Elmer Keith Books

Elmer Keith (1899 - 1984) was an Idaho rancher, highly influential firearms enthusiast and author.

Gun Notes: Elmer Keith's Guns & Ammo Articles Of The 1960's, Volume I by Elmer Keith (2006) contains the best of his articles during this period and is entirely devoted to pistols, revolvers, bolt action and double rifles, shotguns, ammunition, loads, bullets and accessories.

Gun Notes: Elmer Keith's Guns & Ammo Articles Of The 1970's & 1980's, Volume 2 by Elmer Keith (2006). Keith was a regular contributor to 'Guns and Ammo' magazine with a monthly column entitled "Gun Notes." These books contains the best of his articles during this period and is entirely devoted to pistols, revolvers, bolt action and double rifles, shotguns, ammunition, loads, bullets and accessories.

Shotguns By Keith by Elmer Keith (1950). Elmer Keith was perhaps the most widely known small-arms authority in the world. Here is the history of the shotgun and most everything else you ever wanted to know about scatter-shot.

Sixgun Cartridges And Loads: A Manual Covering The Selection, Use And Loading Of The Most Suitable And Popular Revolver Cartridges by Elmer Keith (1936)

Keith's Rifles For Large Game by Elmer Keith (1946) includes sections on hunting scopes, rifles for dangerous game, brush and timber rifles, stalking rifles and more.

Sixguns By Keith by Elmer Keith (1955) gives the history of the sixgun, selecting the handgun, learning to shoot, sixgun sights, long range shooting, quick draw and hip shooting, selection of gun cartridges, a bullet chapter, gun fighting, gun rigs and holsters, care and cleaning and many more chapters.

Big Game Rifles And Cartridges by Elmer Keith (1936) is seven chapters on rifles used in various types of hunting, including all-around and double barrelled rifles, iron sights, scopes and mounts, with a chapter on stocks.

Big Game Hunting by Elmer Keith (1948) is the bible of big game hunting by a man who lived among and hunted the bear, elk, deer, goat and moose in the remotest parts of North America. Illustrated by the animal artist Bob Kuhn, diagrams by the author and with b/w photos of game animals, hunting country, camps and rifles.

Safari by Elmer Keith (1968) is the story of Keith's forty-day East African safari with PH John Lawrence in 1957.

Elmer Keith His Life Story: Hell, I Was There! by Elmer Keith (1979) is the life story told in the original words of the adventurer, Elmer Keith. He was a cowboy, soldier, hunter, rancher, guide, author and one of the world's leading experts on sporting fireams.

Keith: An Autobiography by Elmer Keith (1974) are the memoirs of a bronc rider who became a world famous big game guide and the dean of American firearms authorities.

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John Lachuk

Guns And Ammo For Big Game Hunting edited by John Lachuk (1965) is a classic Elmer Keith volume on hunting big game rewritten and edited by John Lachuk.