Shooter's Bible Guide to Extreme Iron - Skinner, Stan
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The Shooter's Bible is the most trusted guide to firearms in the industry. Now, for the first time, extreme weapons are given a chance to show what they can do. Shooter's Bible Guide to Extreme Iron is a comprehensive collection of all of the most extreme guns and cannons both in history and in the present. With poetic and flowing prose, author Stan Skinner provides information for awe-inspiring weapons, such as: Hand cannons, also known as "howdah pistols," which were used on the Indian subcontinent by tiger hunters on elephants' backs Ultra big bore snipers, the roots of which reach back to…mehr

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The Shooter's Bible is the most trusted guide to firearms in the industry. Now, for the first time, extreme weapons are given a chance to show what they can do. Shooter's Bible Guide to Extreme Iron is a comprehensive collection of all of the most extreme guns and cannons both in history and in the present. With poetic and flowing prose, author Stan Skinner provides information for awe-inspiring weapons, such as: Hand cannons, also known as "howdah pistols," which were used on the Indian subcontinent by tiger hunters on elephants' backs Ultra big bore snipers, the roots of which reach back to the Revolutionary War and the Kentucky rifle Gatling guns, a hand-cranked, rapid-fire gun, a modern version of which is powered by an electric motor and has a four thousand-round-per-minute cyclic rate Muzzle-loading, smoothbore cannons, cast in bronze and iron, which dominated land and sea warfare until they were made obsolete >Get fired up with the powerful weapons included in this addition to the Shooter's Bible. Including historical facts and modern versions, this book is essential to any shooter's collection. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Stan Skinner has harbored a lifelong fascination for guns of all kinds, which propelled him into a long career as an outdoor writer and editor. He has contributed numerous feature articles and columns for Guns & Ammo, American Rifleman, and other magazines. He was managing editor of American Hunter for the NRA and later became editor of Safari magazine for Safari Club International. He has hunted big game on three continents, earning him trophy species listed in Rowland Ward’s Records of Big Game and the SCI Record Book of Trophy Animals. He lives in Tucson, Arizona