Percussion Revolvers: A Guide to Their History, Performance, and Use Kindle Edition

I have several black powder books and this is the most up to date on black powder substitute and the quality and performance of today's reproductions. This book may save you money on powder, ball even patches. These guys did the research for us. Great reference and a good read

Book arrived safe and on time. Not too many photos or illustrations, but information is gleaned from the text.Much detailed historical knowledge. For mechanical mechanism knowledge on function, especially Colts, See Jerry Kuhnhausen's book "Colt Single Action Revolvers, A Shop Manual" from Amazon.

Mike Cumpston and Johnny Bates have taken on the task of sharing the how-tos, and what-abouts of classic 19th century arms, and they do a fine job of it.Things start off with an overview on the loading procedure followed by a quick discussion of the various historical bullet types with their positives and negatives laid out. Then the authors get to the meat and potatoes.The book is sectioned into chapters covering three historical periods to provide the reader a sense of perspective on the development of the various handguns discussed in each chapter. The history and development of each model is followed by a shooter's review of the pistol's ballistic performance, and disassembly instructions.I heartily recommend this book for anyone interested in the revolvers of the true "Old West". (That's before the Colt .45 "Peacemaker", y'all) The historical information is well presented, and the shooting reviews give the reader an excellent feel for what these pistols were capable of. The color photographs in this edition are a huge improvement over a prior version published some years ago.An excellent choice for experienced shooters and newcomers alike. You'll never watch "The Outlaw Josey Wales" or "Quigley Down Under" the same way after reading this book.

I highly recommend this book. I have bought several versions. They were all good and very informative. This latest version is really nicely done with color photos. The authors clearly have extensive knowledge of cap and ball revolvers, from their mechanics to their history. They are pretty darn good shots to boot. Some of the historical data I have never seen elsewhere. I have a fairly complete library on early Colt revolvers. Yet I refer to this book often. I have over a dozen cap and ball revolvers that I shoot fairly regularly. The authors are right on in the advice they provide shooters. My experience differs a bit in that I typically shoot multiple cylinders without the need to clean each time as they suggest. However, with the cheaper reproductions this might be necessary. Its not with Uberti and Ruger revolvers. I also don't see the need to waste caps drying out oil soaked nipples: don't flood the nipples and chambers with oil in the first place.

This is by far the best book I have read about cap and ball revolvers. It gets a little technical at times but it is good that it does. The author also gives lists of references and order houses for parts, complete guns and components for shooting. This is a fantastic reference manual plus a great read.

Fairly thorough overview of the C&B black powder percussion-fired revolver pantheon. It has become a bit dated now [~15 years after publication], with multiple defunct urls listed throughout the text: many of the smaller/better/more specialized vendors didn't survive GFM 2008, and hence, only the biggest are still around [but for how long? Cabela's is about to be folded into Bass Pro, the latter having a much poorer presence (& significantly higher prices!) in the BP revolver field.] My biggest question with any Kindle book: how come you don't fix the myriad and egregious spelling errors during the conversion process? [sigh] Fortunately, its the same recurring words being misspelled, so you get used to just mentally skipping the errors when they show up, but it is puzzling how these simple errors could be bypassed at the best possible time to fix them. It is, after all, one of the great advantages of e-books, in that you don't have to wait for a 2nd printing [that may never come because of poor sales] to make corrections. The book is by no means lavishly illustrated, but when there is one, it is usually of adequate or better detail, and very pertinent to the discussion; they spent their graphics budget wisely! If it wasn't for the spelling errors & outdated links, I'd have given this 5 stars, w/o question. Well worth the $10 [at present] price for the Kindle version!

The book was somewhat interesting, however it repeated a lot of the same information. I guess it could have been shorter.

This is a superb introduction to percussion revolvers. I learned quite a bit from every page. The photos are excellent. It even is printed on very high quality paper. As another reviewer noted, Cumpston and Bates really want the reader to learn and become proficient. It is very much worth buying and reading