The Writer's Complete Guide to Firearms: Get Your Facts Straight on Revolvers & Pistols, Shotguns, Machine Guns, Rifles, Silencers, Ammunition

What is the difference between a revolver & a pistol? A lot! Journalists frequently use the term AUTOMATIC RIFLE when the gun is not an automatic at all. What distinguishes a submachine gun from a machine gun? Crime & mystery writers, & journalists too, must have a basic understanding of guns for their writing to be credible & technically accurate. This 224-page, lavishly illustrated writer's reference describes the broad realm of contemporary firearms & their calibers, operation, practical applications, effective ranges, limitations. Ammunition--with jacketed "hard-ball," hollow-point, armor piercing & wadcutter bullets; buckshot, rifled slugs, & incendiary shotgun shells--is described & illustrated. Descriptions of ammunition magazines, clips, drums & belts are supported with line drawings & photographs. The functions & limitations of silencers, muzzle brakes, flash hiders & compensators are clearly presented. Doug Briggs is a best-selling author of books on guns & self-protection, a writer for national gun magazines. A similar book, THE CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO HANDGUNS, DEFENSIVE SHOTGUNS & RIFLES is being published simultaneously. Order from Beverly Book Co., P.O. Box 2869, Spring, TX 77383. Phone 800-955-2665.Briggs, Doug is the author of 'The Writer's Complete Guide to Firearms: Get Your Facts Straight on Revolvers & Pistols, Shotguns, Machine Guns, Rifles, Silencers, Ammunition' with ISBN 9781881287032 and ISBN 1881287033.