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| Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting | 
 enlarge | Author: Ed Mcgivern
Publisher: Winchester Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $267.14
New (1) Used (7) from $40.40
Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 593179
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0832905577
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.31
EAN: 9780832905575
ASIN: 0832905577
Publication Date: March 1975
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Book is brand new, and has never been opened. Thousands of satisfied customers!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fast and Fancy July 3, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have not read this book. I would like to share with the readers that I knew Ed as a child residing in Lewistown, Montana. He had this elaborate set up in the basement of the Civic Center where he would do his draw/fire timing. It was really something to witness. Ed would take my brother and I out to the fair grounds and do some shooting. He would throw a can up in the air and unload his SW into it, usually striking it with every shot. He was a wonderful sign painter. He was a friend of Charlie Russell. He told wonderful stories about their escapades in Great Falls. Jim Huber
Ed McGivern is the boss May 12, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pros: Man, that guy knows how to shoot. Very interesting.
Cons: Mostly trick shooting, which takes tons of practice. I was looking for something to help with regular situations, but quickly. It applies, but not as well as I'd hoped. Also, the language is getting dated and it's a little wordy.
Overall: I'm glad I bought it.
Incredible book - techical and historical content March 31, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've read some of the reviews and I've concluded I must have received a different version of the book. Ed McGivern's focus was marksmanship for law enforcement with specialized training techniques. The exhibition content was intended to make the process interesting and to create a framework for preparing students for shooting within less than ideal and dire circumstances. In fact, McGivern coined the term "practical pistol shooting" prior to 1938.
Language and writing skills - Mr. McGivern wrote in the style typical for that period in time. I saw no difference between his writing and that of Julian Hatcher, Phil Sharpe or early Elmer Keith. McGivern wrote with humility, descriptively and with tone of America in 1938, including the country's values.
Description of techniques - I do not believe I have ever seen a more deliberate set of descriptions, illustrations and theory of concept explanations in another training volume. He wrote and documented with a patience not found in the works of modern authors.
Application - This book is for anyone who wishes to learn how to shoot a double or single action revolver, based on a premise that was incredibly advanced for the time. Essentially, McGivern suggests firearms are of fixed dimension and function as an accommodation to manufacturing. Humans are all different, so shooting stances and techniques cannot be universal. Instead, McGivern offered many approaches in component description and means for the shooter to assess what component works for them. I use material in the book, all of the time, for my own training purposes.
Great book, easy to read and a must for anyone involved in defensive or recreational handgun shooting, or has an interest is the history of shooting skill development.
Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting March 13, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a gift for my husband after seeing a television program about the author. Jim says it is very informative and well written. He can't wait to try some of the suggestions next time he goes to the shooting range.
Exhibition shooter January 26, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Mr. McGivern was an exhibition shooter in the first half of the 20th century, and, by all accounts, quite astounding. He was not, however, a particularly gifted writer. His style is pretty dry and wordy, but this is still a book worth reading if you want to pick up some tips and trick on fast draws and trick shooting. Loaded with lots of photos, if you read throught the book selectively you'll come away with a pretty good basic understanding of what it take to draw and unload a revolver into a target 15 feet away in less than a minute. There's plenty more to, so give it a read and then practice, practice, practice.
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