Author Description

A complete collection of Mike “Duke” Venturino’s Shooting Iron column originally published in American Handgunner Magazine from 2005 through 2024. Venturino's extensive gun knowledge and easy-reading writing style entertained and informed a generation of readers. His home-town, friendly style won the hearts of tens of thousands, and he always had a kind word or short note for everyone who reached out to him. In life, Duke was the same as he was in print — honest, capable, a friend to all, decent, quick to shake a hand — and even faster to grin at you. You always felt better after being with Mike. Enjoy this collection and think about the kind man who wrote it all.