title: Sixguns And Bullseyes and Automatic Pistol Marksmanship
author: William. Reichenbach
description: Whether you're a target shooting enthusiast, an experienced shooter, or someone who has never held a gun, Sixguns and Bullseyes and Automatic Pistol Marksmanship will help you explore different types of handguns, fundamental shooting skills, and expert tips to gain marksmanship precision. This edition combines two classic shooting manuals from the 1930s in one volume for modern audiences. Author and gun enthusiast William Reichenbachs conversational, down-to-earth writing style makes this primer very approachable to all types of readers and shooters. He describes his seven key pointshold, stance, relaxation, moving the gun into position, sighting, squeeze, and breathingas a basis to target shooting, as well as other topics, including: Ascent to the Olymp Time and Rapid Fire Trimming Your Gun Ammunition Wrinkles The Ideal Automatic The Draw Preparing for the Fray Homo Sapiens and Other Game Complete with diagrams of important steps and stances as well as illustrations of classic revolvers and automatic pistols, this practical, easy-to-read, and surprisingly timely book will certainly guide interested shooters to that "elusive ten"!
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  Book View Café Edition  
  July 10, 2012  
  ISBN: 978-1-61138-153-5  
  Copyright © 2012 Patricia Rice  
  
  
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  England, March, 1819
  
  “Owning the most extensive pistol collection in the world won’t feed your
  tenants, Aubry.” Bored, Michael O’Toole leaned against a window frame and
  shifted his attention from Squire Aubry to a lamb gamboling in the field.
  “Prélat’s newest percussion pistol might kill a man at fifty paces, but it’s
  useless for shooting fowl.”
  
  “A man has the right to protect himself in these uncertain times!” his portly
  host blustered as he passed his newly-acquired weapon to a more appreciative
  guest.
  
  “If a man surrounds himself with friends instead of enemies, he would have no
  need to protect himself.” Idly, O’Toole juggled silver pieces between his
  fingers, assuming interest in coins and gamboling lambs.
  
  A smart man would have heeded Michael’s warni