Total Gun Manual Field Stream

Shares insider hints, stories from the range and field, and hands-on guidance for the first-time gun owner and the seasoned veteran alike, offering advice on choosing the right gun, increasing shot accuracy, and staying safe.

One of the most trusted brands in outdoor sports brings you the bigger and better gun reference—with new sections that reflect trends and developments. David E. Petzal and Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream’s shooting sports experts, are the top-rated writers working in the field today, due to their knowledge, experience, and their ability to communicate even complicated topics with clear, simple language and a dry and engaging wit. New hints cover range-shooting skills, the fastest-growing segment of the shooting world. For newbies and weekend shooters, the range offers a safe, affordable way to try out target practice and have fun with friends. The book also covers: Gun basics: Getting started, gun safety, choosing the right gun, and more. Handguns: Expanded handgun section covers range, target, and indoor shooting for the casual enthusiast and the serious shooter. Rifles: Whether for hunting or target practice, David Petzal has decades of experience and expertise, and shares it all with his trademark sense of humor. Shotguns: Phil Bourjaily is a year-round hunter as well as coaching clay and skeet shooting teams, so he knows his shotguns and how to impart tips and tricks. Gear up, shoot better, hunt smarter, stay safer with The Total Gun Manual. “If you’re looking for a new product for the hunter in your family, or someone who just has an appreciation for firearms, The Total Gun Manual is packed full of great tips and advice.” —BroBility

This is the new trade paperback edition of Field& Stream’s bestselling Total Gun Manual. Full of the same must-have information found in the full-size flexi edition: extensive guide to gun safety, shooting skills, gear available and more, this is a compete user’s guide for gun owners and enthusiasts. David E. Petzal and Phil Bourjaily, “The Gun Nuts”, Field & Stream’s shooting sports experts, are the top-rated writers working in the field today, due to their knowledge, experience, and their ability to communicate even complicated topics with clear, simple language and a dry and engaging wit. Contents include: Gun basics: Getting started, gun safety, choosing the right gun, and more. Handguns: Expanded handgun section covers range, target, and indoor shooting for the casual enthusiast and the serious shooter. Rifles: Whether for hunting or target practice, David Petzal has decades of experience and expertise, and shares it all with his trademark sense of humor. Shotguns: Phil Bourjaily is a year-round hunter as well as coaching clay and skeet shooting teams, so he knows his shotguns and how to impart tips and tricks.

From the most trusted brand in outdoor sports, Field & Stream, this book brings a wealth of knowledge to the subject of hunting and target shooting Canadian style. With expert information on what types of guns are legal to own in Canada, and national gun laws, as well as how to hunt the wealth of game available above the 49th Parallel, this book is a Canadian hunter’s dream come true. The lead authors are popular F&S bloggers and the hosts of the Gun Nuts show on the Outdoor Channel (sponsored by Smith & Wesson), and in this comprehensive yet conversational book they share insider hints, amazing stories, and hands-on guidance for the first-time gun owner and the seasoned veteran alike. Additional Canadian content by Brad Fenson, who helped create the Ultimate Survival Manual Canadian Edition, and Total Fishing Manual Canadian Edition. When it comes to rifles and shotguns, Field & Stream’s Dave Petzal and Phil Bourjaily are the real deal. They love them, study them, collect them, and they’re not afraid to tell you what they think about them—in accessible, sometimes rather colorful, language. Charismatic and always a little offbeat, they’re the guys you’d want with you as you test-fired rifles, stalked a deer, or learned to shoot geese on the wing. Brad Fenson knows Canadian gun laws and big and small game inside out, and is the perfect guide to everything you need to know about shooting in Canada. This book covers all the basics: Understanding your gun options, choosing the right gun for every situation, all about ammo, improving your shooting and hunting performance, and much, much more. Lock and load! This is the ultimate hunting and range-shooting reference the market has been waiting for.

From the most trusted brand in outdoor sports, Field & Stream, this book is drawn from the Total Gun Manual, the latest in the top-selling series that began with The Total Outdoorsman (200,000 copies in print!). Author Phil Bourjaily is the magazine’s Shotguns Editor, a popular blogger, and co-host of the Gun Nuts show on the Outdoor Channel (sponsored by Smith & Wesson). When it comes to shotguns, Field & Stream’s Phil Bourjaily is the real deal. He loves to talk guns, to clay shoot, and to hunt waterfowl, upland birds, turkeys, small game, and even deer with a shotgun. He has a wealth of advice and opinions to share, and isn’t shy about doing so. Charismatic and funny, he’s the guy you’d want helping you choose the right gun, fix your stance, and bag the ultimate Thanksgiving turkey. This book covers all the basics: Understanding your gun options, choosing the right gun for every situation, understanding shot and shells, old-school blackpowder hints, improving your shooting and hunting performance, and much, much more.

From the most trusted brand in outdoor sports, Field & Stream, this book is drawn from the Total Gun Manual, the latest in the top-selling series that began with The Total Outdoorsman (200,000 copies in print!). Author David Petzal is an award-winning gun writer with decades of experience shooting, in the US Army, hunting, and on the range. The magazine’s Rifles Editor, he is also a popular blogger, and co-host of the Gun Nuts show on the Outdoor Channel (sponsored by Smith & Wesson. When it comes to rifles, Field & Stream’s Dave Petzal is your go-to guy. With decades of experience and a uniquely opinionated voice, he is passionate about choosing the right gun, handling it safely, improving accuracy, and hunting pretty much anything you can shoot with a cartridge. Hints cover cleaning and troubleshooting your gun, doing target practice right, buying the best gun you can afford, and, of course hunting.

This series of smaller, value-priced titles excerpt The Total Outdoorsman's content, repackaging it for the bargain shopper and for more targeted category penetration in the hunting sector, where Field & Stream’s expertise is unparalleled. With practical advice advice on improving your shooting, and tracking and brining down deer, waterfowl, turkeys, and more, this is the book for the occasional sport hunter or the dedicated outdoorsman. With recipes, tips on skinning and storing your kill, and caring for your weapons, this is the perfect book for any hunting cabin. for fly-fishing, baitcasting, spinning and even noodling, this handy guide offers over 100 hints on gear, knots, boating, and finding where even the stealthiest fish are hiding. Hunters across the country rely on Field & Stream for the best insider information, and this book delivers.

New for 2020, The Total Gun Manual and Ultimate Shooting Skills Manual are paired, offering the best firearms safety, hunting, and sport shooting from the best names in the field. Presented in a sleek case, the Total Gun Collection Book Set offers two of the most comprehensive modern texts on firearms: The experience and training of Field & Stream veterans and self-described gun nuts David Petzal and Phil Bourjaily fills the Total Gun Manual, giving the reader a look at how to handle virtually any firearm safely and efficiently, along with hundreds of tips for hunting, practice shooting, and firearms care and maintenance. The Ultimate Shooting Skills Manual, meanwhile, presented by Outdoor Life editor John B. Snow, takes us into a deep dive on how to hone all the reader's shooting abilities, with focus on competitive and target shooting.