Shooter's Bible Presents Antique Guns: The Collector's Guide is a concise and meticulously researched guide for identifying and pricing antique firearms covering many of the pre-1900 American and European firearms that interest most collectors and dealers. Antique Guns includes the basic, essential specifications necessary for making an accurate identification of a given firearm. The text includes historical background for most items and hundreds of photos and drawings for identification purposes as well as a suggested monetary value.
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ANTIQUE GUNS: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE by Shooter's Bible packs in all the specifications and photos needed to accurately identify hundreds of collectible firearms, from Lancaster rifles to double shotguns, carbines and revolvers. This isn't just a price guide, either: plenty of history on the manufacturers and models accent descriptions and some black and white and color photos - descriptions which get down to weight and barrel size. -- California Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review, December 2005
This comprehensive guide presents the key antique firearms that are coveted and traded by collectors today. Current investment values, detailed descriptions and dates of production (when known) highlight the hundreds of firearms - common and rare - crafted by American and international gunmakers dating back to the 1500s (and before). Lavishly illustrated, Antique Guns - The Collector's Guide includes: Handguns, Rifles, Shotguns, Blackpowder Replicas, Obsolete Cartridges, and Obsolete Gun Parts. -- Booktrail
This is a 320 paged, soft-covered book that details in depth what the antique collector needs to know about dealing in or collecting antique firearms. This book provides identification of firearms, a good working knowledge of gun characteristics in order to spot repairs, work modifications or "fakes." The book covers most European, American and Asian antique pistols, rifles and shotguns. -- Bill Carney, New Hampshire Wildlife, September/October 2005
This soft cover book is a concise and meticulously researched guide for identifying and pricing antique firearms covering many of the pre-1900 American and European firearms that interest most collectors and dealers. Antique Guns includes the basic, essential specifications necessary for making an accurate identification of a given firearm. The text includes historical background for most items and hundreds of photos and drawings for identification purposes as well as suggested monetary value. The book is 298 pages thick and contains information on rifles, handguns, shutguns and obsolete cartridges. -- Outdoors Magazine, October 2005
This comprehensive guide presents the key antique firearms that are coveted and traded by collectors today. Current investment values, detailed descriptions and dates of production (when known) highlight the hundreds of firearms - common and rare - crafted by American and international gunmakers dating back to the 1500s (and before). Lavishly illustrated, Antique Guns - The Collector's Guide includes: Handguns, Rifles, Shotguns, Blackpowder Replicas, Obsolete Cartridges, and Obsolete Gun Parts. -- Booktrail
This is a 320 paged, soft-covered book that details in depth what the antique collector needs to know about dealing in or collecting antique firearms. This book provides identification of firearms, a good working knowledge of gun characteristics in order to spot repairs, work modifications or "fakes." The book covers most European, American and Asian antique pistols, rifles and shotguns. -- Bill Carney, New Hampshire Wildlife, September/October 2005
This soft cover book is a concise and meticulously researched guide for identifying and pricing antique firearms covering many of the pre-1900 American and European firearms that interest most collectors and dealers. Antique Guns includes the basic, essential specifications necessary for making an accurate identification of a given firearm. The text includes historical background for most items and hundreds of photos and drawings for identification purposes as well as suggested monetary value. The book is 298 pages thick and contains information on rifles, handguns, shutguns and obsolete cartridges. -- Outdoors Magazine, October 2005
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Anyone who plans to buy, sell or trade antique firearms must become competent in three basic areas - firearm identifications, knowledge of the firearm's characteristics in order to spot repairs, modifications or "fakes" and how to assign an accurate value. Antique Guns: A Collector's Guide is a concise and carefully researched guidebook for identifying and pricing antique firearms. Antique Guns covers many of the pre-1900 American and European firearms that are of interest to most collectors and dealers. In a clear and easy-to-follow format, Antique Guns provides the essential specifications and information that you need to accurately identify hundreds of collectable firearms. Antique Guns includes up-to-date suggested monetary values. This book also features rare, obsolete cartridges with descriptions and illustrations of centerfire, metric, rimfire and pinfire metallic cartridges and shotshells.
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This book is a waste of paper:
I just received and opened it: The introduction lets you understand you're going to learn the different guns. Page 1 is full of photos of diverse handguns. One is dubbed: "French Flintlock Pistol". The photo shows a back action percussion lock. Hmmm. I jump to "Swiss Military Rifles" (I'm a Swiss collector). Two rifles are listed: First a Mod. 1871, cal 10.5 mm. The caption is a Mod. 1869 and the right caliber is 10.4 mm. Second a 1891, cal 7.63x54 Russian caliber Mod 1891... same as Moisin Nagant. From 1889 to 1890, the Swiss Army caliber was 7.5x55. From 1889 to 1957, the rifles were Schmidt Rubin or derivates. There NEVER was a 7.63x54 cal. Moisin among the Swiss Military Rifles. I shut the book down. I had to put a star to review the book, but it's worth none. It's for sale, new, quarter price.
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I recently ordered this for my husband. He saw an ad for it in one of his gun magazines. I looked it up on Amazon, and it was much cheaper.
He refers to it often and thinks it is one of the best that he has.
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Very interesting, but not exactly what I was looking for. Still a very informative book.
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