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| Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting | 
 enlarge | Author: Ed Mcgivern
Publisher: Winchester Press
Category: Book
Buy Used: $22.95
New (1) Used (12) from $22.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 481656
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
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| Customer Reviews:
Exhibition shooter January 26, 2007
2 out of 3 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.
 A dud January 11, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
With all respect due to perhaps the greatest pistoleer the world has ever known, McGivern's book is long on promises and short on tutelage. Somewhere between the author's hyperbole and self-aggrandizing speech, I looked for a tidbit or two of useful, instructional information but found none. In short, McGivern comes across as a blowhard, one who has nothing to offer the reader in terms of advice on shooting. Skip this book---your time would be better spent on the shooting range.
A painful read... November 4, 2006
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Although I am a shooting enthusiast, and I am sure this book has some useful tidbits, it is so painful to read that finding those tidbits may not be worth the effort. Whether it is the writing tone of the times or just the author's style, I do not know.
 Positively the best book on shooting ever! August 28, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is definitely number one in my collection. I do not know of any gun book that provides the reader with more information than Mr. McGivern in "Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting". The grammar in the book sometimes made me laugh but every time I reread the book I find something new.
Ed McGivern November 13, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I would say that this is the classic of fancy pistol shooting. You won't find people today that would even try the stunts portrayed in this book. The writing style is awful with great run-on sentences and poor organization. However this just adds to the charm of the book if you are a fan of pistoleros. I did not read it from front to back, but read what I was interested in and eventually covered the entire book. A great classic of an era not to be repeated in this careful,wimpy, world of today. The illustrations are fantastic.
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