This revised edition of the popular 2012 title is the most up-to-date and extensive guide to guns available. Updated and expanded for 2017, including an entire new section on range-shooting skills and 30+ new items, one of the most trusted brands in outdoor sports brings you the new The Total Gun Manual.

David E. Petzal and Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream’s shooting sports experts, are the top-rated writers working in the field today, due to their knowledge, experience, and their ability to communicate even complicated topics with clear, simple language and a dry and engaging wit.

New hints cover range-shooting skills, the fastest-growing segment of the shooting world. For newbies and weekend shooters, the range offers a safe, affordable way to try out target practice and have fun with friends. The book also covers:

Gun basics: Getting started, gun safety, choosing the right gun, and more.

Handguns: Expanded handgun section covers range, target, and indoor shooting for the casual enthusiast and the serious shooter.

Rifles: Whether for hunting or target practice, David Petzal has decades of experience and expertise, and shares it all with his trademark sense of humor.

Shotguns: Phil Bourjaily is a year-round hunter as well as coaching clay and skeet shooting teams, so he knows his shotguns and how to impart tips and tricks.

Gear up, shoot better, hunt smarter, stay safer with The Total Gun Manual.

About The Authors

David E. Petzal

David E. Petzal, the rifles field editor of Field & Stream, has been with the publication since 1972. He served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1969, and he began writing about rifles and rifle shooting during his service in 1964. He has hunted all over the United States and Canada, as well as in Europe, Africa, and New Zealand. Petzal most recently cowrote the Field & Stream Total Gun Manual; he is also the author of The .22 Rifle and edited The Encyclopedia of Sporting Firearms.

Phil Bourjaily

Phil Bourjaily is Field & Stream's Shotguns columnist and co-writer, with David Petzal, of the popular "Gun Nut" blog on Fieldandstream.com. Bourjaily most recently cowrote the Field & Stream Total Gun Manual; he is also the author of Field & Stream Turkey Hunting Handbook. He co-founded a trapshooting team at his son’s high school and serves as one of the coaches. He has traveled widely in pursuit of upland birds, waterfowl, and turkeys.