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Updated List (9/26/14)

Anyway, if we were going to put together a library of rifle/hunting/shooting books, classic and modern, what would be included? Here's what we have so far:

Finn and Berit Aagaard:
"Aagaard's African Adventures"

Tony de Almeida:
"Jaguar Hunting on the Mato Grosso and Bolivia"

WDM Bell:
"Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter"
"Bell of Africa"
"Karamojo Safari"

Craig Boddington:
"African Hunter II"
"Safari Rifles II"
"Elephant!: The Renaissance of Hunting the African Elephant"
"Buffalo!"
The "Ten Years" Series

Capt. John Brandt:
"Asian Hunter"
"Hunters of Man"

John Burger:
"Horned Death"

Joe Cavanaugh
"The Jungle Hunter"

Steve Christenson
"From the Congo Basin to the Highlands of Ethiopia"

J Corbett:
"Entire omnibus collection"

Bob Hagel:
"Hunting North American Big Game"
"Guns, Loads & Hunting Tips"

JA Hunter:
"Hunter"
"White Hunter"
"Hunter's Tracks"
"Tales of the African Frontier"

Rashid Jamsheed:
"Memories of a Sheep Hunter"

Elmer Keith:
"Hell, I was There!"

John Kingsley-Heath:
"Hunting the Dangerous Game of Africa"

Larry Koller:
"Shots at Whitetails"

Denis D. Lyell:
"African Adventures: Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters"

James Mellon:
"African Hunter"

Reinald von Meurers:
"Buffalo, Elephant and Bongo"

Sancha de Montebel:
"Big Game Hunting"

Arthur Newmann:
"Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa"

Jack O'Connor:
"The Hunting Rifle"
"Sheep and Sheep Hunting"

Etienne Oggeri:
"I Killed for a Living"

Warren Page:
"One Man's Wilderness"

Tony Sanchez-Arino
"The Last of the Few"
"Elephants, Ivory and Hunters"

SR Truesdell:
"The Rifle: Its Development for Big-Game Hunting"

Terry Weiland:
"Dangerous Game Rifles"

Ken Wilson:
"Sport Hunting on Six Continents"

Robert Ruark:
"Use Enough Gun"
"Horn of the Hunter"
"The Old Man and the Boy"

Edison Marshall:
"Heart of the Hunter"
"Shikar and Safari"

Brian Herne:
"White Hunters"

Frederick Courtney Selous:
"A hunters Wandering in Africa"

thought of another

African Adventures: Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters by Denis D. Lyell

Bell, Selous, Hunter, Millas, Pease and many others make an appearance.....

Just added it. Thanks, Rattler.

Y'all realize that when it's snowing like mad or raining buckets and you can't get out, y'all are going to thank me later!! And AbeBooks is going to thank me as well.

keep in mind with the last your not reading a story, your reading private letters between the author and these people....while not a smooth flowing read its a hell of insight into the minds of some of the guys with books on the list....i thought it was a worthwhile read because of this...plus it was reprinted as part of the "Capstick Library" so you can find a reprint at a reasonable price....had needed to pay for an original i prolly still wouldnt have read it yet

Yeah, the story behind the story. Generally good stuff.

No books for me anymore.

I read books and subscribed to magazines when that's all there was.

Now this internet we are on has replaced the old ways.

We even get to show and tell of our stuff and things we do.

yeah cause you can find all the books i posted as digital copies....you are one phuggin dumb arse....

Easy guys, come on; let's just post some favorite reads.

If I may:

"Shots at Whitetails" by Larry Koller

I've got over 1,000 gun, hunting, reloading, shooting, sniping, etc. books in my library (has taken me 60 years to collect and read them) and I think that all of them have a place in a well-rounded library. No outstanding favorites, just use them for reference.

I second the motion

ive got alot more than i posted, couple hundred volumes, but some are a PITA to get through, some are nothing but data...picked ones that are fun to read or like Ken's and Lyell's have links to other authors on the list that make them worth while, not that Ken's is a bad book but without the Capstick stuff it really wouldnt stand out.....

no matter what some books stand out above others, doesnt make the ones that dont worthless, just means unless someone is asking for something specific they arent getting recommended....if someone had asked specifically for big cats or elephants or mountain hunting or sniping the list would have changed....but these are a list of my favorites that i would recommended a general reader get ahead of some others unless they have no interest in the particular subject matter

doing my best not to sell any at the moment

Craig Boddington's Ten years in Africa series. Also Safari Rifles II. His books on Buffalo & Elephant.

Elgin Gates-Trophy hunter in Asia & Africa.

Jack O'Connor-The Hunting Rifle & Sheep & Sheep Hunting.

Elmer Keith-Hell,I was there!

Bob Hagel-Hunting North American Big Game & Guns,Loads & Hunting Tips.

Terry Weiland-Dangerous Game Rifles.

You want to add a few titles?

Got it.

Thanks, Elk, I'll add them to the list. Sounds like the entire Boddington collection.

Sine qua non:

Warren Page, One Man's Wilderness, 1973, pub. by Holt, Rinehart, & Winston; ISBN: 0-03-086009-1

Finn & Berit Aagaard, Aagaard's African Adventures, 2008, pub. by Safari Press, ISBN: 1571572848 (This is the 2nd edition; the first edition was published by the NRA and is scarce. Finn autographed my copy for me.)

--Bob

Got 'em, Bob; thanks.

Well Rev

Craig Boddington-The Perfect Shot North America,American Hunting Rifles,African Experience,Shots at Big Game,Deer Hunting Coast to Coast w/ Bob Robb.

Jim Carmichel-Book of the Rifle.

Jack O'Connor-The Best of Jack O'Connor & The Last Book.

John Jobson- The Best of John Jobson.

Craig Boddington-Campfires and Gametrails & The Hunters Handbook.

Jack O'Connor- The Art of Hunting Big Game in North America & The complete Book of Rifles and Shotguns.