Product Description

'Total Airguns' is the most comprehensive reference work of its kind. The author explains everything from rifle types - how they work and their uses, sighting systems, ammo choice, camouflage - pertaining to its use and fieldcraft.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13751 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-12
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 300 pages

Review
This is the most up-to-date and complete book available on air rifles. Highly recommended. --Gun Mart

The book includes advice on choosing a rifle, picking the right ammo, locating quarry (generally pigeons, squirrels, and rats), using four-wheel- drive vehicles on your hunt, and even advanced shooting techniques. If you consider yourself an airgun enthusiast, pick up this book to see how behind the curve you actually are. --Wyoming Wildlife

Gun Mart July 2005
This is the most up-to-date and complete book available on air rifles and their use for hunting. Highly recommended.

Countryman’s Weekly May 2005
Total Airguns â€" There is so much to learn from this book…a wealth of information for all levels of experience.

Customer Reviews

Very good but could be even more informative
This book is packed with useful information and anyone new to airgun hunting cannot fail to learn a huge amount.
I've found a couple of contradictions: ".177...can be affected by wind...A larger heavier pellet does tend to fly more true..." (p65), "...177...is lighter and flies faster...a light crosswind affects its smaller mass less." (p79). "...when targeting rats...a .177 pellet needs to go straight into the brain or heart...headshots are preferable and with the .177 calibre essential." (p149)
Diagrams and a little more technical information are lacking where they would sometimes be useful, e.g. Ballistics pp62-3, is a rather confusing discussion, whereas the simple observation that hitting power (momentum) is given by pellet weight multiplied by velocity would clarify things. A numerical example of the difference between .177 and .22 could then be given to demonstrate the momentum loss in .177 (along with the info on the flatter trajectory); Woodpigeon killzones, upper chest cavity shot (p158), a diagram definitely is required (I'm still not fully sure precisely what Pete means here - "the angle has to be right" - but what is that angle?)
Granted the book is not a pest control manual, but a section on how airguns can fit into the pest control spectrum would be helpful - how effective are airguns compared to poison in regard to rats? When to use which? Are they better than traps, and if so when? There is obviously a definite overlap between the use of airguns in hunting sport and their use from a purely pest control perspective, and Total Airguns would be a more complete work if there was an explicit section reflecting this overlap. Maybe this is wishful thinking on my part but it would be nice to see it all the same.
But overall a very useful book to have on the bookshelf.

Outstanding!!!!!!
Novice and experienced hunters would do well to read this book. In my opinion it is HIGHLY INFORMATIVE, EXTREMELY COMPREHENSIVE and a must for anyone interested in this subject. I cannot rate this book too highly.

short on facts
This was my first book on the subject and I have to say I was a bit disappointed. The author is a regular magazine contributor - and it shows. It's written in a blokey, chatty style that is rich in opinion but short on solid information. The first sections are, in fairness quite detailed and technical though information is not presented in a logical fashion. The later sections of the book are there just to add bulk - recipes and nature notes. I am sure that someone new to the sport, looking to improve their technique and learn more about the equipment could find a better source of information.