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WOW!! I had no idea there were so many books that would apply.

Thank You to everyone for the information. My friend and I went to Houston and he bought a Baby Eagle. I wanted him to stick with a 9mm to save on ammo and we could shoot a lot, but he really liked the 45. We then went to the Texas City range and shot a couple of boxes. My friend shot a good groop on 3 targets and is a lot less nervous than the last two trips (as I said, he had never fired a gun of any type). He loves his new pistol and wants to continue shooting weekly. He was the one who ask me about a book to read.

I will get the Army manuel right away, it will give him basic knowledge. I had no idea you could buy it. I will also get in touch with ElGato about spending a hour with my friend, I hesitate to contact him just now because he has a lot on his plate the last several weeks.

All of the sugestions are good ones. I will print out this thread and get my friend to read the books starting with the simple and moving into the more complicated. He is a reader and I am sure he will jump right on them. I will continue to do the best I can to instruct him.

Thank You again for your advise.

Galveston Redneck

I have a friend that I work with that has started to go to the range with me. He has a 357 revolver but had never shot a gun of any type before he and I went to the range a few weeks ago. As it turns out he LOVES it! He has shot my CZ 9 and we have both shot the 357.

Tomorrow we are headed up north (Houston) so he can buy himself a .45 automatic.

I have found myself in a strange position with my friend. I have shot a lot of long guns over the years but the only pistol training I had was years ago in the Air Force (it was a LOT of years ago, we were still useing 38's). I am doing OK with teaching the open sights and the simple stuff but I fear I am failing to give him all the right training.

Could someone (or several someones) sugest a book on handguns that would be good for my friend?

Thank You

Galveston Redneck