws are that the author treats everything he says as fact, and does not acknowledge that his might be the minority opinion on that particular topic.

One example of an opinion that he shares as fact is on trigger pull technique. He says that you must use your first joint of your trigger finger and not the pad of your trigger finger. Not everyone agrees (and in my experience few agree with that), but he doesn't acknowledge that there are other opinions out there on this topic.

I highly recommend reading this book.

[Kimberlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received this book as a Goodreads first reads giveaway. This is not a book that I would have typically went out and purchased but I am pleasantly surprised at how much I like it. I grew up in Oregon amongst many hunters but never knew much about rifles myself. This book is easy to read and understand, plus the pictures are beautiful and helpful! Unfortunately my 14 year old son has already decided to claim this book as his own now. Good thing it was a quick read for me!

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fair grouping of tips regarding rifles. My biggest complaint is that the author focuses on scoped rifles and ignores shooting with traditional sights Some rifles are pictured with sights but the text favors scopes.