Similarly, his advice on stance is very relaxed, with non-firing hand resting comfortably in his dress pants pocket, and advocates shooting with both eyes open. Modern courses of fire are timed in seconds and hundredths of seconds bullseye occurs at much slower pace. The value of the narrow front sight has been known since the 1930’s - yet the factory front sights on almost all pistols are 0.125″, wide enough to fill the rear notch.Īs common in many books from this era, he recommends a light grip on the pistol, because it “tires you less”. He extols the virtues of the 0.100″ wide, red front sight - essentially the same kind of narrow, bright front sight used by modern competition shooters.
38 special centerfire revolvers, primarily the Colt and S&W models. In the first chapter, the author explains that the book is for new and aspiring bullseye shooters seeking to improve. This sample of his description of trigger press, from The Elusive Ten ( which you can read online for free), is a good example. Reichenbach’s writing style is very informal and light.
#WILLIAM REICHBACH MASS MAILINGS SERIES#
( Another list of books published in this series is here.) The Sixguns book was reprinted in 1943, but the other book was lost to history until it was reprinted, along with Sixguns and Bullseyes, as part of the NRA Firearms Classics Library, in 1996. In 1936, he updated the book, re-titled “Sixguns and Bullseyes”, following up with “Automatic Pistol Marksmanship” in 1937.
In 1935, WW1 veteran William Reichenbach published a book on bullseye shooting called “The Elusive Ten”. Part of that effort has been seeking out and reading old books on shooting, purchasing copies signed by the authors when possible. Over the past year I’ve been developing a new course for KR Training, Historical Handgun, that teaches the history & evolution of defensive handgun skills.
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