MEC's book

tonygrz · March 7, 2006, 05:53 PM

Just finished reading MEC's book from cover to cover. It was too windy to shoot, to dry to plow and I don't want to do any fencing.

I really wish I had bought the book before I bought my 51 Navy and 58 Remi. The book is fantastic. It's an easy read and very well set up. I thouroughly enjoy it. But after reading all about revolvers, I wish I had bought a plains pistol or target pistol. The revolvers have too many springs, hammers, levers, and widgets that seem to break very often. Being a complete dummy on gunsmithing and all things mechanical, I'll shoot my pistols until they break and then buy a simple, easy to clean and shoot plains pistol.

Old Dragoon · March 7, 2006, 08:00 PM

Tony,
Most of us are not gunsmith's per say, just became interested in being able to fix our own. Once you get hooked on shooting, the other comes along. These fixes aren't mindboggleing usually just replacing a broken part with a new one. once you have disassembled and re-assembled your revolvers several times to thouroughly clean them, you have the hard part learned. Also you have Mec's book for help.
However when you break them and feel youy must go to single shot percussion pistols, you cen send the broken ones to me. LOL

Missoura Don · March 7, 2006, 08:08 PM

Hey !!!...Id like to get a copy of mecs book to add to my collection.....whats the deal?? how do i order??

**4V50 Gary** · March 7, 2006, 11:46 PM

Amazon.com Mike ran out of his supply so it's a little harder to get an autographed copy from him.

gmatov · March 8, 2006, 12:12 AM

Tony,

What you gonna do when a part breaks in the plains pistol? Throw it away, too? Where do you go then? Stones?

They're not hard to replace parts in. Minimal fitting, more often than not, none.

Keep at it, you might learn you are not as all thumbs as you think you are.

Cheers,

George

scout4118 · March 8, 2006, 12:25 AM

I saw a post that you could download mec's book. Anyone have a link for that?

**4V50 Gary** · March 8, 2006, 12:54 AM

According to Mike, you can get the e-book from Amazon.com. The advantage of the e-book is that his pictures come out terrific. On the printed version they're not given justice. You can check out his photography at our sister site, TheHighRoad.org

mec · March 8, 2006, 08:46 AM

The e-book comes up with an Amazon.com search for the title "Percussion Pistols and Revolvers." Since the book is not geared toward promoting the industry and increasing sales, It is not the sort of thing that will be picked up by a major publishing company. It is a bit too candid about industry practices and quality issues for that. The book is printed at my expense based on what I can reasonably afford to spend. For this reason, the illustrations are your basic laser prints- better than many of the black and white illustratons in a lotof early 20th century books but not up to the state of the art color printing technology.

This will give an idea about the quality of the illustrations - which varies from reasonalby sharpt to "muddy" depending on the amount of ink in the iUnverse pressses.

Actually, in regard to frequency of broken parts and repairs, I was pleasantly surprised with the current run of Uberti revolvers. Much better than I had experienced in the past several decades. I started out doing the research for the book with a strong preference for the high quality single shots but nowfind the revolvers extremely interesting and reasonably easy to maintain.

I would add that the book is a compilation of direct experiences-in some cases fairly wide-reaching and in others based on only one or two guns and limited testing of components. It is by no means the final word on the subject and I find I am learning much from the experiences of other shooters on these two boards checking many of them out for myself as time permits. Those interested in the field and still in a learning mode seem to find it useful but I doubt it will suit internet experts and omniscient Foremost! Authorities! such as have been cheerfully absent on the firing line and highroad black powder forums.

EBook download:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance

March 7, 2006, 05:53 PM	#1
tonygrz Junior Member Join Date: December 10, 2005 Posts: 11	MEC's book Just finished reading MEC's book from cover to cover. It was too windy to shoot, to dry to plow and I don't want to do any fencing. I really wish I had bought the book before I bought my 51 Navy and 58 Remi. The book is fantastic. It's an easy read and very well set up. I thouroughly enjoy it. But after reading all about revolvers, I wish I had bought a plains pistol or target pistol. The revolvers have too many springs, hammers, levers, and widgets that seem to break very often. Being a complete dummy on gunsmithing and all things mechanical, I'll shoot my pistols until they break and then buy a simple, easy to clean and shoot plains pistol.

March 7, 2006, 11:46 PM	#4
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 22,301	Amazon.com Mike ran out of his supply so it's a little harder to get an autographed copy from him. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

March 8, 2006, 12:54 AM	#7
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 22,301	According to Mike, you can get the e-book from Amazon.com. The advantage of the e-book is that his pictures come out terrific. On the printed version they're not given justice. You can check out his photography at our sister site, TheHighRoad.org __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

March 7, 2006, 08:00 PM	#2
Old Dragoon Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2005 Location: The Republic of Californi Posts: 581	Tony, Most of us are not gunsmith's per say, just became interested in being able to fix our own. Once you get hooked on shooting, the other comes along. These fixes aren't mindboggleing usually just replacing a broken part with a new one. once you have disassembled and re-assembled your revolvers several times to thouroughly clean them, you have the hard part learned. Also you have Mec's book for help. However when you break them and feel youy must go to single shot percussion pistols, you cen send the broken ones to me. LOL

March 7, 2006, 08:08 PM	#3
Missoura Don Member Join Date: January 25, 2006 Location: Missoura Posts: 80	Hey !!!...Id like to get a copy of mecs book to add to my collection.....whats the deal?? how do i order??

March 8, 2006, 12:12 AM	#5
gmatov Junior member Join Date: September 20, 2005 Posts: 346	Tony, What you gonna do when a part breaks in the plains pistol? Throw it away, too? Where do you go then? Stones? They're not hard to replace parts in. Minimal fitting, more often than not, none. Keep at it, you might learn you are not as all thumbs as you think you are. Cheers, George

March 8, 2006, 12:25 AM	#6
scout4118 Member Join Date: February 18, 2006 Posts: 17	I saw a post that you could download mec's book. Anyone have a link for that?

March 8, 2006, 08:46 AM	#8
mec Junior member Join Date: December 6, 2001 Posts: 1,536	The e-book comes up with an Amazon.com search for the title "Percussion Pistols and Revolvers." Since the book is not geared toward promoting the industry and increasing sales, It is not the sort of thing that will be picked up by a major publishing company. It is a bit too candid about industry practices and quality issues for that. The book is printed at my expense based on what I can reasonably afford to spend. For this reason, the illustrations are your basic laser prints- better than many of the black and white illustratons in a lotof early 20th century books but not up to the state of the art color printing technology. This will give an idea about the quality of the illustrations - which varies from reasonalby sharpt to "muddy" depending on the amount of ink in the iUnverse pressses. Actually, in regard to frequency of broken parts and repairs, I was pleasantly surprised with the current run of Uberti revolvers. Much better than I had experienced in the past several decades. I started out doing the research for the book with a strong preference for the high quality single shots but nowfind the revolvers extremely interesting and reasonably easy to maintain. I would add that the book is a compilation of direct experiences-in some cases fairly wide-reaching and in others based on only one or two guns and limited testing of components. It is by no means the final word on the subject and I find I am learning much from the experiences of other shooters on these two boards checking many of them out for myself as time permits. Those interested in the field and still in a learning mode seem to find it useful but I doubt it will suit internet experts and omniscient Foremost! Authorities! such as have been cheerfully absent on the firing line and highroad black powder forums. EBook download: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance