Gun Digest Book of .22 Rimfire - just a reminder . . .

J.r. Do you mean at the store or on the Walmart website?, Don't want to miss out on this, Thanks Olypenn22

Thanks for the reminder.

Check eBay

My copy is in the mail. As soon as I receive it I shall add it in my list:

eBay link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4566912441&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1

Olypenn22 - I don't know. Here is the link I found this information and posted on.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...ct_id=3930763&sourceid=0100000030660805302498

I personally thought you could order this at the store at customer relations - didn't have a chance to go yesterday (wife's motorcycle had a flat that needed servicing).

I'll look at Barnes & Noble / Hastings as well - thought the book would be released the third week of September across the board. Think the price is outstanding. :t

FWIW, I received my 2006 Gun Digest yesterday - wow has it changed!

Amazon shows this book too for those who do not want to buy from Walmart.

Chris

Is it just for the .22s or the .17s too?

Both, I think . . .

Google and find out to make sure. I would certainly think so, as this same author wrote an article in The Backwoodsman (July / August) issue which compared the .17 and .22 Magnum cartridges.

Does a manager have to escort you out the door with it?

No, but the cash register will ask you whether it's for a pistol or a rifle...

j.r. guerra in s. texas said:

FWIW, I received my 2006 Gun Digest yesterday - wow has it changed!

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Does that mean it DOESN'T have some kind of a Ruger on the cover?

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Snake45 said:

Does that mean it DOESN'T have some kind of a Ruger on the cover?

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recumbent said:

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I meant the 2006 Gun Digest.

As to the .22 book, is this written by the same guy who did the writeups on all the Walmart-grade airguns for that now-defunct airgun magazine a couple years ago?

Oh you meant this one:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0896891682.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Yeah, that one. More Rugers on the cover. Surprise. That makes, what, like 30 years in a row now? Wonder what the dealio is there?

I would say it involves payola........

recumbent said:

I would say it involves payola........

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A friend who is an "industry insider" confirms your suspicions. He called it a "paid advertorial."

Makes me wonder what else inside GD has been bought and paid for.

GD used to be an excellent publication, and I eagerly looked forward to it each year. Now, I'll read it if the local library gets it, or if I can buy last year's edition at a gun show for $5 or less. How sad.

yes, its the same author . . .

Jim House wrote two books on American air rifles, one on pneumatics, the other on C02 operation.

I remember being distinctly less than impressed with his articles in that airgun magazine, but I don't recall if I was disappointed in his writing or in what he was writing about (Walmart-grade plastic BB guns, C02 plinkers, and the like). I think I shall wait to see the .22 book "in the flesh" before deciding whether it's worth the price.

I still think one of the best .22 books ever written was the old Guns & Ammo special by John Lachuck that appeared around 1972. I'll bet I could read that again today (for the umpteenth time) and still learn something new!

I would like to read that John Lachuck book on .22 rifles as well. I distinctly remember reading a few articles by him on .22 rifles (he was a big contributor in that area) but at the time, I was young, dumb and had my eye on 'big deer rifles' - kinda ignored the .22s back then.

Very stupid of me - I kept a few of the .22 rimfire specific magazines / books from mid 80's on, and a couple of books on small game hunting written way back when (Dalrymple, Tinsley, etc). I wouldn't mind finding the Lachuck books at all - willing to buy a copy, if it is still in decent shape.

I'm hoping the House book is better than the Wayne Van Zanderwoll (sp?) book that came out last year. Just a little too much 'fluff' in it, at least to me.

Really shouldn't complain though - .22 Rimfire is finally getting some recognition!