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The books is written in a clear and concise manner that is easy to follow. Pictures are detailed and excellent quality. Everything in this book is functional and will make you a better shooter. Its pretty simple.there is only one pistol shooting book you need and this is it. Hands down the best i have read. Its not filled with "cool" tactical ninja crap.
Good: lots of pictures and step-by-step, simple explanations of shooting stances, grips, malfunction drills, etc. The pictures were the main substance of the book - without them it would have been maybe 40 pages of normally spaced text. The same "one right way to do it" attitude comes through often in the book.Bad continued: There are lots of drills and positions shown, but no real 'tactics', and for a book with this title, I felt ripped off. The same section in this book spends two short pages and three pictures explaining the single correct way to do it, with no real acknowledgement of the different circumstances that different shooters will face. It has wide margins and double-spaced text, so don't be fooled by the page count. It basically assumes you are shooting a Glock and the grip shown would not necessarily work for some other guns. I'm a bit obsessive about this but it was pretty distracting.
Though I didn't notice any dangerously wrong text, it seemed to be rushed to print, and just somewhat unprofessionally presented.Finally, I should emphasize that aside from all the pictures, there is really not very much information in this book. This would be a handy book for your range bag though, to be able to refer to and quickly check on a drill you want to do, as it's mostly in the pictures.Bad: The text is pretty simplistic and while not being closed-minded per se, it doesn't present many different opinions on how to do certain things. I might exchange it for the Suarez book and see if that has what I'm looking for. Pretty much all the information in this book is in Combat Handgunnery, and aside from the many full color photos, I can't see any reason to have both. It reads a lot like a police manual where procedures must be followed precisely as shown because everyone is issued the same equipment, and that's how the instructor/boss wants you to do it. I was pretty disappointed with this book. They did work well to demonstrate the techniques being taught.
For example: I just got through the section of Combat Handgunnery on the grip, and Ayoob presents multiple styles of grip along with a ton of explanation on why you might choose one or the other (different guns, different safeties, differently sized hands, different situations). I was expecting some room/house clearing, entry techniques, etc. No I'm not an Ayoob fanboy by the way, there just seems to be much more information in his books than this one. I got this along with a couple of Ayoob books as I'm trying to get into pistol shooting a little more in-depth. However, if you are looking for visual explanation, there are videos available that I think work much better to show how a procedure is carried out in reality. There's a quick section on transitioning from your carbine to a sidearm, and a little on using cover, shooting while moving etc., but nothing about how or where (not) to move while shooting and why.Bad again: The text of the book is quite poorly edited with quite a few misspellings and some pages that appeared to be half copy/pasted in the wrong place, etc.
Good book to have for any novice that is seeking a beginners guide to tactical pistol shooting.
Has the most illustrations of any similar book I've seen on the market. Most people reading this type of book already know terms such as - slide, trigger and muzzle.Overall a worthwhile book to read and keep around as a reference. Great overview of tactical shooting. The chapter on "Shooting While Wounded", for example, contains 40 pages of text and pictures.Some of the pictures are repetitive and the chapter on "Pistol Nomenclature & Terms" could have been greatly shortened or eliminated all together.
This one doesn't do that. There are individual movement techniques but not a lot of tactics. It also covers things like nomenclature, safety, shooting positions, reloading,low-light conditions, drills,etc. Overall, it's a great book for beginners to learn with. The author describes in detail how to grip, draw, aim and other things.
There are too many books out there that take you from step one and then straight to step ten. In contrast to the title, it is not a tactical book. This book has an interesting first chapter. This book answers a lot of the "little" questions about pistols. It covers mindset.
There is shooting behind cover and shooting while wounded but no slicing the pie or room entry.
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