AIRGUN BOOKS II
B-21: Gas, Air & Spring Guns Of The World - by W.H.B. Smith.
This hardback book is 279 pages. It was printed in 1957 and is an excellent airgun resource book especially for 1930 and earlier airguns.
It has good coverage on 1950-era airguns like Diana, Webley, Walther, Benjamin, Crosman, Sheridan and others.
Price: $75
B-22: Air Gun Digest - There are three different editions that cover the American airgun scene.
They are softback books and volume one was written by Dr. Robert Beeman. It has 256 pages.
Edition one - The first edition has good coverage of pre-1900 guns and modern airguns. It was printed in 1977. Good pictures and coverage on Crosman, Benjamin, Sheridan, El Gamo, Feinwerkbau, Russinan made guns, Daisy and includes target shooting competition and penetration testing using ballistic putty.
Price: $40
Edition two - written by J.I. Galan, 256 pages, 1988 copywright, good coverage on modern airguns
Price: $40
Edition three - by Galan, 288 pages, 1995 copyright, covers Beeman marked guns, Daisy, Crosman, Sheridan, RWS/Diana, Marksman and Whiscombe. It covers many Beeman marked guns that were made in Great Britain.
Price: $25 - when available.
  
B-23: The Airgun Book - by John Walter.
The first edition 146-page hardback book features exploded diagrams and brief descriptions of many airguns. It covers Anschutz, Norica, BSF, Cometa, Benjamin, BSA, Chinese State Factories, Crosman, Daisy, Em-Ge, Haenel and many others. Excellent book from the British perspective. It was printed in 1981.
Price: $40
Second edition - The hardest one to locate, has a green dust jacket, 146 pages and was printed in 1982. It was an updated version of the first edition.
Price: $75
Third edition - Published in London, England with a red cover in 1984, it has 176 pages. It's also my favorite with 400 airguns, and covering ammunition, identification and operation ballistics.
Price: $75
Fourth edition - Published in 1987 with a brown cover, it offers more individual airgun assessments, a new chapter on optical sights and more performance date for each gun.
Price: $75
SPECIAL NOTE: All four of these books are different and deserve to be in your reference library.
B-24: Air Gun Shooting - by John Walter.
Performance directory and index of suppliers from A to Z. Small hardback book format 3 by 8 inches, 96 pages, 1985 copywriter. Sketchy.
Price: $35 - when available.
B-25: Air Guns - by Eldon Wolff.
This hardback 166-page book was first printed in 1958, but this is a 1996 reprint. It has strong coverage of pre-1900 airguns.
Price: $40 - Check For Availability.
B-26: The Air Rifle Hunters Guide - by Tom Holzel (aka Crow hunting book).
This 153-page book is a 1994 edition. It is a softback, and covers all phases of hunting with an air rifle, equipment, ballistics, how to find crows, limits of .177 vs .25, and use of camouflage.
Price: $45
B-27: Crosman Service Manual
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B-28: Airguns And Other Pneumatic Arms - by Arne Hoff.
This hardback book was published in England in 1972. All coverage is pre-1900 airguns.
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B-29: The Airgun From Trigger To Target - by Cardew.
This hardback book is 235 pages, and was printed in 1995. It covers airgun operation, transfer port, cylinder, piston, air pressure, recoil, lubrication, tuning spring guns.
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B-30: Complete Book Of The Air Gun - by George Nonte.
This book is 288 pages and was published in 1970. It features lots of coverage from plinking to Olympic competition, good pictures of airguns including Sheridan, Walther, Hammerli, Hy-Scote, Daisy and Crosman. It has good coverage but is a little dated.
Price: $45 - E-mail me for availability.
B-31: Know Your Sheridan Rifles & Pistols - by Ron Elbe.
This softback book covers all models with 79 pages. It has good coverage of different Sheridan models with exploded drawings. Good book for collectors.
Price: $25
B-32: The Manic Compressive - 15 years of airgun testing by Ron Robinson.
It has 127 pages. A good book with chronograph data, tips on tuning Crosman trigger and info on how to install an extended bulk system.
Price: $45 - E-mail Me For Availability.
B-33: Airgun Performance - by Choler and Rushworth.
Published in 1988, it features a good series on ballistics and range.
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B-34: Quackenbush Guns - by John Groenewold.
This book is 266 pages of coverage of the many Quackenbush air rifles. Some sales figures with good pictures.
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B-35: World Class Air Pistols - by Steve Mannie.
This 40-page leaflet copy features nice coverage on match grade air pistols, FWB 65, 80, Crosman Skanaker, Pardini K 60, Diana 10, Pardini 10, Air Match, FWB 2, 10, Walther CP2 and Daisy 777.
Price: $20 - E-mail me for availability. (copy)
B-36: AMERICAN AIRGUN HUNTER - by Jim Chapman.
This 5 by 8 inch softback book is a great guide for those getting started in airgun hunting, and a fun read for those already experienced in this challenging sport.
The author has hunted with airguns across the United States for a variety of game and discusses methods, quarry and hunting experiences in the book.
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DESCRIPTION
This 232 page book is for all those airgun hunters that enjoy reading about other hunters' experiences and stories - along with helpful hints and information that apply on hunts. If you like to hunt, are thinking about hunting, or like to read about the success and mishaps of a hunter, then this is the book for you. American Airgun Hunter has over 80 photos.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Brief history of airguns, early airguns, airgun development in Europe, in the USA and in China.
2. Why hunt with an airgun? Practice for the big game season; finding a place to hunt, restrictions on firearms, its sporting and its fun.
3. The modern airgun: definition of a hunting airgun, field target, match and hunting guns. Spring piston, pneumatic guns, multiple pump guns, CO2 and precharged pneumatic guns.
4. Ammunition and ballistics: pellets are not BBs. Available calibers, types of pellets, pellet performance, effect on accuracy and matching the pellet to the game.
5. Type of game to hunt with an airgun. What's legal and where is it legal, rats and rodents, tree squirrels, ground squirrels, rabbits and jackrabbits, sparrow, starlings, pigeons - the feathered pest, woodchucks and marmots, nutria, taking the opportunistic shot.
6. Stories of the hunt. Early hunts - sparrows (I think) in China. A quick shoot in the high desert. Ground squirrels on the Pacific coast. Closing day squirrel hunt in Kentucky. The Mojave jackrabbit hunt. Nutria in Louisiana. Snowshoe hares in Utah. Colorado prairie dogs. The Senora jackrabbit hunt. Hunting and mountain bikes. Hunting crows in the San Gabriel Mountains. Urban hunting. Handgun hunting in Florida. REVIEWS
"Jim has done an excellent job of putting this little book together. Great photos, and you will find many folks who we all know mentioned throughout the book," Randy Mitchell. "Have read and re-read a lot of Jim Chapman's just released book, The American Airgun Hunter. I feel its the best value yet for me in an airgun book. A combination of practical and technical lore plus personal experiences which are rare gems for an airgunner. For personal enjoyment and motivation I say its well worth the price and an enjoyable way to support the airgunner/hunter community." Cowbirdchiller
This Book Is Not Available. Jim Chapman can be contacted at:
echochap@aol.com
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