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I just read Dave Lauck's Tactical 1911 book, and wanted to offer some thoughts on the book. It's well organized and broken down, with a writing style that is lucid and appropriate for the topic material. The book has black and white pics only, and one 6" longslide keeps reappearing in every chapter. Dave likes the 5" 1911 in .45, and also has some rather idiosyncratic preferences in 1911's, to include undercut front sights, ambidextrous thumb shields, unmatched forward serrations, carry comps, full length guide rods, serrated trigger guards, and the use of ball ammo to the exclusion of JHP's.
I found the book ok as a casual read, and about on par with Wilson's shamelessly self promoting Combat Auto book as far as depth of topic material. Lauck's book is newer and therefore less dated than Wilson's, though Wilson's book has plenty of pics of other smith's work as well as the entire Wilson catalog. The Lauck book only has multiple pics of 3-4 of his guns. I would neither make recommendations for or against this book, I guess it'd depend on how much you want to read about 1911's. I'm still looking for a good book with lots of groovy pics of many different smith's work, but it would seem that American Handgunner is the most current and varied source for that stuff. Anyone read Layne Simpson's 1911 book?
I found the book ok as a casual read, and about on par with Wilson's shamelessly self promoting Combat Auto book as far as depth of topic material. Lauck's book is newer and therefore less dated than Wilson's, though Wilson's book has plenty of pics of other smith's work as well as the entire Wilson catalog. The Lauck book only has multiple pics of 3-4 of his guns. I would neither make recommendations for or against this book, I guess it'd depend on how much you want to read about 1911's. I'm still looking for a good book with lots of groovy pics of many different smith's work, but it would seem that American Handgunner is the most current and varied source for that stuff. Anyone read Layne Simpson's 1911 book?