Books by Mr. Camp

9mm Ammunition Tests: The Shooter's Guide to Ammunition for the Browning Hi Power
by Stephen A. Camp
Where The Shooter's Guide to the Browning Hi Power focuses on the gun with mention of a few rounds that have "worked" over the years for me, 9mm Ammunition Tests: The Shooter's Guide to Ammunition for the Browning Hi Power focuses on ammo fired through the Hi Power.
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The reader is provided with a detailed look at 12 brands of FMJ ammunition in 115, 124, and 147-gr weights for use at the range. Each is discussed with regard to reliability and accuracy. How well they did or didn't do with factory magazines, Inglis mags, as well as KRD and Pro Mags is discussed for each round tested. Actual chronographed velocities with each load are given along with extreme spreads and standard deviations. Each load was fired through two Browning Mk III Hi Powers. Physical dimensions for each round are provided as well.
Twenty-five expanding high-performance loads are also discussed. These range in weight from the new 50-gr RBCD Tactical, Aguila 65-gr IQ, 80-gr Glaser Silver, and 95-gr PMC Starfire right on through the 115 and 124-gr bullets and the 147-gr JHPs. Ammo from Corbon, Triton, Remington, Sellier & Bellot, Magtech, Winchester, Federal, and Speer are included. The same information given for the "range ammo" is provided for these rounds along with expansion characteristics when fired into water and super-saturated newsprint ("wet pack").
There is a discussion on "if reloading is for you". Various stopping power theories are given, but there is no attempt to "force" any upon the reader. Discussion on what I've personally seen certain 9mm loads do in the hunting field are described, and "anecdotal" information on human aggressors hit with some loads is presented. This work is intended as the companion book for The Shooter's Guide to the Browning Hi Power.
Cost: 8 1/2" x 11" (107 pages of text) $19.95 + $5.00 S&H - lays flat, larger photos, spiral bound (NOT hard cover)
Trade Manual Size Paperback (159 pages of text) $14.95 + $3.00 S&H (US) - Email me for S&H charges outside the US.

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If you have a PayPal account, just click on one of their links on this page to make payment. Be sure to include the address where you want your order sent (in the "notes" section). For those who don't want to use PayPal, email me at s.camp9@charter.net to place orders. I will give you the mailing address for payment. Cash, check, money order, or cashier's checks are fine, but personal checks may be held a few days. On the order, please print or write legibly and be sure to include the address where you want your order mailed. If you'll also include your Email address, I will notify you when your items are to be mailed. Thanks.




Defensive Handguns
by Stephen A. Camp
This book is primarily focused on suggestions of what gun to shoot and is not aimed at tactics and techniques. While somewhat humorous in places, serious information is provided and many questions are answered. There are numerous B&W photographs throughout the book.
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This book provides information to help the reader in the judicious selection of the handgun for either lawful concealed carry or home defense. Topics discussed range from action types and their respective strengths and weaknesses to "stopping power" and shooting impressions of handguns from snub revolvers to the larger calibers. Other sections cover car guns and handguns for home protection. Mental aspects, customization suggestions, sights, and auxiliary equipment are included. Holster selection is heavily discussed from two holster makers as well as a fellow who's tried them all.
Levels of commitment are discussed, and real life shootings and their outcomes are included as well. This book provides essential information for the newer shooter or person deciding to take responsibility for his own safety. At the same time, I've tried hard to make it interesting and of use to the more experienced defensive handgunner. This material is based on 25 years of carrying a defensive handgun from a peace officer's perspective, both on and off-duty. I have shared my observations as both a police firearms instructor and a concealed handgun license instructor for the State of Texas.
Cost: 8 1/2" x 11" (134 pages of text) $22.95 + $5.00 S&H - lays flat, larger photos, spiral bound (NOT hard cover)
Trade Manual Size Paperback (203 pages of text) $16.95 + $3.00 S&H (US) - Email me for S&H charges outside the US.

How to Order
If you have a PayPal account, just click on one of their links on this page to make payment. Be sure to include the address where you want your order sent (in the "notes" section). For those who don't want to use PayPal, email me at s.camp9@charter.net to place orders. I will give you the mailing address for payment. Cash, check, money order, or cashier's checks are fine, but personal checks may be held a few days. On the order, please print or write legibly and be sure to include the address where you want your order mailed. If you'll also include your Email address, I will notify you when your items are to be mailed. Thanks




The Shooter's Guide to the 1911 Pattern Pistol
by Stephen A. Camp

The Shooter's Guide to the 1911 Pattern Pistol has been completed and is ready for sale. This book is not a primer for gunsmiths, nor does it cover race guns or double stacks. The book focuses heavily on the .45 ACP 1911 in the usual 5" versions, but does discuss Commander-style versions, compacts, and long slides.

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Because of the input I received, 9mm, .38 Super, and 10mm 1911's are included and evaluated.

This book is intended to show the new owner or prospective owner of the 1911 what he might expect from the various 1911's on today's market. Everything from ammunition selection, springs, maintenance, to barrels and bushings is discussed. Comments are made on virtually each component to this classic design. Comments and opinions are included from various gunsmiths and shooters of the 1911.

Range evaluations are provided for numerous makes and models of this timeless pistol.

It was necessary to go to 10-point font and narrow the margins to be able to keep the book within page limitations and trust me, it is full! The actual word count is nearly 3 times that of The Shooter's Guide to the Browning Hi Power.

In the trade manual paperback there are 251 pages with 157 B&W photographs and 22 tables to aid the reader. This version measures approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/2". The larger format 8 1/2 x 11" spiral-bound book has 164 pages and is also in 10-point font. Either version contains the same information. Pictures are a little smaller in the paperback, and the larger book will lay flat. The large one IS NOT a hard cover book.

The Shooter's Guide to the 1911 Pattern Pistol is easy to understand and written as one shooter would talk with another.

Price: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2": $17.95 + $3 S&H
8 1/2 x 11": $24.95 + $5 S&H

How to Order

If you have a PayPal account, just click on one of their links on this page to make payment. Be sure to include the address where you want your order sent (in the "notes" section). For those who don't want to use PayPal, email me at s.camp9@charter.net to place orders. I will give you the mailing address for payment. Cash, check, money order, or cashier's checks are fine, but personal checks may be held a few days. On the order, please print or write legibly and be sure to include the address where you want your order mailed. If you'll also include your Email address, I will notify you when your items are to be mailed. Thanks.





The Shooter's Guide to the Browning Hi Power
by Stephen A. Camp
This manual is for people interested in shooting the Hi Power pistol. It does not get into collecting nor cover rare, non-catalogued versions of FN's most widely sold military pistol. Though there is a brief section on the gun's history, the manual is for users.
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The book is directed primarily at 9mm Hi Powers, but there is some data and discussion on .40 S&W Hi Powers too. There are average velocities based on 10-shot averages from both a standard length Hi Power and a Competition Model in the 9mm Chronography section, as well as some for the forty-caliber fired from a Mk III Hi Power. In Ammunition Observations and the Browning Hi Power, there is considerable discussion concerning general purpose, standard pressure, as well as +P and +P+ ammunition. Forged vs. Cast Frames are covered as is The Custom Hi Power with a long FAQ section. There are many other topics in the manual and a section in which the Hi Power is compared to the three pistols I see as its main competitors. How to clean and disassemble the pistol is covered (magazines too), and its defensive applications are discussed. In short, it's a manual on the gun for people really wanting to "learn" it. The book is based on over 30 years' of using this fine pistol. Numerous B&W photographs accompany the text.
Cost: 8 1/2" x 11" (94 pages of text) $19.95 + $5.00 S&H - lays flat, larger photos, spiral bound (NOT hard cover)
Trade Manual Size Paperback (135 pages of text) $14.95 + $3.00 S&H (US) - Email me for S&H charges outside the US.

How to Order
If you have a PayPal account, just click on one of their links on this page to make payment. Be sure to include the address where you want your order sent (in the "notes" section). For those who don't want to use PayPal, email me at s.camp9@charter.net to place orders. I will give you the mailing address for payment. Cash, check, money order, or cashier's checks are fine, but personal checks may be held a few days. On the order, please print or write legibly and be sure to include the address where you want your order mailed. If you'll also include your Email address, I will notify you when your items are to be mailed. Thanks.




Hi Power Disassembly Guide
by Stephen A. Camp
Printed on 65-lb bright white card stock, this guide contains three physical pages printed front and back for six pages of color photographs and text to guide the user step-by-step through field stripping and complete detail stripping of the Browning Hi Power. Each picture and accompanying text is boxed and easy to read.
Each page is completely heat-laminated so that the guide can be used in the gunroom without the fear of oily fingers ruining the pages. It's bound in the upper left corner with a removable 3/4" steel book ring to keep the pages together. There are 37 color photographs.
Cost: $10.00 + $2.00 S&H (US) - Email me for S&H charges outside the US. If the Disassembly Guide is ordered with another book or books, total cost for it is $10.00 (no S&H).

How to Order
If you have a PayPal account, just click on one of their links on this page to make payment. Be sure to include the address where you want your order sent (in the "notes" section). For those who don't want to use PayPal, email me at s.camp9@charter.net to place orders. I will give you the mailing address for payment. Cash, check, money order, or cashier's checks are fine, but personal checks may be held a few days. On the order, please print or write legibly and be sure to include the address where you want your order mailed. If you'll also include your Email address, I will notify you when your items are to be mailed. Thanks.



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