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| | Living With the 1911: A Fresh Look at the Fighting Gun |  | Author: Robert H. Boatman
Publisher: Paladin Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $23.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2080804
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
ISBN: 158160467X
EAN: 9781581604672
ASIN: 158160467X
Publication Date: January 2005
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Product Description
With his trademark wit and hard-hitting honesty, best-selling gun writer Robert Boatman covers the history, hardware, personalities and politics of the 1911. Get fresh insights on the greatest handgun of all time from such 1911 masters as Jeff Cooper, Louis Awerbuck and Max Joseph, plus informed opinion on carry, training, the future of the fighting gun and more.
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Another waste of time November 2, 2005
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Even though I found his Glock book abysmal I bought this one at a gun show since I am a big 1911 fan. As usual Boatman talks tough but you can tell he's one of those "tough guys' who has never actually done anything in real life just wishes he had. Just another nut case redneck wanna-be. Having said that this was a little better than his Glock book but not much. He did tone down the crazy political rhetoric a little. He favors the Stainless Colt Gold cup which he shoots with a cigar in his mouth. What a bozo. The Gold cup is OK for target shooting but he known weaknesses in construction and in the sights which he doesn't mention because I'm sure he doesn't know. Just another waste of paper. Lets hear some real experience Boatman. Something other than being a "bodyguard" for a Republican Senator (Chenowith) who turned out to be an adulterer and liar.
AWFUL July 19, 2005
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Paladin Press prints some good titles, but this is NOT one of them. I was expecting a detailed study of a handgun that has had an amazing history. Instead Boatman is light on hard detail and likes to stuff the book with his own bizarre editorializing and fringe political views. It is blatantly irrational stuff, scary really. Evidently Boatman styles himself a hard tough guy, but in my experience real tough guys don't need to prove it. Any goomba can squeeze a trigger, Boatman.
Cooper and the Weaver crowd are openly worshipped, and any alternate schools of pistolcraft are derided. Pretty sad, given that Delta and SAS use instinctive shooting, not Weaver. I guess Boatman never got told that by anyone.
Avoid this junk at all costs. I regret that I spent even one dollar on this CRAP. There are many better books out there on the 1911. I am not sure that there are any worse than this. It could have been writen in an afternoon. Awful.
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