Description
Jack O’Connor, The Rifle Book. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950 (3rd printing). A volume in the Borzoi Books for Sportsmen Series. Hardbound in price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 332, v pages. Illustrated, index. Dust jacket is poor, badly worn, and chipped. Book is crisp, clean and in near fine condition. $16.
In The Rifle Book, O’Connor draws on a lifetime of field experience and technical knowledge to explore every aspect of the rifle—from the development of classic actions and cartridges to the art of marksmanship, sighting, and hunting strategy. With clarity, precision, and wit, he explains what makes a good rifleman and what separates a great rifle from a merely good one.
More than a technical manual, this is a celebration of the rifle as a tool of the sportsman, a companion of wild country, and an instrument of ethical hunting. Whether discussing the nuances of bullet performance on elk and sheep, the feel of a fine walnut stock, or the clean lines of a custom bolt-action, O’Connor speaks with the authority of a master and the soul of a storyteller.
