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Boston's Gun Bible |
Author: Boston T. Party
Published: 2002-04-01 |
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 A great resource and important perspective.
I am a huge fan of guns, own a lot of them, shoot them whenever I can and recommend that all citizens own guns. Today, I'm going out to shoot with my brothers and brother in law. That being said, I disagree with the author's opinion that you must devote your life to gun ownership and gun proficiency. This simply is not practical for most ordinary people.
Own the guns, shoot them when you can. Integrate them into your life to the extent possible, but realize you are not going to become a rifleman in all likelihood. Familiarity with guns is a good thing, but achieving the level of proficiency he recommends is highly unlikely in most people's lives. Don't sweat it. Don't allow the author to intimidate you or make you ashamed or worst of all, give up altogether on gun ownership because you can't possibly follow his recommendations.
My main objective in reading this book was to get the author's advice on a battle rifle. He ranks the most popular battle rifles employing various criteria including reliability, battle accuracy, ergonomics, affordability etc. Unfortunately, the rifle I like the most, the AR-15 and the AR-10 are ranked last!! The Armalite AR-10 was poised to be first but ranked last in reliability. But the author based his evaluation of the AR-10's reliability on reports on the rifle rather than his own hands on experience.
I wish he'd had more hands on experience with the AR-10 and the DPMS variant to directly address the reliability issue rather than simply declaring that the rifle is not as reliable based on "reports." Admittedly, these rifles, if not maintained carefully, do suffer from reliability issues, but this issue has been largely laid to rest over the years in well maintained guns.
He ranks the M1-A and the FAL variants as number one and two respectively. But darnit, I just LOVE my AR-15 and AR-10.
Read this book with a grain of salt understanding that the author is a certified, dyed in the wool GUN NUT. He would refer to me no doubt as a cook rather than a rifleman (his categories). Well and good. But I am a cook with a gun and make no apologies for not being as proficient as he is. The book provides a wealth of information about all types of guns, the gun culture, self defense and multiple other gun related topics. It is a tremendous resource.
 Boston's Gun Bible
Boston's Gun Bible is well written and full of useful information. The first part of the book has many chapters of useful information comparing calibers, rifles, and carbines. The comparisons are for many popular guns and are done in a head to head fashion, broken down into the classes of rifles and carbines. There are also recommendations as to purchases. The later chapters deal with what the government has and has not done to the public and gun owners in particular. There are numerous quotes and references throughout the book that make points and bring up questions and answers. The style of writing is easy to read and Boston keeps your attention, even during the political discussions.
Recommended - with Reservations
Having heard of this book for some time, I decided to order it and, in the main, I agree with most reviewers. It is well written, superbly informative and thoroughly researched. Chapter divisions are done in a logical order. Opinion is offered in small doses and most of the text tends toward simple revelation of fact. It would be much more user-friendly with an appendix or complete index by subject, but that is a minor quibble, I suppose. As a general reference tool I would rate it at five stars.
My reservations - There are several chapters which would be of use primarily to those who are either independently wealthy, or who may at least decide to forego their building of an indoor heated pool in order to drop a few large bills on a firearm or two.
I remember an act in which the comedian, Steve Martin, said that he was going to share the secrets of his new book, 'How To Live Like A Millionaire'. His advice - "First, get a million dollars.." In a similar vein, a number of the suggestions in this book are useful if one has a sizable budget with much room for discretionary spending. For those with modest means, and who are raising a family, some of the recommendations are beyond impractical.
And although here, I venture out of the realm of pure objectivity, I must say that my second reservation is of a personal nature, that is, whether I wish to help the author reach greater financial success based on the quite insufferable degree of arrogance displayed in his 'Javelin Press' webpage concerning efforts to contact him. Although an indisputably talented writer, his opinion of himself and the value of his time is, sadly, inflated to a degree which passes beyond the mere word 'unpleasant'. When I first read this book, I had every intention of following it up with ordering 'Molon Labe', but after seeing the condescending wording of the notes on the website, I have decided to instead order works by other authors who seem more appreciative of those who purchase their books.
Thus - I would rate the book itself at a four, but would perhaps not recommend buying it based on the author's attitude toward his readers. Perhaps if one bought it used, through the Amazon Marketplace, it would be a good investment.
A valuable guide for any modern civil rights advocate
Boston's Gun Bible is a valuable resource for anyone with the least awareness of the nature of our increasingly compromised liberty. Our elected officials pay a lot of lip service to the notions of liberty under which our once proud nation was founded, yet plot daily on how to strip the public of yet more of their freedom. In this sad state of affairs, the aware individual will see that at some point, the last shreds of the Constitution will inevitably be swept away, and that they must therefore decide now which side they will be on at the end of our republic: the side of the enslaved, or the side of the spiritual descendants of the minutemen who fought at Concord & Lexington green. This book is the manual for those who wish to be on the side of the right [which may or may not be the winning side in some future conflagration], but who have little time or money to waste learning things the hard way.
Even if you're as yet undecided as to your support in the fight for freedom this is a valuable read, as while it focuses on the practical, it also has some philosophical arguments that strip away the sophistry of the socialist left.
Last revised in 2002, this book is overdue for a new edition, if for no other reason than all the prices and the bulk of the URLs are hopelessly out of date.
I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in the realpolitik confronting the patriotic U.S. citizen.
Lots of Good Info
I was surprised at the wealth of information this book contains, not only about different types of guns, but laws and other information.
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