Savage & Stevens Arms: Collector's History, 5th Edition (Paperback)

~ Jay Kimmel (Author)

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Product Description

A virtually comprehensive history of two legendary American arms manufacturers that is predominently derived from original catalogs, company source materials, articles, period advertising, collector books, serial numbers, collector opinions and other relevant extracts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: CoryStevens Publishing; 5 Col edition (February 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 094289300X
• ISBN-13: 978-0942893007
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #660,092 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money!, February 10, 2004

By	J. Baker "J.B." (NW Ohio) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I ordered this book in hopes of getting a good detailed history of Savage Arms and the models they offered (production figures, dates of manufacture, etc.). This book is nothing more than a compilation of advertisements and excerpts from brochures and magazines with very little actual content, and offers next to nothing for information on models after the mid 50's. While the book does offer a plethera of info on the Model 99 and the Pocket Pistols, all other models get very little coverage.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very good, December 17, 2005

By	Andrew Michalowski "Gun book guy" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book has little, if any, original text. In my opinion, it is simply a compilation of old catalogs and old articles.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Savage & Stevens Arms: Collector's History, 5th Edition, August 23, 2007

By	D. BruinsSlot - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It's a nice book but I expected more than reprints of old catalogue pages. There was some history but a lot of repetition and no values or real information on how to distinguish one model from another. Also, I own several Stevens shotguns and there was no information on those at all.