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SHOTGUN-OLOGY
A Handbook of Useful Shotgun Information
by Capt. Charles Askins;
foreword by Bill Askins
Maj. Charles Askins (father of Col. Charles
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Shotgun-ology,
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MACHINE GUNS
A Pictorial, Tactical, and Practical History
by Jim Thompson
This updated and revised edition of Machine
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RESCUING PROVIDENCE
by Lt. Michael Morse
Lt. Michael Morse of the Providence, Rhode
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DEFENDU
by W.E. Fairbairn;
foreword by Kelly McCann
W.E. Fairbairn’s classic manual on closequarters
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Originally published in
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7 x 10, soft cover, photos, 178 pp.
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THE HISTORY OF SNIPING AND SHARPSHOOTING
by Major John L. Plaster, USAR (Ret.)
Thirty-six months in combat. Twenty-four years as a sniping instructor.
Twenty years of exhaustive research, including decades spent seeking out
hundreds of historic volumes long out of print, test-firing historic firearms,
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COMBATIVE PISTOL
Jim Grover’s Guide to
Extreme Close-Quarters Shooting
with Jim Grover, aka Kelly McCann
In a real fight, the ability to integrate empty-hand
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operations veteran Jim
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HIT OR MYTH,
REVISED AND UPDATED
An Analysis of Target Systems for
Practical Training in Defensive Shooting
by Louis Awerbuck
When Hit or Myth was
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TACTICAL REALITY
An Uncommon Look at Common-Sense
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by Louis Awerbuck
A decade of articles from one of Amer ica’s
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KILL OR GET KILLED
1943 Edition
by Maj. Rex Applegate
Kill or Get Killed is considered one of the
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U.S. ARMY
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
IN AFGHANISTAN
by Charles H. Briscoe, Richard L. Kiper, James
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MORE TACTICAL REALITY
Why There’s No Such Thing as
an “Advanced” Gunfight
by Louis Awerbuck
With characteristic wit and wisdom, Awerbuck
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on how to get the job
done when the “job”
involves firearms. More
than 40 timely subjects
in this collection of
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CHARLES NELSON’S
SCHOOL OF SELF-DEFENSE
The Red and Gray Manuals
by Charles Nelson
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