Book Review - Handbook of Modern Percussion Revolvers.

Handbook of Modern Percussion Revolvers. Michael Morgan. 2013

This book is a simple, straight forward ”how to” book for those who want to shoot replica percussion revolvers of the Western period. The author does start with a little history, but is very quickly into the technicalities of live shooting pistols.

At just over 150 pages this 5” x 7” book this well illustrated book, will take you through all the stages of loading, firing and trying to get the best from your percussion revolver. It also has detailed guides on cleaning, stripping and reassembling the common replica pistols.

This may not be a book for the reenactor, but is certainly worth a read if you want to start shooting percussion revolvers. The clear photos give you a good safe step by step guide to loading shooting and clean your pistol.