Over 20,000 listings of individual manufacturers, trademarks, gunsmiths, and other trade names. Addresses, patents, gunsmith specialties, and pertinent dates, including birth and death are included on most listings. Alphabetized by last name and also includes hundreds of initials referring to many listings. When possible, a title has been provided at the end, allowing for additional research/information.
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With thousands of gun-related reference books and catalogs available in the Blue Book Publications research library, if it got down to keeping only three titles, they would be the Blue Book of Gun Values, Norm Flayderman s Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values, and American Gunsmiths by Frank Sellers. No other three firearms publications will give you more information and up-to-date values. It s the least expensive and most informative three book insurance policy any gun owner, collector, or dealer can have. --S.P. Fjestad, Author & Publisher, Blue Book of Gun Values
As someone who receives thousands of information requests for firearms information, I have always found American Gunsmiths by Sellers to be indispensable as a reference work. It has been within arms reach of my desk and phone for 20 years. This new edition updates information and adds thousands of names to the pantheon of American Gunsmiths. It is invaluable as a reference and will unlock many mysteries for those of you who have this old gun hanging over the mantle. --Philip Schreier, Senior Curator, NRA's National Firearms Museum
As someone who receives thousands of information requests for firearms information, I have always found American Gunsmiths by Sellers to be indispensable as a reference work. It has been within arms reach of my desk and phone for 20 years. This new edition updates information and adds thousands of names to the pantheon of American Gunsmiths. It is invaluable as a reference and will unlock many mysteries for those of you who have this old gun hanging over the mantle. --Philip Schreier, Senior Curator, NRA's National Firearms Museum
About the Author
The late Frank Sellers was a noted authority on antique and modern firearms - a knowledgeable dealer, collector, and author of numerous books on the subject. American Gunsmiths, first published in 1983, is considered his landmark title. Sadly, this new 2nd edition is Frank's last book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A stellar book by Sellers,
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As someone who receives thousands of information requests for firearms information, I have always found American Gunsmiths by Sellers to be indispensable as a reference work. It has been within arms reach of my desk and phone for 20 years. This new edition updates information and adds thousands of names to the pantheon of American Gunsmiths. It is invaluable as a reference and will unlock many mysteries for those of you who have "this old gun" hanging over the mantle. - Philip Schreier, Senior Curator, NRA's National Firearms Museum.
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Dry facts interesting only to a few.,
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the title says it all. interesting only to those looking for information on gunsmiths, usually only name and location. little or no information on personality or quality of products or how they were developed. no information on who found the products useful. pages on reilly haskell alone could have been written.
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lousy job of copying,
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Sellers mindlessly copied all previous books listing gunsmiths regionally or additionally, often claiming as his own what others found. This "2nd" edition fails to correct even most obvious errors of 1st. It also does not update bibliography so that references to where/what he plagiarized cannot be located. He often lists townships as though they were cities, e.g., "Providence, PA" and will not give county of location which certainly would be useful in case of very small towns and townships. Consider there are at least 14 "Providence: townships in PA -- which county? Duplicate entries not noted as such altho just minor spelling variations.
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