Excellent Book Recommendation "the GUN" by CJ Chivers

[Magiccarpetrides]

Heres a WOOT synopsis...I have this book and its pretty much mandatory reading for anyone interested in AK's or how fully automatic firearms evolved...also gives some pretty damning backstory on the first M16's

Book Report: The Gun - Woot

[Raoul]

I'll give it a try. Just ordered for the Kindle.

Edited November 15, 2011 by Raoul

[Magiccarpetrides]

You won't be disappointed

[Guest Revelator]

I heard about this a while back and had forgotten what it was called. I'm going to look for it.

[G27]

Thanks for the recommendation, added to my Amazon wish list.

http://www.amazon.com/Gun-C-J-Chivers/dp/0743271734/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321320987&sr=8-1

[Trekbike]

Thanks for the suggestion. I put a request in at the library for the book. Looks like about a week's wait. Hey, might as well take advantage of my tax dollars.

Edited November 15, 2011 by Trekbike

[Guest Revelator]

Just finished this. Very thorough research and interviewing done. I'd say only about 40% is on the AK47 and its descendents, the rest is mixed between the development of machine guns in the 19th and early 20th century, the failure of the M16 in Vietnam, and a short biography of Mikhail Kalashnikov. Don't skip the notes at the end; they have a lot of neat extra info.

[Magiccarpetrides]

glad you liked it :-)

[graycrait]

I read this when it first came out. Probably a "must read" for a "game changer" firearm. The geopolitical developments due to the freewheeling proliferation of this firearm can't be undersestimated.

[Symbolic]

I just got a copy of it from the library. Thanks for the recommendation.

[Magiccarpetrides]

your welcome...

Graycrait I couldnt have said it better