This book is intended for anyone who owns, uses, or is interested in firearms. Whether you are a hunter, a sport or recreational shooter, a collector, or a professional user. Whether this relation is desired or constrained, this book brings together the information that will allow a serene and complete approach to firearms, often unnecessarily mystified.

Complete does not mean exhaustive: who can claim completeness in this area?

The purpose here is not to be exhaustive in the subject, but to take up the basics while being sufficiently comprehensive so that none of the essential aspects of the subject escapes the reader without claiming to turn him into an expert.

It is recommended that the reader show a great capacity for self-questioning. The themes treated here are often subject to fantasy brought down by the media, film culture, video games and in the world of firearms itself.

Constituting a basis for learning, this book will allow the novice or experienced reader not only to establish knowledge, but above all we hope to forge a reflection of his own. And we hope, over time, to acquire the level of expertise required in its relationship to weapons.

This book is organized around two parts: a theoretical part (Chapter 1 to 6), essential for a utilitarian understanding of the subject and a practical part (Chapter 7 to 13), which will allow the safe, effective and sustainable operation of the weapon.

The author wishes you a pleasant reading.