Standard Catalog of Winchester Firearms [Hardcover]

Joseph Cornell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2007

Winchester enthusiasts of all interests will benefit from the expertly analysed prices, 500 superb colour photos and technical details featured in this one-volume reference. With five grades of pricing for Winchester rifles and shotguns manufactured between 1866 and the present, technical details, trend reports for popular models, and a superb collection of Winchester firearms photos, readers will eagerly immerse themselves in this all inclusive guide to Winchester arms.

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About the Author

Joseph Cornell is America?s only certified firearms appraiser. His pricing analysis also appears in Standard Catalog of Firearms and other Krause Publications firearms references

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Gun Digest Books; 2 edition (December 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896895351
• ISBN-13: 978-0896895355
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money; this book is a waste of it, January 28, 2008

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Longrider33 (Pleasanton, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Standard Catalog of Winchester Firearms (Hardcover)

The first book of this series that I bought was "The Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson", 3rd Edition, which is a well-thought-out book full of information on each model; good detail, some unique information and a gem to the collector's library. Naturally, I thought that the editors would have husbanded subsequent books in the series to be of comparable quality.

Sadly, it didn't happen. The "Standard Catalog of Winchester Firearms" and its companion "The Standard Catalog of Colt Firearms" are just awful. I'm reasonably certain that they were rushed into print for Christmas and the product that went to the public shows it.

The illustrations are of good quality, but who cares? One normally expects that firearms books be organized chronologically, and that they actually contain information that comes from other than the company advertising brochures. The thing makes no sense to me and is a total waste of money. I'm not even going to try to resell it; I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

If you want a book on Winchester, there is only one available and always has been: The Winchester Book by George Madis. Sure, the photos are not in color but what the hey...it's CRAMMED with the information the collector needs to help make his decisions. The only way to fly.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures, December 12, 2008

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A. R. Detwiler "aaguns" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Standard Catalog of Winchester Firearms (Hardcover)

Other than excellent photography, this book is not special. The generalized description of each gun, along with the incredibly low posted values of each gun show a desire to
get this book to the publisher without checking the ground swell of popularity as collectibles that these rifles have. I do give the author an A+ on his photography. I have never seen a collection of pictures as good as this book has. Pictures alone make the book worth having. There is too much wasted space putting values on the guns (which I consider low ball) that the author could have used with more in depth descriptions of the firearms and their variations. (ie.) Why was this gun better/worse, why was it different? Standard Catalog is the correct name, but it could have been much more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WELL ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE ON WINCHESTERS, December 13, 2010

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John M. Lane "statesman and philosopher" (Hardin, Montana, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Standard Catalog of Winchester Firearms (Hardcover)

This is a review of the STANDARD CATALOG OF WINCHESTER FIREARMS by Joseph M. Cornell, CMA, ASA, ISA. Mine is the hardbound copy published by Gun Digest Books in 2007. It's full of beautiful photographs by Paul Goodwin and includes a useful appendix listing the dates of manufacture of most models and a handy index.

Cornell is a prominent gun collector and author. His most recent work is the STANDARD CATALOG OF BROWNING FIREARMS which just came out this year. By the way, those initials following his name are significant. They identify Cornell as a Certified Master Appraiser, member of the American Society of Appraisers and the International Society of Appraisers. He's an authority on firearms and he knows what they're worth because he's in the business determining their values. That's important information for collectors and gun buffs.

This is an attractive book as well as an interesting one especially if you have Winchester firearms. Almost everybody out west does. I think it's a law of some kind here in Montana.

Although it's not a formal company history, Cornell does a good job of including a lot of the history of this iconic American company in his CATALOG. He's also accurate and comprehensive in his descriptions of Winchester models.

I like this book and gave it five stars. If you're interested in Winchester firearms, you'll enjoy it and find it useful and informative.