No Second Place Winner Publisher: Police Bookshelf; English Language edition

by William Henry "Bill" Jordan

Book Overview

"Be first or be dead ... there is no second place winner in a gun fight! The subject of this book is the way and means to stay alive when using guns in mortal combat." This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B004P3SHAS
• Release Date: January 1989
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A paperback reprint from 2013

This a great book but I was under the impression I was getting a original 1965 hard cover not a 2013 paperback copy. For $66 I feel like I've been duped.

A Classic

Bill Jordan's book is a classic. This is one of the best, and most simple books about protecting yourself. The skills Bill teaches are the skills to keep you alive. Buy this book. Read it. Practice. Practice. Practice. It is that good!

The Practical Pistoleer

The title of the book speaks volumes. At a sporting pistol match they give a trophy to second place. Second place in an actual gunfight doesn't get a trophy, it gets a trip to the hospital or morgue. After making that point, Jordan (a seasoned veteran of many gunfights as a border patrolman) gives a wealth of practical advice on how to survive gunfights. The book is aimed at law enforcement officers, and it focuses on the use of the revolver. When Jordan wrote, most officers carried revolvers. Times and technology have changed, but the human factors in lethal confrontations probably haven't changed since Cain and Abel. Dated as it is, the book is excellent reading for anyone who carries a firearm as a law enforcement officer.

Best defensive revolver book, period!

If you want instruction on defensive revolver techniques, this is the book for you. No nonsense, no fluff, just good hard information on how to do it. Not for pistol owners, this book applies to revolvers. Methods in this book are used and referred to by instructors at a well-known firearms academy in Paulden, Arizona.

If you can afford only 1 gunfighting book, buy this one.

This book is extremely informative and extremely well written. The fast draw photo sequencing is invaluable. Despite being written some 40 years ago, it is NOT outdated, even in reference to the equipment used. This book is worth every penny.

Gen Xer loves the old school

I love this book because i am a revolver aficianado (probably rare for a 27 year old today) with a CCW who has an affinity for the "men's guns". ie- no nonsense, get the job done workhorses. This description aptly fits Jordan's writing style as well. I like it and wish all instructional books were this well written. He even interjects exciting and humorous anecdotes (although not quite "PC") about his career as a lawman with the Border Patrol and otherwise. This is a forum from a Type-A who has been there and done that in an *** kicking manner, and is a good read for any sports enthusiast needing the perspective of a never-say-die fighter. One quote stands out clearly, and that is, "with enough determination you can win even when you appear to be losing--just keep shooting!" I could not have said it better! Enjoy this book if you can find it--- I special ordered my copy at Batnes & Noble.