Best coffee table firearm book

[Tomcat47]

Hell, I Was There, by Elmer Keith.

Good One!.... I had let that one slip my mind....

Another good one with Hunting in mind is:
A Look at Life From A Deer Stand Steve Chapman

This is a great book for the Hunter....Highly Recommend!

 

[BADSBSNF81]

ARS MECHANICA -
The Ulitmate FN Book

 

[sugarmaker]

The Winchester book by Madis
Cartridges of the World

 

[4v50 Gary]

WHB Smith's Small Arms of the World. History, disassembly instructions, reassembly instructions and operating instructions. All gun people should own it.

 

[moewadle]

The world's greatest handguns

is the title I was trying to remember earlier in this thread. It is by Roger Ford and I think is an excellent book and about the right level to appeal to non-shooters as well, of course, as shooters. Go to Amazon and I bet you can find it reasonable.

Late correction: The title is really THE WORLD'S GREAT HANDGUNS by Roger Ford

 

[oneounceload]

Any of the coffee table books sold by Connecticut Shotgun on firearm engraving by Fracassi, Perdersoli, Creative Art etc. Eye candy you would not believe possible on a gun

 

[dstegjas]

The Elmer Keith books are always good. I also like the ones I have listed below.

Winchester An American Legend

Colt An American Legend

Jim

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Small Arms of the World

 

[mac66]

Remington 22 Rimfire Rifles. Absolutely beautiful book on the history and development of Remington's rimfires.

Here's a look...

http://www.nylonrifles.com/wp/2011/07/book-review-remington-22-rimfire-rifles/

 

[Airborne Falcon]

Walt Snyder's Ithaca books, both of them. I've got both of them sitting on my coffee table, they get a lot of thumbing-through bu friends when they come to visit.

 

[jim in Anchorage]

Flayderman's guide to antique American firearms. Fascinating book, must read.

 

[IlikeSA]

http://www.amazon.com/1911-The-First-100-Years/dp/1440211159

This would be a good one to have.

 

[baylorattorney]

Chicks with Guns

This is a classy book that is primarily pictures with personal statements written by the women themselves.

Here's a link to a few of the pictures.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44611953/ns/today-books/

+1. Seems to be the rage

 

[The_Armed_Therapist]

Boston T. Party's Gun Bible

 

[ol' scratch]

This one is good http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Book-Guns-Illustrated/dp/159223304X What about one of these. http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2011/11/27/book-guns/ This one is good too. http://www.amazon.com/The-Illustrated-History-Firearms-Association/dp/0785827382

 

[ol' scratch]

Walt Snyder's Ithaca books, both of them. I've got both of them sitting on my coffee table, they get a lot of thumbing-through bu friends when they come to visit.

I'd like to thumb through them to get information on Dad's model 51 and his Mag 10. Maybe I will pick them up for him for Christmas.

 

[Shoot66]

Undersanding Firearm Ballistics.
Then I would pay tribute to Jerry Kuhnhausen`s manuals.
Not too many fancy pictures though.

 

[jahwarrior]

"1911: The First 100 Years," by Patrick Sweeney. I love it; it's a great book, full of informative articles, and loaded with great pictures, not just of 1911s, either.

http://www.amazon.com/1911-The-First-100-Years/dp/1440211159

 

[threoh8]

Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention. My son bought this for me after we saw the Colt Collection, on which the book is based.

Here's the poster from the museum display (a similar one is now in my spare room):

 

[scrat]

Six Gun Sound by Sven Crongeyer

 

[mortablunt]

The Gun

 

[Robbins290]

Book of military firearms! I guess you can call it my bible

 

[thorazine]

Best coffee table firearm book

College Girls and Guns


Would have to be my all time favorite periodical.

Rawr!

 

[Red October]

Bolt Action Military Rifles of the World

 

[the iron horse]

The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights