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Book Giveaway: Classic Combat Handguns
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Corrina Peterson | Sep 12, 2011 | Comments 36
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It might have been quite a job for editor Dan Shideler to select the chapters for Gun Digest Book of Classic Combat Handguns, but it was also a labor of love. Dan, who passed away April 3, 2011, probably savored every moment he spent combing through his collection of Gun Digest annuals dating all the way back to the inaugural 1944 edition. According to Dan, he was raised on Gun Digest, and being editor of the book was a dream come true.
The literature Dan chose to represent classic combat handguns is testament to great guns and great writers. The content in this book spans 1949 to 1999, and topics range from the obvious (Model 1911, Luger, Glock) to instructional (“Rating Handgun Power”) to historical (“Early Rivals of the 1911″) to just plain old food for thought (“Too Many 45s?”). Writers represented in this volume include the greats: Jeff Cooper, Frank Barnes, John Malloy, Larry Sterett and many more.
Once available only to those few collectors who owned a complete set of Gun Digest, Gun Digest Book of Classic Combat Handguns represents the cream of the crop from the most enduring gun annual of all time. We hope you enjoy reading this compilation as much as Dan enjoyed putting it together.
To enter a random drawing to win a copy of Gun Digest Book of Classic Combat Handguns, post a comment below telling us about your favorite combat/tactical handgun. Or, just say you like to win a copy of the book, and you’re in.
Entries will be accepted until midnight Sunday (Sep. 18), and we’ll announce the winner on Monday (Sep. 19).
Good luck!
In the meantime, be sure to check out other great new releases from Gun Digest Books, including:
- Gun Digest 2012, 66th Edition
- Standard Catalog of Military Firearms
- Mauser Military Rifles of the World Fifth Edition
- Combat Shooting with Massad Ayoob
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THE RULES
One entry per person, please.
Entries accepted until 11:59 pm Central Time Sunday, Sep. 18, 2011.
Winner will be selected at random and announced Monday, Sep. 19, 2011.
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About the Author: Corrina Peterson manages book acquisitions and production at Gun Digest Books, the leading publisher of books covering everything there is to know about guns, ammo and knives. Corrina's interest in firearms began as the result of a close relationship with an M16 during active duty military service and went on to include trap shooting, upland bird hunting and wilderness elk hunting.
Without a doubt, it’s the 1911.
I would love to win a copy of the book.
Thanks
I’d like to win the book. My favorite is my Sig P226 9mm.
we don’t have much ready access to quality firearm reading materials like this where i come from. so, given the chance to own one, no matter how remote, i have to jump in.
though it is not the gun i carry daily owing to its size, weight and my body structure, my favorite combat/tactical firearm will forever be the 1911.
the one i have i built from a Colt Gold Cup frame, a Caspian slide and a Nowlin barrel. born, raised and continuing to live in the philippines, i’m blessed to have access to gunsmiths who’ve made entire careers on the 1911; they help me keep this firearm in tip-top shape.
Sounds like another must read. Since I don’t have any combat training, my chose of a weapon would be minimal. I do have a 45acp model 1911 Kimber that I would give a nod to however. This book would be a great addition to the bookshelve.
Sig P226 in a 40
I would like to win!!!!
My favorite would have to be the Smith and Wesson M&P .45, as it is the only one I have. It fits my hand the best of all I I have tried, with the exception of the Sig 357 (which I could not afford).
Favorite-Colt Combat Commander in 45 cap.
My new favorite is my Walther P5. I love shooting it and looking at it ain’t too bad, either.
I would like to win the book
the Steyr M9-A1 is a great defensive handgun (better with replacement night-sights)!
For sentimental reasons I love my Mauser 1910-34 auto-loading pistol my grandfather brought back from Germany after WWII (he was a POW and traded a guard two packs of cigarettes for it when they heard the Russians were coming).
But recently I got to shoot a CZ 75 and fell in love. What a great pistol!
I love my Glock. My Glock 19 Gen 3 is my favorite gun I own. After thousands of rounds, I’ve never had a malfunction.
My Browning Hi-Power in .40 S&W is the perfect combat gun for me. I’ve never found another handgun that fits my hand as well and it has the perfect balance between stopping power and recoil. It’s also been dead reliable.
I’m a fan of Wilson-Combat guns. In particular the CQB Light-Rail Lightweight Professional. Fantastic workmanship on this hand gun. In fact all their weapons are of superior quality and design.
My favorite would be the Auto Ordinance 1911 I got as part of aulti-gun purchase. Assembled from a 1911 “kit” it looked pretty rag-assed and bottom of the barrel when I got it. With the help of a GREAT gunsmith and parts from Novak, Eagle Grips, Wilson Combat, Briley, etc. it is now the best looking and shooting handgun I own. My friend with a Gold Cup can’t believe my trigger pull is better than his Colt.